West BankYesterday
Israeli forces sealed the Ein Deir Baha and al-Jilda neighbourhoods, went house to house and began demolitions. The prime minister vowed to change the area completely.
Israel's operation in Hebron, launched after two soldiers were killed at a checkpoint on 23 October, had displaced about 3,971 Palestinians by Monday, according to WAFA.
Source: France 24
Netanyahu and Katz compared the operation to the 2025 demolitions in northern West Bank refugee camps, which expelled tens of thousands of people and which Human Rights Watch said amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Source: France 24
We will act to destroy this place, to change it completely.Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister · France 24
raise grave concerns about ethnic cleansing and collective punishmentMedical Aid for Palestinians, UK charity · The New Arab
The IDF said the operation would last several days; Israel has given no date for residents to return.
Source: France 24
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Voices
Collective punishment is a grave violation of international law.Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights · UN News
Context
Rights groups say attackers in settler violence cases are rarely arrested or punished, AP reported after police detained 10 people over attacks on a journalist and diplomats.
Source: PBS NewsHour / AP
Context
On 21 October Israeli forces detained about 80 activists, including 33 US citizens, who were helping farmers harvest near Nahalin after declaring a closed military zone.
Source: NPR via KPBS
Voices
An olive harvest is not a security threat.Rabbis for Human Rights, Israeli rights group · The Times of Israel
Numbers
3,189people forced from their homes, per Hebron municipality (26 October)
Source: The Times of Israel / AFP
Voices
Right now, we're just wasting time.Unnamed Israeli soldier, serving in Hebron, quoted by Israeli media · The Times of Israel
Voices
It's Israel's democracy and Israel's constitution, and that's what counts for me.Isaac Herzog, Israeli president · The Times of Israel
What next
Polls open across Israel; all West Bank land crossings are closed for the day.
Source: France 24
Context
The ISF is meant to keep order and secure Gaza's borders under the Board of Peace plan, working with a new Palestinian police force as Israel withdraws in stages tied to Hamas disarmament.
Source: Al-Monitor
Voices
Kosovo's EOD team is ready and will deploy once ISF is prepared to receive it.Kosovo Ministry of Defence, statement · The Times of Israel
What next
Albanian liaison officers are expected in November; no date has been given for troops to enter Gaza.
Source: The Times of Israel
Context
The yellow line marks the positions Israeli forces withdrew to under the October 2025 ceasefire. Areas west of it, including al-Mawasi, are where most of Gaza's displaced population now lives.
Source: UN News
Context
Under the October 2025 ceasefire, Israeli forces pulled back to the yellow line, which roughly splits the Strip into east and west. The UN says new yellow blocks have since been seen in Ash Shuja'iyyeh and parts of Deir al-Balah, and Israeli control has grown beyond the 53% the deal allowed.
Source: UN News
Voices
These movements have forced residents to flee their homes and shelters, only to return when the forces pull back.Osama al-Kahlout, Deir al-Balah resident · The New Arab
Context
The yellow line marks where Israeli forces withdrew under the October 2025 ceasefire. Moving its markers westward shrinks the area where displaced Palestinians can live.
Source: OCHA
Context
In June 2026 the same commission told the Human Rights Council that Israeli forces had deliberately targeted Palestinian children.
Source: UN News
Voices
form part of a broader strategy to exterminate and displace PalestiniansSrinivasan Muralidhar, chair, UN Commission of Inquiry · UN News
Voices
The war is ongoing. Israel claims there is a truce, but on the ground, what truce?Alaa Baroud, brother of a man killed in a strike on Sunday · Democracy Now!
Opened all the way down
Gaza19 Oct
The agency now reaches 1.1 million people, down from 1.6 million a month earlier, and has halved rations for those it still serves. It says it needs $450 million to keep operating in Gaza and the West Bank until March.
The running figures under this week’s lines. Each is the latest the named source has published, with the date it was true.
Palestinians killed in Gaza since the October 2025 ceasefire (Gaza Ministry of Health)
As of 19 Oct · OCHA
children killed in Gaza since the ceasefire (UNICEF)
As of 22 Oct · OCHA
Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 2023
As of 26 Oct · The New Arab
UN and partner aid trucks offloaded at Kerem Shalom in one week (13–19 October)
As of 19 Oct · OCHA
people WFP still feeds in Gaza after cutting half a million
As of 19 Oct · WFP
olive-harvest settler attacks since 1 September, more than any full season on record
As of 19 Oct · OCHA
settler attacks in the West Bank in 2026, an average of 7.4 a day
As of 19 Oct · OCHA
Palestinians displaced by Israel's Hebron operation (WAFA count)
As of 26 Oct · The New Arab
Gaza
Phase one swapped hostages for prisoners and drew the yellow line. Phase two was meant to move Gaza from Hamas rule to a technocratic committee, an international force and staged Israeli withdrawal tied to disarmament.
West Bank
Olives are income, inheritance and identity for Palestinian villages. Access permits, closed military zones, settler violence and theft now shape who can pick, and when.
Jerusalem
Jordan's Waqf runs religious affairs, Israel controls security, and every shift in the rules is felt across the region.
27Oct · Tue
Israel's general election; all West Bank land crossings closed and Palestinian workers barred from settlements
4Nov · Wed
UK Supreme Court due to hear Huda Ammori's appeal against the proscription of Palestine Action (scheduled 4–5 November)
Nov2026 · date not set
Albanian liaison officers for the International Stabilisation Force expected in Gaza (month only)
23Nov · Mon
Deadline for the Israeli state to give the High Court a timetable for residents' return to the Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps
30Nov · Mon
West Bank olive harvest season runs until the end of November
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