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<article data-history-node-id="430025" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-authorities-threaten-palestinian-prisoner-families-troops-raid" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-authorities-threaten-palestinian-prisoner-families-troops-raid" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli authorities threaten Palestinian prisoner families, troops raid their homes</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli authorities have threatened the families of Palestinian prisoners slated for release on Monday, raiding their homes and warning them not to celebrate their return.</p> <p>Israel is set to release 2,000 Palestinian prisoners,&nbsp;including 250 serving life sentences and hundreds of men, women and children seized from Gaza and held without charge. In exchange, Hamas will release the estimated 20 Israeli living captives&nbsp;as well as several bodies of dead Israelis held in Gaza, believed to be 28 others.</p> <p>On Friday, Israel's interior ministry published the names of 250 Palestinian captives slated for release.</p> <p>Several high profile Palestinians have been excluded, including Marwan Barghouti- whose name was <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-barghouti-will-not-be-released-gaza-deal-says-israeli-spokesperson">unilaterally removed</a> from the prisoner exchange list by the Netanyahu's office. On Saturday, a Hamas official told CNN that&nbsp;two detained Palestinian doctors, including&nbsp;paediatrician&nbsp;Hussam Abu Safiya, will not be released.</p> <p>Israeli troops raided the homes of the families of prisoners set to be released in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency is reporting, citing local sources. According to reports, troops raided homes in multiple neighbourhoods in Nablus,&nbsp;Balata and Askar Al-Jadid refugee camps, as well as the towns of Salem to the east, and Aqraba and Zeita Jamma’in to the south.</p> <p>Israeli forces also raided homes in Hebron and Deir Samet.</p> <p>Meanwhile, preparations in Israel are under way for the release of the captives held in Gaza. They&nbsp; will be received by members of&nbsp;the International Committee of the Red Cross&nbsp;and then handed over to the army. Medical staff will then give them a checkup and transport them to israel.</p> <p>US President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Israel on Monday and will meet with captives' families.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="430026" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dozens-aid-trucks-enter-gaza-un-prepares-surge-deliveries" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dozens-aid-trucks-enter-gaza-un-prepares-surge-deliveries" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Dozens of aid trucks enter Gaza as UN prepares for 'surge' in deliveries</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Aid trucks have begun to arrive, as UN agencies prepare to dramatically scale up deliveries as part of the ceasefire deal which stipulates that 400 trucks will enter the strip daily. This is set to increase to 600- the minimum number estimated by the UN required to address the humanitarian crisis in the strip.&nbsp;Trump's 20-point plan states that the entry and distribution of aid into Gaza will&nbsp;“proceed without interference”, but Israeli administrative restrictions and bureaucracy have long hampered the flow of badly needed aid into the territory.</p> <p>Large-scale aid distribution will be led by the UN, although the role of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (Unrwa) in the operation remains&nbsp;unclear. The agency&nbsp;has said half the supplies stored in warhouses outside Gaza belong to the agency, emphasising that&nbsp;their scope and expertise within the territory is "absolutely critical&nbsp;in controlling the spread of famine”.</p> <p>An estimated 460 Palestinians have died from Israeli-imposed starvation since it launched its genocide in Gaza in October 2023.</p> <p>The UN children's charity UNICEF&nbsp;warned that there is a risk of a&nbsp;"massive spike in child death, not only neonatal, but also infants, given their immune systems are more compromised than ever before".</p> <p>As the UN prepares to take over aid distribution, the scandal-plagued US and Israeli private contractor Gaza Humanitairan Foundation (GHF)&nbsp;is dismantling its hubs across the strip.&nbsp;Israeli soldiers shot large numbers of Palestinian aid seekers are the distribution sites, which one UN official described as "sadistic death traps". Al Jazeera reported that remnants of Israeli munitions that had been used to attack Palestinians were found at the sites.</p> <p>Mutual aid groups told MEE that tents, trailers and materials for constructing shelter are the number one priority given the onset of wintry weather, shortly followed by medical supplies and doctors.</p> <p>Mohammad Zaqout, the director general of hospitals in Gaza told Al Jazeera that medical supplies and medicines are urgently needed, but none have arrived yet. He added that Israel is obstructing the entry of medical delegations into Gaza.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="gaza aid trucks rafah" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b3de978a-813b-4abb-b2f0-28db54257220" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/gaza%20aid%20trucks%20oct%2012%20reuters.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="gaza aid trucks rafah" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Trucks carrying aid bound for Gaza cross the border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, October 12, 2025 (REUTERS)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5) url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

A Palestinian child was detained by the Israeli army in a military raid in the West Bank Saturday evening, as illegal settlers continued assaults in the occupied territory, local media said, Anadol…

Even if food is surged into Gaza today, the history of weaponized mass starvation shows that the social aftershocks will reverberate for generations.

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