(2025-10-10). Wednesday 10/15: Virtual Action for Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | zoom.us/meeting/register/tU6krXE_RRGWnxK……
(2025-10-10). By seeing Gaza children as such, Italy has rehumanised Palestine. newarab.com 
"Define children." These chilling words, said by the president of the Friends of Israel Federation, Eyal Mizrahi, during an exchange that was broadcast on Italy's àà sempre Cartabianca, recently This followed comedian Enzo Iacchetti asking, "were the 50,000 Palestinians killed Hamas terrorists? And the children? Did they have Kalashnikovs?" after Mizrahi claimed that 20,000 to 22,000 of Palestinians killed during the genocide, were Hamas fighters. | "Define children" became a rallying cry across social media…
(2025-10-10). Israel/Palestine: The Observatory condemns the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla in Israeli prisons. fidh.org
(2025-10-10). Interception of the Sumud Flotilla for freedom. fidh.org
(2025-10-10). UN chef holds press conference at UN headquarters in NYC. ecns.cn Guterres welcomed the agreement and urged all parties to seize the opportunity for a "credible political path forward" toward ending the occupation and achieving a two-State solution for Israel and Palestine.
(2025-10-10). Two years of captivity for Hamas hostages, a genocide in Gaza: International justice trampled. fidh.org
(2025-10-10). Israel subjects Flotilla participants to abuse and mistreatment. fidh.org Alexis Deswaef and Aziz Rhali, both vice-presidents of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), are among the 470 members of the Flotilla who were abducted by Israel in international waters on October 1 and 2, 2025. The two men have begun a hunger strike to protest their imprisonment, the mistreatment they are subjected to, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. FIDH is calling for their immediate and unconditional release, as well as that of all the Flotilla participants still (…) | – | /…
(2025-10-10). UC Berkeley Again Blasts US-Israel Genocide of Palestine. indybay.org Hundreds in yet another Sproul Hall demonstration against the US-Israel attempted destruction of Palestine.
(2025-10-10). Israel/Palestine : Illegal interception of the Sumud Flotilla and arrest of peaceful activists. fidh.org Today, the Sumud Flotilla for Freedom, carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza and composed by international human rights defenders and activists committed to non-violent action, was violently boarded in international waters by the Israeli army. Hundreds of peaceful activists on board were kidnapped and illegaly arrested, including two International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Vice-Presidents. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a partnership of FIDH and OMCT) (…) | – |
(2025-10-10). Children's drawings in Gaza reveal extent of trauma. aljazeera.com Drawings from Palestinian children in Gaza reveal the trauma of Israel's war.
(2025-10-10). Top U.S. officials: Mideast states to oversee disarming Hamas, U.S. will not enter Gaza. haaretz.com The officials said forces from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey will operate with the collaboration with the U.S. Central Command and in coordination with Israel. They said that the United States would not send forces to the enclave, and rather, would assist in managing Gaza from abroad…
(2025-10-10). The Gaza ceasefire deal could be a 'strangle contract', with Israel holding all the cards. |
(2025-10-10). "Humanity hollowed out" : Gaza, two years on. icrc.org The below is a statement by Sarah Avrillaud, head of the ICRC sub-delegation in Gaza:…
(2025-10-10). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC forced to temporarily suspend operations in Gaza City office as hostilities escalate. icrc.org
(2025-10-10). "Ceasefire" deal includes permanent Israeli occupation of Gaza. wsws.org The agreement is yet another step in the Israeli-imperialist plan to dominate Gaza and suppress the national rights of the Palestinian people.
(2025-10-10). Trump eyes Cairo for Gaza ceasefire signing. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- In a major diplomatic breakthrough, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of his 20-point Gaza ceasefire plan, a move expected to halt fighting, release hostages, and open vital aid corridors after nearly two years of devastating war.Speaking at a White House cabinet meeting, Trump hailed the deal as a "historic and unprecedented event", crediting mediation by Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey for bridging deep divides between the warring sides. The agreement, reached after three days of talks in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort, includes an immediate c…
(2025-10-10). Video shows Israeli tanks reportedly pulling back from Gaza front line. aljazeera.com Israeli tanks and heavy combat vehicles were filmed in Gaza on Friday, reportedly withdrawing from parts of the enclave.
(2025-10-10). Israeli govt approves first part of Gaza peace deal. jagonews24.com The Israeli government approved the first part of the historic deal to end the conflict in Gaza, after a brutal two-year war that has ravaged the Palestinian enclave and sparked a global outcry, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early on Friday local time.
(2025-10-10). End to Gaza hostilities looms after Israel government approves deal with Hamas. scmp.com Israel's government ratified a ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday, clearing the way to suspend hostilities in Gaza within 24 hours and free Israeli hostages held there within 72 hours after that. | The Israeli cabinet approved the deal early Friday morning, roughly 24 hours after mediators announced the agreement, which calls for the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and the start of a phased withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza under US…
(2025-10-10). Israel and the occupied territories: Civilian suffering in Gaza on a devastating scale after two years of conflict. icrc.org
(2025-10-10). Gaza under fire again after Israel approves ceasefire and withdrawal plan. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Even though a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement was officially approved, Israeli forces kept bombing multiple parts of the Gaza Strip with air and artillery on Friday. This made people worry that the deal might fall apart before it even starts. | Local emergency services said that one Palestinian was killed and several others were hurt when Israeli shells hit the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City. Al-Shifa Hospital staff said that since early this morning, they have found 35 bodies in different parts of the city. | Al Jazeera's reporter says that Israeli forces attacked Gaza City…
(2025-10-10). ICRC president: Gaza ceasefire critical to saving lives and reuniting families. icrc.org
(2025-10-10). IDF begins pullback to Gaza deployment lines set out in cease-fire deal. haaretz.com
(2025-10-10). Pro-Gaza charity says Israel blocking aid to be sent via Jordan. newarab.com 
Italy's Music for Peace NGO said it collected large quantities of aid as part of a mobilisation in support of the
(2025-10-10). government and Hamas approve first phase of Gaza cease-fire deal. haaretz.com The agreement is set to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of all remaining hostages in exchange for an agreed-upon list of Palestinian prisoners…
(2025-10-10). Millions of Italians Join General Strike for Gaza. scheerpost.com
(2025-10-10). Strikes hit Gaza, despite Israel backing Trump-brokered truce. newarab.com 
(2025-10-10). A History of Deception: US-Israeli Pacts and the Gaza Proposal. counterpunch.org 
The history of Zionism is fundamentally one of deception. This assertion is critically relevant today, as it contextualizes the so-called 'Trump Gaza proposal,' which appears to be little more than a veiled strategy to defeat the Palestinians and facilitate the ethnic cleansing of a significant portion of Gaza's population.
(2025-10-10). Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair's failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland. |
(2025-10-10). A short History of the Gaza Strip takes a long View of today's Conflict. juancole.com By Martin Kear, University of Sydney (The Conversation) — A Short History of the Gaza Strip, by historian Anne Irfan, is a timely addition to an important corpus of literature taking a historical and contextual view of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Review: A Short History of the Gaza Strip — Anne Irfan (W.W. Norton) By telling …
(2025-10-10). Israel to release Palestinian prisoners convicted of murdering dozens of Israelis under Gaza truce. haaretz.com Israeli defense officials warned that many of those released could rise to senior positions in Hamas and Fatah in the coming years. 'We are essentially releasing the next Yahya Sinwar,' a senior defense official told Haaretz. 'These are extremely intelligent and dangerous individuals — we must know who they are and what they're capable of'…
(2025-10-10). Ceasefire begins as Palestinians move north in Gaza. newarab.com 
The Israeli military said Friday that The announcement came after Palestinians reported heavy shelling Friday morning in northern Gaza. | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said early Friday that Israel's Cabinet approved
(2025-10-10). US to deploy 200 troops for Gaza stability task force. geo.tv 
Military personnel from the 82nd Airborne Division and 18th Airborne Corps board a C-17 transport plane for deployment to Eastern Europe, amid escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, US, February 3, 2022. — ReutersWASHINGTON: The United…
(2025-10-10). Intl community welcomes 'first phase' of Gaza truce amid hopes for lasting peace. ecns.cn Qatar said the deal was the "first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which will lead to ending the war, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the entry of aid".
(2025-10-10). Israeli soldiers to evacuate Palestinian side of Rafah border crossing with Egypt. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – After Hamas and Israel's agreement on the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, sources said that Israeli soldiers will begin evacuating the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt today.Al-Araby TV reported, citing informed sources, that the Israeli army will leave the Rafah border crossing from the Palestinian side starting this evening.The ceasefire deal, according to Al Jazeera, was expected to take effect at 12 p.m. Gaza Time; however, Israeli sources reported that it will enter force on Thursday evening after Israeli government approval.
(2025-10-10). "Irreconcilable positions" jeopardise Gaza ceasefire deal. aljazeera.com Sami Al-Arian on the Gaza ceasefire deal and the key conditions required for it to hold.
(2025-10-10). Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal offers fragile hope after 2-yr bloodshed in Gaza. independent.co.ug 
CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to a Gaza ceasefire deal, offering a tentative path toward ending the two-year conflict that has killed over 67,000 Palestinians, injured almost 170,000 others, and left the enclave in ruins. The deal on the "first phase" of a U.S.-backed peace plan, coming after intense …
(2025-10-10). Boy pulled from the rubble of his home after Israeli airstrike in Gaza. aljazeera.com Video shows rescuers pulling a boy from the rubble of his home in Gaza City.
(2025-10-10). As we celebrate a Gaza ceasefire, we must not let our guard down. newarab.com 
On the day the The lack of any real military logic has not stopped Israel from pursuing its all-out war on life in Gaza with the declared aim of rendering the territory uninhabitable a…
(2025-10-10). Israeli soldier Michael Mordechai Nachmani killed by sniper fire in northern Gaza, IDF announces. haaretz.com Sergeant First Class (Res.) Michael Mordechai Nachmani of the 614th Battalion of the Combat Engineering Corps is the 914th soldier killed since the war started on October 7, 2023…
(2025-10-10). Acknowledging the resistance: What the Gaza ceasefire really means. tehrantimes.com LONDON – The first phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan includes the release of prisoners from both sides, in addition to the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip. It also includes the Israeli occupation entity's withdrawal to the "yellow line," i.e. the first stage in the withdrawal. The most crucial objective for Trump is showing that the agreement was achieved by him.
(2025-10-10). Trump eyes Egypt trip, says captives to be freed early next week. newarab.com 
US President Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Trump said the agreement between Israel and Hamas had "ended the war in Gaza" and would lead to broader Middle East peace. | "We secured the release of all of the remai…
(2025-10-10). Israeli Government Votes to Implement Trump Peace Plan for Gaza as Hamas Pledges to Uphold it. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — According to the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 , the Israeli government on Friday approved the ceasefire in Gaza and the hostage exchange, and agreed to begin withdrawing troops from the west of the Strip. The approval came after the arrival of President Donald Trump's Middle East envoys Steve Witkoff and …
(2025-10-10). Attacks on Gaza continue after Israel agrees ceasefire. aljazeera.com Explosions and smoke were seen in Gaza on Friday, with attacks taking place after Israel's gov't approved the ceasefire.
(2025-10-10). Gaza City residents set to return as Israel says ceasefire has started. aljazeera.com Al-Ahli Hospital tells Al Jazeera seven bodies recovered after Israeli attack helicopters swoop east of Gaza City.
(2025-10-10). Trump's Gaza deal forged by diplomacy blitz, help from Arab and Muslim allies. scmp.com After months of gridlock, US President Donald Trump finally landed a long-sought Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza – an agreement that only came together after a weeks-long diplomacy blitz and a whole lot of help from some Arab and Muslim allies. | The breakthrough is designed to bring about a pause in the fighting unleashed by Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. The group is expected to release 48 hostages – about 20 of them believed to be alive – in the coming days.
(2025-10-10). Israeli shelling continues as US troops to oversee Gaza plan. newarab.com 
(2025-10-10). Gaza war nears its end, but will cast a heavy shadow over Israel and the IDF. haaretz.com The prime minister capitulated to Trump and Qatar's emir. Now, he'll try to play a game of 'constructive ambiguity' with Hamas and his voters ‚ñ The rain on Thursday added to the symbolism of the upcoming cease-fire: Something is about to change ‚ñ Successes in Lebanon, Syria and in Iran will never erase the Oct. 7 failures…
(2025-10-10). Netanyahu prolonged the war to save himself. It may have worked. gnnhd.tv 
Benjamin Netanyahu has now served as prime minister of Israel longer than anyone in history — three non-consecutive stints over 18 years, or almost a quarter of the time Israel has been an independent country. And from the beginning, his power has been on th…
(2025-10-10). Trump may be a dictator, but his concern for Israeli hostages was as real as indifference. haaretz.com Netanyahu got a taste of Trumpian cruelty to reach a successful conclusion to a cease-fire deal almost identical to one that could have been signed more than a year ago and saved more hostages. The poison machine now has a new goal: to rewrite history ahead of the elections…
(2025-10-10). Israeli PM Netanyahu thanks Trump and US team for ceasefire role. aljazeera.com Israel's government has approved "phase one" of the agreement, which will see captives exchanged and Israel withdraw.
(2025-10-10). Indonesia to block Israeli team from competing at gymnastics world championships in Jakarta. haaretz.com The decision to deny visas to the Israeli athletes comes after their planned participation had sparked intense opposition in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, which has long been a staunch supporter of Palestinians…
(2025-10-10). Efforts underway to release Shahidul with Turkish support. jagonews24.com Efforts are underway, with the support of Turkey, to secure the release of journalist Shahidul Alam, who has been detained by Israeli forces, according to a Facebook post by the Chief Adviser on Friday morning.
(2025-10-10). Shahidul reaches Turkey after release from Israel captivity. jagonews24.com Renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam arrived in Istanbul on Friday afternoon following his release from Israeli custody…
(2025-10-09). After the genocide: What the future holds for Palestine. newarab.com 
(2025-10-09). Oxfam reaction to Gaza ceasefire deal. commondreams.org Reacting to the announcement of the first stage of a ceasefire deal in Gaza, Oxfam International's Executive Director Amitabh Behar said: "This is a desperately needed step towards ending Israel's genocide in Gaza. We welcome the release of Israeli hostages and unlawfully detained Palestinians. "This fragile ceasefire must be the beginning of a sustained and principled effort that leads to ending Israel's unlawful occupation and blockade. It must be focused on restoring rights and rebuilding lives. Any political or reconstruction plan must not entrench the occupation or further undermine Palestinian sovereignt…
(2025-10-09). Daily protests in Berlin against the interception of the Sumud flotilla and the genocide in Gaza. wsws.org In Germany, rallies have been announced to take place in numerous cities throughout the week with a national demonstration planned in Berlin for Saturday.
(2025-10-09). Netherlands: 250,000 join anti-war protests against Gaza genocide and criminal interception of Sumud flotilla. wsws.org On October 5, 2025, in Amsterdam, the third "Red Line" demonstration took place, marking the largest anti-war protest in the Netherlands since the anti‚Äënuclear protests in 1981.
(2025-10-09). German Chancellor Merz justifies genocide in Gaza. wsws.org Commemorative events were held throughout Germany in honour of the 1,200 Israeli victims of the Hamas attack. However, the murder of at least 67,000 Palestinians was not mentioned.
(2025-10-09). Israel says 'all parties' signed phase one of Gaza deal. newarab.com 
Israel said Thursday that all parties have signed the first phase of a The agreement in Egypt follows a Trump was expected to be in Jerusalem on Sunday, the office of his Israeli counterpa…
(2025-10-09). How Donald Trump pulled off his Gaza deal. scmp.com It was a typically theatrical moment for the man who loves to publicly boast of being the "peacemaker-in-chief". | Donald Trump's top diplomat interrupted a televised meeting at the White House to hand the US president a note and whisper in his ear that a Gaza deal was imminent. | Shortly afterwards, he announced the agreement on social media. "BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!" he posted.
(2025-10-09). Gaza achievement brings U.S. Jews together, puts democrats on the back foot. haaretz.com As Washington reels from partisan gridlock, Trump's Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal delivers him an unexpected victory — one that challenges the narratives of both his critics and his supporters…
(2025-10-09). 'They're coming back': Israelis await return of Gaza hostages. scmp.com Thousands of jubilant Israelis gathered in a Tel Aviv square on Thursday, hopeful for the return of hostages held in Gaza, after two years of fear and worry. | Many wore stickers reading "They're coming back", waving Israeli and US flags and clutching photos of the hostages after Israel and Hamas reached a hostage release and truce deal in a major step towards ending the war.
(2025-10-09). Report: Israel and Hamas agree on list of Palestinian prisoners to be released. haaretz.com Two hundred and fifty Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences are expected to be released as part of the agreement, out of approximately 290 currently held in Israeli prisons. 22 minors will also be freed. Israel said earlier that senior Fatah official Marwan Barghouti will not be released…
(2025-10-09). SATIRE: Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis. theonion.com CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. "In line with the terms of the deal, Hamas will release all remaining Israeli hostages, and Israel will still murder innocent Palestinian civilians on …
(2025-10-09). Barcelona reject Israeli basketball team training facility request. newarab.com 
The Catalan club said it was for logistical and public order reasons that they would not allow Hapoel Jerusalem to train on their Palau Blaugrana court before a match against Baxi Manresa on October 15 in the EuroCup competition. | "We don't want to have any problems," expla…