By Home Affairs Correspondent
London, (The Muslim News): Israeli attacks killed two Palestinians and injured 18 others, including women and children, across the Gaza Strip on Friday despite a ceasefire in effect since October 10, 2025, according to medical sources. Israel continues to bomb southern Lebanon despite agreement not to do so,
In northern Gaza, Suhail Assaf, 40, was killed when Israeli forces opened fire towards tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Jabalia, a medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital told Anadolu. Witnesses reported heavy gunfire along Al-Alawin Street, with bullets striking tents housing displaced families.
A girl was also shot in the abdomen when Israeli forces opened fire towards homes in Beit Lahia, according to a medical source.
In central Gaza, Ibrahim Mohammed Abu Khashan, 40, was killed after Israeli forces shot him in the neck east of Al-Masdar, near Deir al-Balah, a medical source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Anadolu.
Three Palestinians, including two women and a child, were injured when Israeli military vehicles opened fire towards Maghazi refugee camp. Witnesses and local sources also reported heavy gunfire towards Palestinian homes east of Deir al-Balah and the Maghazi and Bureij refugee camps, alongside intensive artillery shelling and increased movement of Israeli military vehicles in eastern central Gaza.
In southern Gaza, nine Palestinians were injured when an Israeli drone struck a tent sheltering displaced people in Al-Qadisiyah camp, in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, medical sources said.
Two others were injured in a drone strike targeting an electric bicycle near the city’s industrial area, while three Palestinians, including two girls, were injured by Israeli gunfire in areas south, east and north of Khan Younis.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said Israeli attacks in violation of the ceasefire had killed 1,471 Palestinians and injured 5,189 others as of Thursday.
Since October 2023, Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and injured over 175,000, according to Palestinian figures. About 90 per cent of the enclave’s infrastructure has been destroyed.
Olive farmers targeted by Israeli settlers across occupied West Bank.
Illegal Israeli settlers carried out 19 attacks against Palestinians and their property across the occupied West Bank between early Friday and around midday, targeting olive farmers, trees, crops, livestock and vehicles, according to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission.
The commission said attacks had intensified during the olive harvest season, including assaults on farmers and the burning and uprooting of olive trees.
More than 50 olive trees were uprooted in Qusra, while olive pickers were targeted in Jurish, Beita, Naqoura, Birzeit, Deir Ibzi and Far’ata. A vehicle was set alight during an
assault on farmers in Tell, while settlers opened fire in Deir Ballut. A farmer was injured in Kafr ad-Dik, the commission said.
An elderly Palestinian woman was injured in Birin, east of Hebron, after settlers allegedly unleashed dogs at farmers. Sheep were stolen in Ein Qiniya, while a Palestinian man and his child were assaulted and their vehicle stolen in Yabroud. Vehicles were also attacked in Sarda and Al-Rayhan, according to the commission.
[Photo: People attend a pro-Palestine protest demanding to halt arms sales and impose sanctions to Israel, in London, United Kingdom on October 10, 2026. Photojournalist: Raşid Necati Aslım/AA]
Wafa news agency separately reported that olive pickers near Jurish, north of Nablus, were attacked and their crops damaged. Olive trees were also set alight in Wadi al-Shaer, between Salfit and Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, according to local sources.
Near Ramallah, Israeli forces fired tear gas at olive pickers in Wadi al-Lubban and Gharaba, east of Abwein, and prevented farmers from reaching their land, Wafa reported.
Dozens of settlers also entered an area between Sarda and Al-Rayhan, north of Ramallah, throwing stones at Palestinian vehicles and firing live ammunition into the air. A memorial at the site was damaged.
In Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, settlers released livestock onto Palestinian land in Khirbet Umm al-Khair, threatening grazing areas and crops, Wafa said.
The olive harvest began on September 20, with the Agriculture Ministry forecasting production of about 21,000 tonnes of olive oil this season.
The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said more than 45,000 trees were cut down or damaged across the West Bank during the first half of 2026, including more than 26,000 olive trees.
Since October 2023, Israeli forces and settlers have killed 1,210 Palestinians, injured 13,350 and arrested 26,000 across the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian figures.
Six injured in Israeli drone strike in Lebanon
Six people sustained minor injuries on Friday when an Israeli drone targeted a vehicle in Housh al-Sayyed Ali, in Lebanon’s Baalbek-Hermel province near the Syrian border, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
Witnesses told Anadolu that the missile landed beside the vehicle rather than striking it directly.
Israeli forces also shelled several areas of southern Lebanon, including Wadi Zibqin and the outskirts of Baraachit and Haddatha, followed by strikes on Mansouri, Majdal Zoun and surrounding valleys. Israeli forces also fired flares over Beit Lif and Srifa, the NNA reported.
An Israeli warplane struck the outskirts of Kfar Tebnit in the Nabatieh district, while artillery fire hit Wadi al-Salouqi and areas near Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Kfar Tebnit and Mayfadoun.
Separately, Israeli infantry troops and a military bulldozer advanced about 50 metres from a Lebanese army position in Zawtar al-Gharbiya, in the Nabatieh district, and uprooted olive trees, according to the NNA.
The attacks continued despite a US-sponsored framework deal signed by Beirut and Tel Aviv on June 26, providing for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory and the deployment of the Lebanese army in areas vacated by Israeli forces.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Israeli attacks since March 2 had killed at least 4,386 people and injured 12,413 as of September 25.
[An infographic titled “Israeli army attacked 100,000 targets in five countries over three years” created in Ankara, Turkiye on October 8, 2026. Israeli army announced that it carried out attacks on approximately 100,000 targets in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Syria and Yemen over three years. Photojournalist: Omar Zaghloul/AA]
