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LIVE: Palestinians lose hope in ceasefire after Israeli strike wave on Gaza
- Palestinians in Gaza say they are losing hope in the ceasefire after Israel’s deadliest violation yet killed more than 100 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, on Wednesday.
- US President Donald Trump says the ceasefire is still strong while mediator Qatar expresses frustration but says the mediators are looking forward to the next phase of the truce.
- 2h ago(08:30 GMT)
Israel buying time as Gaza ceasefire ‘very close’ to collapse
The US-brokered ceasefire is “very close” to collapsing amid ongoing violations, Zeidon Alkinani, a lecturer at Georgetown University in Qatar, has told Al Jazeera.
“The question is, when will the US admit that it needs to take a firmer stance against Israel [in order to put an end to] Israel’s feeling of impunity?”, he said.
Alkinani argued that Netanyahu was hoping US President Donald Trump would set his eyes on other investments – including Asia, where he is attending the APEC summit – and abandon the idea of a reconstruction plan for Gaza.
“Israel is trying to buy as much time as possible in order to normalise its actions, the annexation of lands and Israel’s colonial project,” he said.
- 2h ago(08:15 GMT)
WATCH: Thousands of bodies remain buried under rubble in Gaza
Palestinian families are desperately hoping the remains of their deceased relatives will be recovered in Gaza.
After two years of war, thousands of bodies are buried under piles of rubble.
Emergency crews say they don’t have the proper equipment to recover and identify them on such a large scale.
Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Gaza City:
02:56Recovering remains in Gaza: Thousands of bodies buried under rubble - 2h ago(08:00 GMT)
Palestinians hold their breath amid fragile ceasefire
By Hani Mahmoud
Reporting from Gaza City, Gaza
Everywhere you go in Gaza, there is a sense of hesitation.
People are holding their breath, as the ceasefire might technically exist, but the sound of explosions, gunfire and drones hovering above the sky are a constant reminder of how fragile this ceasefire has been since taking hold.
People talk about how concerned they are about the ability of the ceasefire to reduce the level of fear and trauma that they have been experiencing.
- 2h ago(07:45 GMT)
Israeli troops kill one in overnight incursion into southern Lebanon
The Israeli military conducted an incursion into the village of Blida in southern Lebanon overnight, where troops killed an employee inside the town’s municipality building, according to local reports.
The employee’s name was Ibrahim Salama, the reports said.
The troops were in the town for a few hours, and residents reported hearing screams during this period.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that the body of Salama was transferred to the local civil defence after the Lebanese army surveyed the site of the assassination.
While this is not the first time Israeli troops have advanced into Lebanese territory along the border, the killing of the municipal worker is seen as an escalation.
Israel has been violating its November ceasefire with Hezbollah on a near-daily basis.
- 3h ago(07:30 GMT)
Israel erected nearly 1,000 barriers in West Bank during Gaza war
Israel has erected nearly 1,000 barriers in cities and towns in the occupied West Bank, further stifling movement for Palestinians and hindering daily lives.
According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, an official Palestinian governmental body, 916 gates, barriers and walls have been installed since the war in Gaza began on October 7, 2023.
Among the new barriers are metal gates stationed at many village and town entrances, and between cities, blocking access. Palestinians say the gates have erratic opening hours, with some staying shut for days.
- 3h ago(07:15 GMT)
Israel made Google and Amazon use secret payments to dodge legal orders: Report
When Google and Amazon negotiated a massive $1.2bn cloud computing deal in 2021 with the Israeli government, a secret arrangement known as the “winking mechanism” was included, according to a new joint investigation by The Guardian and the Israeli publications +972 Magazine and Local Call.
The secret warning system obligates the companies to “send signals hidden in payments to the Israeli government, tipping it off when it has disclosed Israeli data to foreign courts or investigators”, the investigation found.
The payments, under the deal known as Project Nimbus, correspond to the telephone dialling code of the foreign country, and range between 1,000 and 9,999 shekels (US $307 to $3,066).
“Israeli officials inserted the controls to counter a series of anticipated threats. They feared Google or Amazon might bow to employee or shareholder pressure and withdraw Israel’s access to its products and services if linked to human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories,” the report stated.
Both Google and Amazon’s cloud businesses have denied evading any legal obligations, the outlets reported.
“Legal experts, including several former US prosecutors, said the arrangement was highly unusual and carried risks for the companies as the coded messages could violate legal obligations in the US, where the companies are headquartered, to keep a subpoena secret,” the report stated.
- 3h ago(07:00 GMT)
Israeli raids, settler attacks reported across West Bank
The Palestinian Wafa news agency is reporting several Israeli raids and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank:
- Israeli forces raided the town of Qabatiya and the village of Anza, south of Jenin. No arrests or injuries were reported.
- Israeli forces stormed the town of Turmus Aya, north of Ramallah, firing stun grenades and tear gas and causing clashes with Palestinian residents.
- Israeli settlers cut down hundreds of ancient olive trees on land belonging to three villages south of Nablus – Qaryut, as-Sawiya, and al-Lubban Asharqiya.
- A group of settlers stormed a Bedouin village in the al-Hathroura area, east of Jerusalem, vandalising property and blocking roads.
- 3h ago(06:45 GMT)
Israel to deport Jewish women taking part in olive harvest in West Bank
Israeli authorities have ordered the deportation of two Jewish women who joined the humanitarian organisation Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) for a peacebuilding olive harvest alongside Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank village of Burin.
“The participation of Jews and internationals in the olive harvest has always been an act of solidarity and peace,” representatives of RHR and the peacebuilding platform Achvat Amim said in a joint statement.
“The decision to deport these volunteers reflects an alarming trend of silencing nonviolent human rights work and Jewish voices for justice in Israel-Palestine.”
The two individuals facing deportation previously lived in Jerusalem and have family ties to the country. It was unclear when they would be deported and to which country.
Israeli troops and settlers have carried out dozens of attacks on both Palestinians and their olive trees during this harvest season.
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- 4h ago(06:30 GMT)
Israel bombs Khan Younis overnight
Our correspondent on the ground reports that the Israeli army has launched about 10 air strikes on the city in southern Gaza early this morning.
This is despite Israel’s claim on Wednesday that it had returned to the ceasefire after a large wave of deadly attacks across the Strip.
We are still waiting on reports of casualties from these strikes, and we’ll bring you more as events develop.
- 4h ago(06:15 GMT)
People who believed war was over ‘once again living in fear’
More and more Palestinians in Gaza are losing hope in the ceasefire after Israel’s continuous breaches of the truce. On Wednesday, more than 100 people, mostly women and children, were killed.
“Now, after the truce and the new wave of bombings on Gaza, people who had just begun to feel some sense of safety, peace and reassurance – who believed the war was finally over – are once again living in fear, especially the children and women,” Hassan Lubbad, a Gaza resident, told Al Jazeera.
Another resident also lamented the lack of safety in the ceasefire process.
“We want a complete end to the war, a total ceasefire. We just want to live in safety. We want full commitment to the truce, not just for a week or two, only for things to return to aggression and war,” Suha Awad told Al Jazeera.
- 4h ago(06:05 GMT)
‘Where are the international guarantees that were promised?’
Palestinians in Gaza are reeling from continued Israeli attacks, which have occurred intermittently despite the ceasefire, unsure of how – or if – they can begin returning to normal.
“We’re waiting for a real chance to try and rebuild our lives. We started to pick things up again during the first week or two after the war, but then the truce was breached; thankfully, it ended quickly. We hadn’t even caught our breath when the second breach happened,” Mazen Shaheen, a Gaza resident, told Al Jazeera.
One of Shaheen’s friends was wounded in Israeli attacks yesterday – its deadliest violation yet, which killed more than 100 people, including 46 children. His friend’s condition is now stable, he said.
“The message we want to send is this: where are the international guarantees that were promised? Where are the mediating countries that helped broker the ceasefire and pledged to ensure its continuation?”
02:56Recovering remains in Gaza: Thousands of bodies buried under rubble - 4h ago(06:03 GMT)
A recap of recent developments
Here’s what you need to know:
- The US and other mediators say the ceasefire remains in place despite Israel killing more than 100 Palestinians – including 46 children – in 12 hours on Wednesday.
- Palestinians in Gaza have held funerals for loved ones killed in the wave of Israeli bombings, while hospital staff treated dozens of patients suffering from shrapnel wounds and internal bleeding.
- Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has threatened Hamas leaders abroad, saying there will be “no immunity” for anyone in its leadership.
- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been banned by Israel from visiting thousands of Palestinian prisoners detained under a law targeting “unlawful combatants”.
- Israeli army and settler attacks have intensified in the occupied West Bank, with several incidents targeting Palestinians during the olive harvest.
- 4h ago(06:00 GMT)
Welcome to our live coverage
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza and the ongoing ceasefire process.
Stay with us as we bring you all the latest news, updates and reactions from Palestine, Israel and the region.
You can find our updates from Wednesday, October 29, here.
Israel killed more than 100 Palestinians, mostly children and women, in Gaza in air strikes on Wednesday [AFP]
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LIVE: Palestinians lose hope in ceasefire after Israeli strike wave on Gaza
- Palestinians in Gaza say they are losing hope in the ceasefire after Israel’s deadliest violation yet killed more than 100 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, on Wednesday.
- US President Donald Trump says the ceasefire is still strong while mediator Qatar expresses frustration but says the mediators are looking forward to the next phase of the truce.
- 2h ago(08:30 GMT)
Israel buying time as Gaza ceasefire ‘very close’ to collapse
The US-brokered ceasefire is “very close” to collapsing amid ongoing violations, Zeidon Alkinani, a lecturer at Georgetown University in Qatar, has told Al Jazeera.
“The question is, when will the US admit that it needs to take a firmer stance against Israel [in order to put an end to] Israel’s feeling of impunity?”, he said.
Alkinani argued that Netanyahu was hoping US President Donald Trump would set his eyes on other investments – including Asia, where he is attending the APEC summit – and abandon the idea of a reconstruction plan for Gaza.
“Israel is trying to buy as much time as possible in order to normalise its actions, the annexation of lands and Israel’s colonial project,” he said.
- 2h ago(08:15 GMT)
WATCH: Thousands of bodies remain buried under rubble in Gaza
Palestinian families are desperately hoping the remains of their deceased relatives will be recovered in Gaza.
After two years of war, thousands of bodies are buried under piles of rubble.
Emergency crews say they don’t have the proper equipment to recover and identify them on such a large scale.
Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Gaza City:
02:56Recovering remains in Gaza: Thousands of bodies buried under rubble - 2h ago(08:00 GMT)
Palestinians hold their breath amid fragile ceasefire
By Hani Mahmoud
Reporting from Gaza City, Gaza
Everywhere you go in Gaza, there is a sense of hesitation.
People are holding their breath, as the ceasefire might technically exist, but the sound of explosions, gunfire and drones hovering above the sky are a constant reminder of how fragile this ceasefire has been since taking hold.
People talk about how concerned they are about the ability of the ceasefire to reduce the level of fear and trauma that they have been experiencing.
- 2h ago(07:45 GMT)
Israeli troops kill one in overnight incursion into southern Lebanon
The Israeli military conducted an incursion into the village of Blida in southern Lebanon overnight, where troops killed an employee inside the town’s municipality building, according to local reports.
The employee’s name was Ibrahim Salama, the reports said.
The troops were in the town for a few hours, and residents reported hearing screams during this period.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that the body of Salama was transferred to the local civil defence after the Lebanese army surveyed the site of the assassination.
While this is not the first time Israeli troops have advanced into Lebanese territory along the border, the killing of the municipal worker is seen as an escalation.
Israel has been violating its November ceasefire with Hezbollah on a near-daily basis.
- 3h ago(07:30 GMT)
Israel erected nearly 1,000 barriers in West Bank during Gaza war
Israel has erected nearly 1,000 barriers in cities and towns in the occupied West Bank, further stifling movement for Palestinians and hindering daily lives.
According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, an official Palestinian governmental body, 916 gates, barriers and walls have been installed since the war in Gaza began on October 7, 2023.
Among the new barriers are metal gates stationed at many village and town entrances, and between cities, blocking access. Palestinians say the gates have erratic opening hours, with some staying shut for days.
- 3h ago(07:15 GMT)
Israel made Google and Amazon use secret payments to dodge legal orders: Report
When Google and Amazon negotiated a massive $1.2bn cloud computing deal in 2021 with the Israeli government, a secret arrangement known as the “winking mechanism” was included, according to a new joint investigation by The Guardian and the Israeli publications +972 Magazine and Local Call.
The secret warning system obligates the companies to “send signals hidden in payments to the Israeli government, tipping it off when it has disclosed Israeli data to foreign courts or investigators”, the investigation found.
The payments, under the deal known as Project Nimbus, correspond to the telephone dialling code of the foreign country, and range between 1,000 and 9,999 shekels (US $307 to $3,066).
“Israeli officials inserted the controls to counter a series of anticipated threats. They feared Google or Amazon might bow to employee or shareholder pressure and withdraw Israel’s access to its products and services if linked to human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories,” the report stated.
Both Google and Amazon’s cloud businesses have denied evading any legal obligations, the outlets reported.
“Legal experts, including several former US prosecutors, said the arrangement was highly unusual and carried risks for the companies as the coded messages could violate legal obligations in the US, where the companies are headquartered, to keep a subpoena secret,” the report stated.
- 3h ago(07:00 GMT)
Israeli raids, settler attacks reported across West Bank
The Palestinian Wafa news agency is reporting several Israeli raids and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank:
- Israeli forces raided the town of Qabatiya and the village of Anza, south of Jenin. No arrests or injuries were reported.
- Israeli forces stormed the town of Turmus Aya, north of Ramallah, firing stun grenades and tear gas and causing clashes with Palestinian residents.
- Israeli settlers cut down hundreds of ancient olive trees on land belonging to three villages south of Nablus – Qaryut, as-Sawiya, and al-Lubban Asharqiya.
- A group of settlers stormed a Bedouin village in the al-Hathroura area, east of Jerusalem, vandalising property and blocking roads.
- 3h ago(06:45 GMT)
Israel to deport Jewish women taking part in olive harvest in West Bank
Israeli authorities have ordered the deportation of two Jewish women who joined the humanitarian organisation Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) for a peacebuilding olive harvest alongside Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank village of Burin.
“The participation of Jews and internationals in the olive harvest has always been an act of solidarity and peace,” representatives of RHR and the peacebuilding platform Achvat Amim said in a joint statement.
“The decision to deport these volunteers reflects an alarming trend of silencing nonviolent human rights work and Jewish voices for justice in Israel-Palestine.”
The two individuals facing deportation previously lived in Jerusalem and have family ties to the country. It was unclear when they would be deported and to which country.
Israeli troops and settlers have carried out dozens of attacks on both Palestinians and their olive trees during this harvest season.
02:57Reviving Ouneh: Palestinians unite against settler attacks - protected by reCAPTCHA
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- 4h ago(06:30 GMT)
Israel bombs Khan Younis overnight
Our correspondent on the ground reports that the Israeli army has launched about 10 air strikes on the city in southern Gaza early this morning.
This is despite Israel’s claim on Wednesday that it had returned to the ceasefire after a large wave of deadly attacks across the Strip.
We are still waiting on reports of casualties from these strikes, and we’ll bring you more as events develop.
- 4h ago(06:15 GMT)
People who believed war was over ‘once again living in fear’
More and more Palestinians in Gaza are losing hope in the ceasefire after Israel’s continuous breaches of the truce. On Wednesday, more than 100 people, mostly women and children, were killed.
“Now, after the truce and the new wave of bombings on Gaza, people who had just begun to feel some sense of safety, peace and reassurance – who believed the war was finally over – are once again living in fear, especially the children and women,” Hassan Lubbad, a Gaza resident, told Al Jazeera.
Another resident also lamented the lack of safety in the ceasefire process.
“We want a complete end to the war, a total ceasefire. We just want to live in safety. We want full commitment to the truce, not just for a week or two, only for things to return to aggression and war,” Suha Awad told Al Jazeera.
- 4h ago(06:05 GMT)
‘Where are the international guarantees that were promised?’
Palestinians in Gaza are reeling from continued Israeli attacks, which have occurred intermittently despite the ceasefire, unsure of how – or if – they can begin returning to normal.
“We’re waiting for a real chance to try and rebuild our lives. We started to pick things up again during the first week or two after the war, but then the truce was breached; thankfully, it ended quickly. We hadn’t even caught our breath when the second breach happened,” Mazen Shaheen, a Gaza resident, told Al Jazeera.
One of Shaheen’s friends was wounded in Israeli attacks yesterday – its deadliest violation yet, which killed more than 100 people, including 46 children. His friend’s condition is now stable, he said.
“The message we want to send is this: where are the international guarantees that were promised? Where are the mediating countries that helped broker the ceasefire and pledged to ensure its continuation?”
02:56Recovering remains in Gaza: Thousands of bodies buried under rubble - 4h ago(06:03 GMT)
A recap of recent developments
Here’s what you need to know:
- The US and other mediators say the ceasefire remains in place despite Israel killing more than 100 Palestinians – including 46 children – in 12 hours on Wednesday.
- Palestinians in Gaza have held funerals for loved ones killed in the wave of Israeli bombings, while hospital staff treated dozens of patients suffering from shrapnel wounds and internal bleeding.
- Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has threatened Hamas leaders abroad, saying there will be “no immunity” for anyone in its leadership.
- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been banned by Israel from visiting thousands of Palestinian prisoners detained under a law targeting “unlawful combatants”.
- Israeli army and settler attacks have intensified in the occupied West Bank, with several incidents targeting Palestinians during the olive harvest.
- 4h ago(06:00 GMT)
Welcome to our live coverage
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza and the ongoing ceasefire process.
Stay with us as we bring you all the latest news, updates and reactions from Palestine, Israel and the region.
You can find our updates from Wednesday, October 29, here.
Israel killed more than 100 Palestinians, mostly children and women, in Gaza in air strikes on Wednesday [AFP]
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