In the West Bank, Israeli settlers assault Palestinians harvesting olives in Huwwara, injuring 2 people. Israeli forces impose a curfew in 3 Hebron neighborhoods until 10/6 and raid the city, shooting and injuring 3 paramedics and arresting 5 other people. Israeli forces also close several checkpoints across the West Bank. Elsewhere, Israeli forces arrest 12 Palestinians during raids. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Khan Yunis, Gaza City, al-Bureij refugee camp, and Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 86 people, including at least 6 at al-Amal Institute for Orphans in Gaza City. Israeli forces also advance on the central part of Khan Yunis. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb the Beirut neighborhoods of Bachoura and Dahieh, killing at least 5 people. Israeli forces also bomb Nabatieh, Bekaa, Baalbek, Hermel, and Mount Lebanon, killing at least 46 people. Israel orders the evacuation of parts of the Beirut neighborhoods of Hadath and Chyah. An Israeli drone strike on Kawkaba injures an Lebanese soldier. 8 Israeli soldiers are killed in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah forces launch more than 240 rockets at Israel. (AJ 10/1; AJ, AJ, HA, HA, NYT, NYT, NYT, NYT, REU, REU, REU, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 10/2; UNOCHA 10/4)
More than 41,689 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 16,456 children and 11,088 women, and around 96,625 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 10,000 people are missing in rubble. 711 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 151 children. More than 6,000 people have been injured. Israel reports that 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed and 5,400 have been injured in Israel since 10/7/2023, including Israeli soldiers. In addition, 346 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 2,298 injured in Gaza since the ground invasion began on 10/27/2023. Over 1.93 million Palestinians, nearly 85% of the population of Gaza, have been displaced since 10/7/2023. There has been a complete electricity blackout in Gaza since 10/12/2023 due to the Israeli blockade. At least 79,000 housing units have been destroyed and 370,000 have been damaged in Israeli airstrikes since 10/7/2023. (AJ 10/1; HA, UNOCHA, UNOCHA, WAFA 10/2)
The Gaza Media Office says Israel has killed 902 entire families and that 1,364 families only have 1 survivor. (AJ 10/1)
The Lebanese Disaster Management Unit says the death toll from Israel’s attacks since 10/8/2023 has risen to 1,873, while 9,134 people have been injured. 1,073 have been killed since 9/23. The number of displaced people has reached more than a million, including 155,600 in shelters. (WAFA 10/2)
PA president Mahmoud Abbas meets with 2 of Ismail Haniyeh’s sons, Abdul Salam and Humam, in Doha, offering his condolences. PLO secretary-general Hussein al-Sheikh meets with Qatari prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, also in Doha. (WAFA, WAFA 10/2)
Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz says he has barred UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres from entering the country, saying he did not “unequivocally condemn” Iran’s attack on Israel. (AJ 10/1; AJ, AP, HA, NYT, REU, WAFA, WAFA 10/2)
Lebanese foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib says Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah had agreed to a ceasefire and that the U.S. and France had been notified before he was assassinated on 9/27. Secretary-General Guterres says UNIFIL peacekeepers will remain in place despite a request by Israel to have them relocated. (AJ 10/1; REU 10/2; REU 10/3; AP 10/4)
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran “is not looking for war but looking forward to peace and calm,” calling the retaliatory attack on Israel on 10/1 a forced reaction. Pezeshkian meets with Qatari emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Jordanian foreign minister Ayman Safadi says Jordan will not become a battlefield for Iran and Israel and it will defend itself. The G7 leaders discuss the Iranian attack in a conference call. U.S. president Joe Biden says he does not support an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites and says he will speak with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu soon. (AJ 10/1; AJ, AP, AX, HA, NYT, REU 10/2)
At the UN Security Council, Iranian ambassador to the UN Amir Saeed Iravani says the attack on Israel was necessary “to restore deterrence.” Israeli UN ambassador Danny Danon says, “calls for de-escalation only emboldened Iran.” Chinese ambassador to the UN Fu Cong says China “urges all parties, in particular Israel, to exercise restraint.” U.S. ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield says Iran will be held responsible for its actions. (AJ 10/1; REU 10/3)