In the West Bank, Israeli settlers steal vehicles and tractors during a raid in Khirbet al-Farisiyya. Israeli settlers also assault and injure 8 Palestinians during a raid in Jamma’in. Elsewhere, Israeli settlers set fire to olive trees in Hizma. Israeli forces shoot and kill a 12-year-old Palestinian boy and injure 18 others, including 9 children, during a raid in Qalandia refugee camp. Israeli forces also beat to death an elderly Palestinian activist in his home in Dura. Elsewhere, Israeli forces shoot and injure 2 Palestinians during a raid in al-Arroub refugee camp. Israeli forces also shoot and injure a Palestinian man during a raid in Ya’bad. Meanwhile, Israeli forces shoot and injure a Palestinian man during a raid in Qalqilya. Israeli forces also shoot and injure a Palestinian man during a raid in Halhul. Separately, Israeli forces demolish a home, uproot trees, and raze agricultural land in Hebron. Israeli forces also raid Tulkarm, besieging the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital and razing streets. Additionally, Israeli forces raid Jenin, razing streets and damaging vehicles and shops. Israeli forces also seize a building in Qarawat Bani Hassan, turning it into a military outpost and raising Israeli flags. Israeli forces also arrest 45 Palestinians during late-night raids in and around Hebron, Jericho, Bethlehem, Qalqilya, Nablus, Jenin, and Jerusalem. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Dayr al-Balah, Jabalia refugee camp, al-Bureij refugee camp, Beit Lahiya, Khan Yunis, Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza City, and Rafah, killing at least 72 people, including at least 11 at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Dayr al-Balah. Rockets fired at Tel Aviv injure 2 Israelis. Israel issues an evacuation order for Khan Yunis, demanding residents move west to al-Mawasi. An Israeli soldier is killed in northern Gaza. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb Beirut, Baraachit, Qaliya, and Tyre, killing 36 people, including 10 firefighters in Baraachit. Israel orders the evacuation of people along the southwestern part of the country, telling them to move north of the Awali River. Hezbollah forces fire rockets at Karmiel, Haifa, and Jal al-Allam. 2 Israeli soldiers are killed in southern Lebanon. In Yemen, Houthi forces say they launched 2 missiles at Tel Aviv. (AJ, AP, HA, REU, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 10/7; AJ, AJ, HA 10/8; UNOCHA 10/10)
More than 41,909 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 17,000 children and 11,487 women, and around 97,303 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 10,000 people are missing in rubble. 732 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 154 children. More than 6,315 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, HA, NYT, REU 10/7)
Israel says it has bombed more than 40,000 targets in Gaza since 10/7/2023. (REU 10/7)
Hamas military spokesperson Abu Obeida says Hamas will keep fighting a “long war of attrition.” Abu Obeida calls the attack on 10/7/2023 a “pre-emptive strike” against Israel, which he says was planning a major attack on Gaza. (AJ 10/7)
PA prime minister Mohammad Mustafa meets with French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot in Ramallah. (WAFA 10/7)
Hezbollah says Israel is using UNIFIL soldiers as human shields in Maroun al-Ras, saying it has ordered its forces not to engage Israeli soldiers in the area to avoid UNIFIL casualties. UNIFIL confirms that Israeli “troops have moved very close to our position.” (AJ 10/7)
Jordanian foreign minister Ayman Safadi arrives in Beirut for a “solidarity” visit, bringing 13 tonnes of aid. (AJ, AP, HA 10/7)
Foreign Minister Barrot attends a memorial ceremony for the 10/7/2023 attack in Israel. Barrot tells reporters that “[f]orce alone cannot guarantee the security of Israel, your security. Military success cannot be a substitute for a political perspective.” Israeli and U.S. ambassadors to the UN Danny Danon and Linda Thomas-Greenfield inaugurate an Israeli October 7 exhibition at the UN headquarters in New York. U.S. president Joe Biden hosts a vigil for the Israeli victims of October 7 and speaks with Israeli president Isaac Herzog. (AJ, AJ, HA 10/7; HA 10/8)
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller says the U.S. has made it clear to Israel that it does not want UNIFIL troops to be put in danger and that it wants to see roads around the Beirut International Airport remain operational. (AJ 10/7)
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions 3 individuals, including UK and Germany-based Palestinian activist Majed al-Zeer, and a charity allegedly linked to Hamas. Al-Zeer rejects the U.S. accusation of being linked to Hamas as “madness” and “absolutely false.” (AJ, HA 10/7; AJ 10/11)
Pro-Palestine demonstrations take place in many cities throughout the world. (AJ, AJ 10/7; WAFA 10/8)