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A new report by Human Rights Watch finds that Israel committed war crimes in its ground offensive in the West Bank earlier this year, after tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians were denied return after hostilities ended.

<article data-history-node-id="431589" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-quadcopter-drops-drone-and-injures-13-unarmed-civilians-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-quadcopter-drops-drone-and-injures-13-unarmed-civilians-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli quadcopter drops explosive device on 13 unarmed civilians in Gaza City</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>At least 13 unarmed Palestinian civilians were wounded in an Israeli drone attack in Gaza City on Monday evening, Wafa news agency reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Wafa correspondent said an Israeli quadcopter dropped an explosive device on a group of civilians who were gathered near the Asad As-Saftawi school in the Daraj neighbourhood.&nbsp;All casualties were rushed to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="430960" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-launches-attacks-and-home-demolitions-gaza-violating-ceasefire" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-launches-attacks-and-home-demolitions-gaza-violating-ceasefire" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel launches attacks and home demolitions in Gaza, violating ceasefire</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p dir="LTR">Israeli forces launched attacks on Gaza and carried out home demolitions on Sunday despite the ongoing ceasefire agreement.&nbsp;</p> <p dir="LTR">Wafa news agency reported heavy gunfire east of Gaza City&nbsp;from Israeli forces, while troops simultaneously demolished residential buildings in the neighbourhoods of al-Zaytoun and al-Shujaiya. Thick plumes of smoke were seen rising from targeted areas.</p> <p dir="LTR">In Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli artillery shelling and gunfire was reported, accompanied by demolitions of several residential structures. Israeli forces also&nbsp;reportedly carried out three air strikes on Rafah, in southern Gaza.</p> <p dir="LTR">The death toll in the Gaza Strip since Israel's genocide began in October 2023 has risen to 68,858, the majority of whom are women and children. At least 170,664 others have been injured.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="430903" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-pounds-eastern-khan-younis-heavy-shelling-and-air-raids" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-pounds-eastern-khan-younis-heavy-shelling-and-air-raids" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel pounds eastern Khan Younis with heavy shelling and air raids</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="392" data-start="129">Israeli forces have unleashed intense artillery and air strikes on eastern Khan Younis since the early hours of the morning, according to Al Jazeera reporters on the ground.</p> <p data-end="665" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="394">The occupation army carried out at least four large-scale demolition operations east of Khan Younis, with further destruction reported on the outskirts of Gaza City, part of Israel’s ongoing campaign to obliterate what remains of Gaza’s infrastructure and civilian life.</p> </div> </div> </article>

New research unravels the secret tactics behind Stop the Steal and other right-wing disinformation campaigns.

<article data-history-node-id="430614" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/olive-groves-under-siege-palestinian-families-face-israeli-violence" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/olive-groves-under-siege-palestinian-families-face-israeli-violence" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Olive groves under siege: Palestinian families face Israeli violence during harvest</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>“I felt like I was dying,” said Afaf&nbsp;Abu Alia, recalling the moment&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;settlers took turns to beat her with sticks as she and her family harvested olives in a village near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.</p> <p>Pointing to her exhausted body and speaking in a barely audible voice, the 53-year-old&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;added: “I was alone among more than 20 settlers… They beat me on my head and hands… here, and here.”</p> <p>Afaf and her family had headed out early on Sunday morning to pick olives in Turmus Ayya. After about three hours, a small group of settlers - coming from nearby settlements including Maale Levona, Shilo, Givat Harel and Eli - attacked them.</p> <p>Along with her husband, sons and brothers-in-law and their wives, Afaf fled to a distant, safer area, leaving behind their tools, vehicle, and the olives they had already harvested.</p> <p>About half an hour later, when the settlers left, the family returned to find their vehicle smashed and their harvest stolen. They decided to move to a safer plot of land, but on the way an Israeli military patrol, sent to protect the settlers, intercepted them and fired a gas canister in their direction. Afaf, who suffers from a respiratory allergy, was overcome by the gas.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="Olive groves under siege: Palestinian families face Israeli violence during harvest" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/olive-groves-siege-palestinian-families-face-israeli-violence-harvest">Olive groves under siege: Palestinian families face Israeli violence during harvest</a></h3> <p><img alt="Aziza Nofal suffered repeated blows to the head that caused brain bleeding, leaving her in intensive care for two days with bruises across her body and severe blood loss (Aziza Nofal/MEE)" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/afaf-abu-alia-palestinian-ramallah-aziza-nofal-mee-oct-2025.jpg.jpg?itok=Js7JJoOi"></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="430400" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-air-strikes-kill-least-45-across-gaza-civil-defence-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-air-strikes-kill-least-45-across-gaza-civil-defence-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli air strikes kill at least 45 across Gaza, civil defence says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="454" data-start="286">Gaza’s civil defence and hospital sources report that Israeli air raids across the territory have killed at least 45 people on Sunday.</p> </div> </div> </article>

The joy that met the ceasefire has changed to anxiety and shock as those returning see the dull grey of rubble - the debris of things that are no longer there.