Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
Israeli forces killed at least 64 Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, including 4 aid seekers. In total, Israel has killed at least 2,580 aid seekers since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation opened on May 27, 2025 (learn about aid seekers here).
Among the dead was photojournalist Yahya Barzaq, killed in Deir al Balah, as well as a father, a mother who is seven months pregnant and their child, killed in al Mawasi.
The number of known starvation/malnutrition deaths stands at 453, including 150 children.
Additional statistics below. For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Tuesday, go here.
CEASEFIRE NEWS & HEADLINES:
UN housing expert raises concerns about ‘land grabs’ in Trump’s Gaza plan
Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN special rapporteur on the right to housing, has raised concerns about details included in Trump’s plan.
“This so-called ‘peace plan’ by Trump and Netanyahu is abominable on so many levels. Among the worst: a ‘transitional authority’ headed by the war criminal Tony Blair [and] land grabs through a permanent buffer zone.”
“Palestinians must drive this process!” Rajagopal said.
RELATED: Israeli premier says Trump’s Gaza plan rules out establishment of Palestinian state
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Josh Paul on the Gaza plan: “a moral atrocity – and a policy catastrophe”
It will not work, and it should not be trusted.
First, and most fundamentally, there is the question of legitimacy and local ownership. Self-determination is not just a right under the UN Charter – it is a fundamental desire of all peoples to shape their own affairs, and to build their own societies.
The imposition of governance from the outside – a colonialist venture with a long history premised on the extraction of wealth through the repression of freedom – is simply not a sustainable path to a stable politics, because it is by nature lacking in popular support or buy-in, and incapable of an accurate and sufficiently nuanced understanding of local culture and dynamics.
A Blair-led government of Gaza would, just like the American government of Iraq, be an incompatible transplant that would be rejected by the body, leading to a cycle of violence and escalation that is entirely avoidable and in no one’s interest (continue reading here).
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Trump says Hamas has ‘three or four days’ to respond to Gaza proposal
United States President Donald Trump says Hamas has “three or four days” to respond to his Gaza ceasefire proposal, telling reporters that Israeli and Arab leaders had already accepted the plan.
“Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it’s not, it’s going to be a very sad end,” Trump said at the White House on Tuesday.
Asked if there was room for negotiations on the proposal, he replied: “Not much.”
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WATCH: what Netanyahu promised in English he contradicted in Hebrew
The Trump plan that Netanyahu had just agreed to included the words, “Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza” (read the full text of the 20-point plan here).
“Instead of Hamas isolating us, we isolated Hamas. Now the entire world, including the Arab and Muslim world, is pressuring Hamas to accept the terms… to release all our hostages… while the IDF remains in most of the Strip”
That was fast: Netanyahu reveals his own bluff. He… https://t.co/Gk3TfR9WFM pic.twitter.com/haJdEAdVZn
— B.M. (@ireallyhateyou) September 30, 2025
Israel’s Smotrich blasts Trump’s Gaza plan as ‘resounding diplomatic failure’
GAZA NEWS & HEADLINES:
(For some basic info on the Palestine-Israel conflict, go here. For more critical context, skim this, this, and this. To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here.)
ISRAEL RE-ARRESTS DOZENS OF PALESTINAINS FREED UNDER GAZA TRUCE DEAL: The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) says Israel is escalating its targeting of Palestinians released earlier this year under previous Gaza ceasefire agreements, carrying out new arrests and interrogations. At least 40 people freed in January and February have since been re-arrested, with 16 still in custody, most under administrative detention – meaning they are being held without charge or trial.
GAZA HEADLINES:
Mass slaughter in Gaza stands apart from other genocides, human rights expert says: ‘People cannot escape’
UNICEF Urges Immediate Evacuation of Critically Ill Infants from Gaza
ICRC forced to temporarily suspend operations in Gaza City office as hostilities escalate
OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM NEWS & HEADLINES:
(For background on the West Bank, read this and this. For information on the significance of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, read this and this.)
WATCH: Israel’s Jerusalem tunnels spark political tensions, fears for Al-Aqsa’s safety
Israel’s continued excavation of tunnels near Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem is raising allegations of political motives and fears for the structural integrity of the holy site, according to experts and recent imagery, Anadolu reports.
Israel’s continued excavation of tunnels near Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem is raising allegations of political motives and fears for the structural integrity of the holy site, according to experts and recent imagery, Anadolu reports.
The controversial tunnels were… pic.twitter.com/9JCIQF3nUL
— Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) September 30, 2025
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WATCH: Israeli soldiers detain Palestinian children for ‘spying’ in West Bank
Israeli soldiers were filmed detaining two Palestinian children in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, demanding to know their father’s whereabouts.
When a passer-by intervened and urged their release because of their young age, a soldier replied, “I don’t care.”
WEST BANK HEADLINES:
Tuesday: Invasions, Abductions And Violations In West Bank
ISRAEL NEWS & HEADLINES:
(Get a glimpse inside Israel and the turmoil and contradictions within the country. Often, our news items and headlines are taken from Israeli media.)
Israel Football Assn confirms Reebok wants logo removed team’s kit
Israel’s football federation has confirmed that Reebok want its logo removed from the kit of the national team.
“We regret that the international company Reebok has apparently decided to bow to embarrassing and completely irrelevant boycott threats,” Israel FA said on Tuesday.
There was no immediate comment from Reebok.
ISRAEL NEWS:
Israel invests millions to ‘game’ ChatGPT into replicating pro-Israel content for Gen Z audiences
Israeli Troops Raid Villages in Syria’s Quneitra, Daraa Governorates
HERE’S WHAT ISRAELIS ARE READING:
How Netanyahu Aims to Obstruct the Gaza Plan He Was Forced to Accept From Trump
Will Trump’s plan push Iran to attack Israel?
As an Israeli Filmmaker, Thank You to Everyone Who Is Boycotting My Works
Forced to Submit by Trump, Netanyahu Now Looks Like a Loser on the World Stage
FLOTILLA NEWS & HEADLINES:
(Read about the Gaza Freedom Flotilla 2025 missions here and here; learn about the deadly mission in 2010 here; and find out about the global flotilla here. Get live updates on the Global Sumud Flotilla from Al Jazeera here.)
BREAKING: Large warship harasses Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla vessels
A large warship was spotted early Wednesday near the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla as its organizers reported a state of high alert at sea. According to a correspondent aboard the flotilla vessel, an Israeli vessel came within just five meters of the Alma, the lead ship in the flotilla, and jammed all of its communication systems as well as its engine, rendering them inoperative.
An official flotilla statement said that Israeli naval forces carried out “an intimidatory operation” against the convoy in the early morning.
It said that Alma was “aggressively circled” by an Israeli warship for several minutes, during which onboard communications, including closed-circuit broadcasts, were remotely disabled.
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Italian gov’t to end support for international Gaza flotilla as it nears destination
Italy has said it will stop tracking an international flotilla attempting to deliver aid to Gaza with a military vessel, as activists on board announced they were on “high alert” as they moved closed to their destination.
Italy has urged flotilla members to accept a compromise proposal to drop aid in a Cyprus port and avoid a confrontation with Israeli forces. Flotilla representatives have refused.
Meanwhile, Turkiye has joined Spain and Greece in monitoring the Global Sumud Flotilla, flight data shows.
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We Said “We Will Block Everything” and We Did: Inside Italian Labor’s Strike for Gaza
As boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla prepared to set sail toward Gaza from the coasts of Italy, Spain, and Tunisia, a representative of Genoa’s Dockworkers’ Union (CALP), now part of Unione Sindacale di Base, declared that if anything happened to the flotilla, workers would “block everything.”
“Our young women and men must come back without a scratch,” the worker said at the port, before the flotilla ships departed. “And all this cargo, which belongs to the people and is going to the people, must reach its destination, down to the very last box.”
After the flotilla was attacked, Italian labor unions called for a general strike. The result on September 22 was something Italy hadn’t seen in years: The general strike involved sectors from logistics to education, from medics to firefighters, from train personnel to dockworkers. It spanned more than 80 cities, blocking ports, highways, train stations, secondary schools, metro stations, universities, shops, hospitals, and public administration offices all over Italy (continue reading here).
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Israeli Navy prepares to intercept aid flotilla as convoy approaches Gaza shores: Media
Due to the large number of vessels, the military is preparing to transfer activists to a large warship and tow the vessels to Ashdod Port in southern Israel, with the possibility that some may sink during the operation, Israeli media said.
It stressed that Israel’s political leadership has ordered the military not to allow the aid flotilla to enter Gaza “under any circumstances.”
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Israel has no grounds to intercept Gaza-bound aid ships, says lawyer joining flotilla
Croatian lawyer Morana Miljanovic, who is on board one of the flotilla ships, said, “Israel, under international law, has no right to intercept civilian vessels in international waters, nor does it have the right to do that in territorial waters. This is a matter of customary international law that applies to all states, no matter which conventions they have signed or not signed.
“The only grounds Israel could have to intercept would be if there might be a crime committed or a threat to a state, and that reasonable doubt needs to be on evidence,” Miljanovic said, adding, “There is no such evidence. The flotilla around us is carrying humanitarian aid. Therefore, this is a humanitarian flotilla, and diverse political motivations of its participants are irrelevant.”
The Global Sumud Flotilla is sailing to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians who are being starved to death by the Israeli government. They must be fully protected. I’m leading a letter to the Trump Administration demanding safe passage and calling for an end to the… pic.twitter.com/VMeOjzviEP
— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) September 29, 2025
OTHER NEWS & HEADLINES:
Israel appears as a perpetrator on US global human trafficking report
The US Department of State has released a long-delayed, legally required report on human trafficking, the 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report.
Besides Afghanistan, China, Iran, North Korea, Cambodia, and Russia, the document is also critical of Israel, describing as “credible” reports that “Israeli forces forcibly used Palestinian detainees as scouts in military operations in Gaza to clear booby-trapped buildings and tunnels and gather information”.
The allegations were first raised by Palestinian sources and confirmed by Israeli soldiers in testimony gathered by Breaking the Silence, an organization of current and former members of the Israeli military. They have since been substantiated in investigations by Israeli media.
Joel Carmel, a former IDF officer who serves as Breaking the Silence’s advocacy director, said he hoped the report “would be used to be sure Israel is held accountable” and “doesn’t end up sitting on a shelf somewhere.”
NOTE: Israel’s use of Palestinians as human shields has been widely reported for many months, for example: the Guardian, Al Jazeera, and the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Years earlier, reports were filed by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International; Defense for Children International also revealed the Israeli military’s use of a child as a human shield.
As far back as 2005, the Israeli supreme court ruled that the use of the human shield procedure in raids is illegal and a violation of international law – this ruling followed at least 1,200 incidents in the previous five years. Clearly, the practice has become widespread again (for more examples, see this, this ,this, this, this).
RELATED: In Gaza, Almost Every IDF Platoon Keeps a Human Shield, a Sub-army of Palestinian Slaves
MORE HEADLINES:
‘Full-throated assault on the First Amendment’: Judge rips into Trump over attempts to deport pro-Palestinian academics
Mohsen Mahdawi Faces Conservative Judges as Trump Administration Tries to Lock Him Back Up
In a single month, Britain sent over 100,000 bullets to Israel amid Gaza genocide: Analysis
Germany Approves 2.46 Million Euros in Arms Exports to Israel After Partial Gaza Embargo
ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) – A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
What’s in Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza?
Israel military attacks civilians gathering firewood
Israel threatens to seize Gaza aid flotilla
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
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STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2025*:
- At least 67,195 Palestinians killed, 178,716 injured – including:
- at least 66,148 killed in Gaza (~20,000 children)
- at least 1,047 killed in the West Bank (~212 children)
- at least 168,716 injured in Gaza
- more than 10,000 injured in the West Bank
- at least 453 have died from malnutrition in Gaza, including 150 children
At least 2,580 Palestinians have been killed while trying to access aid parcels from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which started operating on May 26, 2025.
Since the Israeli army unilaterally broke the January ceasefire on March 18, 2025, it has killed at least 13,280 people. 65 Israeli soldiers (most recent Sept. 28) have been killed during the same time period.
*NOTE: Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 14,000 more are still buried under rubble. Additionally, the numbers of injured and starved are very conservative estimates.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – September 30, 2025: ~1,658 – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 466 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, about 52 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel.
By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 270 Palestinian journalists and media workers; Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (other groups have tallied between 203 and 323 Palestinian journalists killed – depending on the criteria used).
NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
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