Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
Israeli forces killed at least 39 Palestinians in Gaza on Monday, including 5 aid seekers. In total, Israel has killed at least 2,571 aid seekers since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation opened on May 27, 2025 (learn about aid seekers here).
The number of known starvation/malnutrition deaths stands at 453, including 150 children.
Additional statistics below. For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Monday, go here.
CEASEFIRE NEWS & HEADLINES:
BREAKING: By Tuesday morning, Netanyahu was already walking back on the plan, including a clause that says Israel will not occupy Gaza and its military will withdraw completely. He said the army “will remain in most of Gaza”.
Trump, Netanyahu present new plan as an ultimatum to Hamas
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, have delivered an ultimatum to Hamas, warning the resistance group to accept their 20-point peace plan for Gaza or face the consequences.
Hamas had clearly not been consulted, but both Trump and Netanyahu made clear that they were not offering Hamas a choice in the matter. If the group refused, Trump told reporters, “Israel would have my full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas.
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Palestinians react to Trump’s Gaza plan
“We will not accept any proposal that does not include the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and protection from massacres,” Hamas leader Mahmoud Mardawi declared.
Other senior resistance leaders said, “It is a formula to continue the aggression against the Palestinian people…we consider the US-Israeli announcement a recipe for igniting the region,” and “The only way to end the genocide is to stop Israel’s attacks, lift the blockade, end the systematic extermination, and guarantee Palestinians’ right to live in freedom and establish an independent state.”
Everyday Gazans also rejected the plan: “It’s drafted with conditions that the US and Israel know Hamas will never accept. For us, that means the war and the suffering will continue,” and “This is all manipulation. What does it mean to hand over all the prisoners without official guarantees to end the war?”
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What’s in Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza?
(Abridged from the Guardian) Assuming both sides agree to a detailed list of conditions, all Israeli hostages, both dead and alive, would be released “within 72 hours” of Israel publicly accepting the deal; in return, Israel would release close to 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Amnesty will be granted to members of Hamas who agree to peaceful co-existence and to decommission their weapons. Hamas will not be permitted any role, “directly or indirectly”, in the future governance of the territory.
Those who wish to leave Gaza will be given safe passage to countries who have agreed to receive them, and whoever leaves will be permitted to return. No one will be forced to leave. Israel will not occupy or annex the territory.
“Full aid” is to be sent to Gaza “without interference.”
Gaza’s governance would be passed to a temporary “technocratic and apolitical Palestinian committee”, supervised by an international “Board of Peace.” Trump said, “To ensure the success of this effort, my plan calls for a new international oversight body – the Board of Peace – which will be headed, not at my request … by a gentleman known as President Donald J Trump of the United States.”
The “Trump economic development plan” would see to it that Gaza is “redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough.”
An “interfaith dialogue process” will be set up to promote “the values of tolerance and peaceful coexistence,” which will aim to “change mindsets and narratives of Palestinians and Israelis.”
After everything else is successfully completed, “the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood, which we recognize as the aspiration of the Palestinian people” (read the full article here; read the full text of the 20-point plan here).
CEASEFIRE HEADLINES:
Netanyahu Claims Ceasefire Deal Will Allow the Israeli Military To ‘Stay’ in Gaza
Netanyahu secures key edits to Trump plan to slow and limit Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza
How Israel shaped Trump Gaza plan by removing ‘two-state solution’
Hamas: Blair not welcome in Palestine, our people can manage their own affairs
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.)
Tens of thousands of displaced Gazans “sleeping in the streets”
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) warned Monday that conditions are rapidly deteriorating, with famine expanding and displacement zones in southern Gaza reaching extreme levels of overcrowding. A spokesperson stated that “around 70,000 people are crammed into every square kilometer” in the southern areas where Israel has ordered civilians to flee.
“There is no space to pitch even a single tent,” he said, adding that tens of thousands of families are now sleeping in the streets without shelter. “Famine has moved with the displaced from Gaza City into central and southern Gaza.”
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Israel military attacks civilians gathering firewood
Israel has reportedly used weaponized drones, artillery shelling, and live gunfire against people gathering firewood, especially in northern Middle Gaza. Between 1 August and 23 September, the Office recorded 14 such attacks, which killed 21 Palestinians, including at least 1 child.
Israel has completely blocked the entry of cooking gas since 2 March 2025, forcing people to rely on wood, mostly derived from flammable debris from destroyed buildings and broken furniture, as the only available source of fuel for cooking.
Under international humanitarian law, Israel is obliged to distinguish at all times between civilians and combatants and to refrain from directing attacks against civilians. In situations of doubt, individuals must be presumed to be civilians. The strikes, as well as the use of live ammunition against Palestinians collecting firewood, appear to amount to attacks directed at civilians, demonstrably not directly participating in hostilities, and also suggest a policy of preventing Palestinians from accessing the necessities of life.
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GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS HUNDREDS OF MEDICS IN ISRAELI JAILS: At least 361 medical personnel are currently detained in Israeli prisons, Gaza’s Health Ministry says in a statement, adding that they had been “forcibly disappeared in detention centers, and the occupation prevents human rights organizations from monitoring their conditions”. The little information available on their health suggests they are enduring “catastrophic conditions” and “abuse”, it added.
GAZA HEADLINES:
1 in 5 children in Gaza born underweight or premature amid Israeli siege: UNICEF
UN records 17 Israeli attacks on Gaza City health facilities in past 2 weeks
“More Dangerous by the Hour”: A Report From Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City
Rights group accuses Israel of blackmailing Gaza families with choice between collaboration or mass murder
Half a million Palestinians trapped in Gaza City in just 8 square kilometers: UNRWA
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.)
UN warns of ‘calamitous’ consequences as Israel advances illegal settlement expansion
Palestinian Authority pledges to hold elections within one year of war ending
ISRAEL 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.)
Two Killed, One Wounded in Israeli Strikes Against Lebanon
WHAT ISRAELIS ARE READING:
This Yom Kippur, the Shofar Must Cry Out: Gaza Is Not a Just War!
Trump Forced the Gaza Peace Plan on Netanyahu. But a Lot Could Still Go Wrong
PM Netanyahu apologizes to Qatar for Doha strike in White House phone call
‘A disgrace’: MKs slam Netanyahu apology to Qatari PM on Doha strike
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.)
International aid flotilla update
A group of activists joined the Global Sumud Flotilla from the Mediterranean on Monday, and two more boats are joining from the Greek Cypriot Administration and Turkiye. The biggest ship of the flotilla will set sail on Tuesday with 100 on board, according to Tony La Piccirella, an Italian activist aboard one of the roughly 50 ships.
He said in addition to Italian and Spanish navy vessels that provide protection for the flotilla, three more countries are considering sending more military vessels, without revealing the names of these countries.
The Global Sumud Flotilla, made up of about 50 ships, set sail earlier this month to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid, particularly medical supplies, to the war-ravaged enclave.
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Israel threatens to seize Gaza aid flotilla
According to the official Israeli channel Kan, “Israel is preparing to confront a maritime flotilla called the Global Sumud Flotilla and take control of it, as it is expected to reach Gaza’s shores within four days, coinciding with the Jewish Yom Kippur holiday (from Wednesday to Thursday).”
It also reported that Israel’s naval commando unit, Shayetet 13, had conducted field training in recent days “to take control of the ships at sea”, claiming that the drills aimed at “reducing harm to participants”.
The channel further claimed that “in recent days, Israel contacted the flotilla organizers, offering to transfer humanitarian aid through the port of Ashkelon, Cyprus, or even via the Vatican, but the organizers rejected the proposal, which Tel Aviv considers a deliberate provocation.”
FLOTILLA HEADLINES:
Türkiye delivers food, medical supplies to Global Sumud humanitarian aid flotilla
Germany urges Israel to avoid targeting Sumud Flotilla aid convoy to Gaza
OTHER HEADLINES:
Parliament blocks Declassified UK, citing its Gaza ‘standpoint’
Argentine Nobel laureate pushes for Netanyahu’s arrest if he visits
ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) – A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
Armed wing of Hamas says it lost contact with two captives in Gaza City
ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel seeks legal protections for Israeli leaders, IDF troops in ceasefire deal
A third of US college students think Palestinians better ally than Israel – poll
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
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STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2025*:
- At least 67,144 Palestinians killed, 178,536 injured – including:
- at least 66,097 killed in Gaza (~20,000 children)
- at least 1,047 killed in the West Bank (~212 children)
- at least 168,536 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 2,576 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 13,229 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 29, 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 269 Palestinian journalists and media workers; Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (other groups have tallied between 203 and 322 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.
- Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
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- Northwestern students blocked from enrollment after refusing controversial antisemitism training
- Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here
- Over 30 states met during Netanyahu’s UN speech to weigh action against Israel
- Israel and 9/11: What did they know and withhold?
- Washington doubles down on support for Israel
- Collusion and insider trading: Who profited off 7 October?
- No medicine, no beds, no food or water: inside Gaza City’s main hospital
- ‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology to win US support for goals
- Post-Paramount sale, Shari Redstone is ‘full speed ahead’ on addressing antisemitism
- NEH Announces Largest Grant in Agency’s History—$10.4 Million—to Israel advocacy organization
- Collaborate or leave: Israel’s cruel ultimatum to humanitarian groups in Gaza
- BBC, AFP, AP and Reuters launch film calling for Gaza access
- In move that could Bring in NATO, Spain joins Italy in Sending Rescue Ship for Sumud Gaza Aid Flotilla
- How a little-known embassy aide hijacked US Israel policy
- The Last Two New England Democratic Senators Unconditionally Supporting the Gaza Genocide
- The opaque lobby of high-ranking Israeli officers in Brussels
- Israel’s genocide in Gaza: Whatever happened to South Africa’s case at the ICJ?
- How Israel Captured TikTok
- More and More Evidence Shows – Most of the Gaza War Deaths Are Civilians
- Israeli army detonates 17 booby-trapped vehicles daily in Gaza City, each equivalent to a 3.7-magnitude earthquake
