Middle East Geopolitical Reporting for 2026-10-08

This leader of a small, far-right party wants Netanyahu fans to take a chance on him

At an English-language event in Tel Aviv, Ofer Winter pitched his Amcha Yisrael party to voters weighing whether to stick with Netanyahu's bloc, laying out plans for Gaza 'migration' universal military service and 'recovering' West Bank land

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Iranian nation achieved strategic victory in war against US

TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – A senior IRGC official has said that Iranian nation has achieved a significant strategic victory in war against the United States of America.

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Explainer-The status of Iran's uranium enrichment programme

By Francois MurphyVIENNA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US Vice President JD Vance told Reuters on Tuesday Iran must make a "meaningful" reduction in its uranium enrichment capacity to satisfy US demands and end the countries' seven-month war.While it is not clear what exactly he meant, below is a summary of what is known, and not, about the current status of Iran's uranium enrichment programme, which is at t...

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Oct 7, 2026 - al-monitor.com

Three Years of Genocide: What Gaza Has Exposed | Palestine This Week

On the third anniversary of 7 October, we look back on three years of the Gaza genocide. We ask what the genocide has revealed about Israel, about the Western powers that have backed it, and about the international system that has failed to stop it. We also ask what these three years mean for Palestinians and their struggle against apartheid. Mentioned in this episode: The CIA red-team report warn...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

French court suspends ban on pro-Palestinian demonstration in Paris

A French administrative court on Wednesday suspended a ban imposed Tuesday on a pro-Palestinian demonstration planned in Paris for the evening, allowing the rally to proceed, according to the court, Anadolu reports. The court said the demonstration did not constitute a “trouble to public order.” The rally, called by the Urgence Palestine collective “against the genocide in Gaza and for respect for...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Trump speaks with Netanyahu in solidarity of October 7, as world leaders share condolences

"The Trump administration remains committed to confronting terrorism and bringing hostages home. America will always stand as a beacon of freedom, defending our allies and values around the world."

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Northwestern University evacuates October 7 play performance after fire alarm was set off

The production, written by Irish journalists Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, is built from word-for-word survivor testimonies detailing the Hamas terror attacks in Israel.

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Israeli forces kill volunteer medic in Gaza amid ceasefire violations

A volunteer medic was killed Wednesday in Israeli attacks targeting several areas across the Gaza Strip, a medical source said, Anadolu reports. The medic was working with the Palestinian Civil Defense. He was killed in an airstrike while he was heading to help wounded people near Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, the source told Anadolu. Several other Palestinians were injured in the attacks...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Israeli settlers attack farmers, steal olive harvest in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers, on Tuesday, attacked Palestinian farmers harvesting olives in the Wadi al-Nar area east of Marda village, north of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, injuring two brothers and stealing the olives they had collected. Local sources said the attack took place while farmers from Marda and the nearby town of Jamma’in were working in the area. They said the two brothers, Mohammed and Na...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Israel refuses entry to Palestinian election commission to Gaza, Jerusalem

Israel has refused to allow officials of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission to enter the Gaza Strip and occupied Jerusalem as part of preparations for legislative elections scheduled for late November, a Palestinian source said on Tuesday. The Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted an unnamed “responsible” source as saying the Israeli government had refused to allow the commission to enter ...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Exclusive-Saudi Arabia launches air safety probe into flydubai incident, sources say

By Allison Lampert, Tim Hepher, Steven Scheer and Federico MaccioniOct 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has launched an air accident probe following last week's cockpit stabbing on a flydubai jet, as experts examine any fallout for aviation safety alongside a separate UAE-led criminal investigation, three people close to the matter said.Safety probes designed to keep flights safe are normal after accide...

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Powerful explosions heard in Riyadh

TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – Explosions were heard in Riyadh without warning and Yemen's military spokesman said a Saudi CH-4 armed reconnaissance drone was downed over Al-Jawf.

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Over 20,000 students killed in Gaza, West Bank in 3 years of Israeli genocide: Palestinian ministry

A total of 20,748 Palestinian students and 1,058 educational and administrative staff have been killed in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank during three years of Israeli genocide, the Palestinian Education Ministry said Wednesday. In a statistical report on Israeli violations against the education sector, the ministry said the figures cover students and staff at schools and universities, along...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

European Parliament member calls for increased aid to Sudan war victims

Nela Riehl, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) and a member of its Committee on Foreign Affairs, said all international organisations involved in human rights and humanitarian work have repeatedly called for increased funding and aid for Sudan, provided by member states of many of these organisations.  Speaking to broadcaster Al-Qahera News, Riehl said: “I...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Israeli strikes kill 4 Palestinians, including teen, civil defense medic

Four Palestinians, including a teen and a civil defense medic, were killed and others injured in Israeli attacks Wednesday, Anadolu reports. In the latest attacks, a Palestinian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli drone strike targeting a tent sheltering displaced people in the Al-Buraq neighborhood, west of Khan Younis, a medical source at Nasser Hospital told Anadolu. A volunteer me...

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YAF announces fresh operations against Saudi positions

TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – Yemen's armed forces downed a Saudi CH-4 reconnaissance drone over Al-Jawf and targeted Riyadh's King Khalid airport with drones, spokesman Yahya Saree said.

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Israeli occupiers stormed Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque 26 times in September: Awqaf Ministry

Israeli occupiers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied West Bank 26 times in September, while the army banned the Muslim call to prayer 150 times at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs said Tuesday, Anadolu reports. In a report detailing Israeli violations of Islamic holy sites last month, the ministry said pressure on Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 6, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

In war-torn Kyiv, Elkin-led Israeli delegation confronts familiar threats while marking Babyn Yar

Zelensky warned the Israeli delegation that the drones Iran is developing together with Russia, combined with the operational experience the two countries are gaining, could become a threat.

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Oct 7, 2026 - jpost.com

Palestinian killed, 16 wounded amid West Bank violence as IDF launches raids

The violence came as the olive harvest season begins and as Israeli forces carried out raids targeting suspects accused of terrorism, incitement and support for the October 7 massacre

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Oct 7, 2026 - haaretz.com

81 US aircraft lost or damaged during Iran war, congressional document shows

At least 81 US fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and uncrewed aircraft were lost or damaged during military operations against Iran, according to a recent report prepared by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, Anadolu reports. The figures compile operational incidents recorded since Feb. 28 across Pentagon records, US Central Command (CENTCOM) statements, military inspector general findings, an...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Israeli banks fear new sanctions over West Bank settlement financing: Report

Israeli banks fear new international sanctions over financing settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, particularly measures planned by Britain, Israeli daily Haaretz reported Wednesday, Anadolu reports. The newspaper said the Association of Banks in Israel had prepared an assessment warning that anticipated British sanctions could affect Israeli financial institutions. The measures could t...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Israel isolating Palestinian journalist for 46 days and counting

Israeli prison authorities have continued to hold Palestinian journalist and administrative detainee Bushra al-Tawil in isolation for 46 straight days, Palestinian prisoners’ organizations said Wednesday. The Palestinian Prisoner Society, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said in a st...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Yemeni army says 100 Houthis killed, 5 drones downed in southwestern Taiz province

The Yemeni army said Tuesday that 100 Houthi fighters were killed and five drones were downed in the southwestern province of Taiz during ongoing military operations in the country, Anadolu reports. The army’s Taiz Military Axis said in a statement that government forces carried out attacks on several fronts as part of the “Dawn of Yemen” offensive. It said five operations were conducted Monday on...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 6, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemns attacks on journalists in West Bank

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate on Tuesday condemned the escalating attacks by Israeli forces and settlers against journalists in the northern West Bank. In a statement, the syndicate said several journalists had recently been targeted while carrying out their work, describing the incidents as part of what it called a systematic policy against journalists and media organizations. According t...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Israeli forces demolish East Jerusalem building as occupiers injure 2 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli forces demolished a five-story residential building housing 70 Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday, while two Palestinians were injured in attacks by Israeli occupiers and soldiers carried out raids across the West Bank, according to local authorities and media, Anadolu reports. Israeli forces demolished the building that contains 10 apartments in the Al-Tur neighborhood, a ...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Saudi regime attacks Yemen with US support: Houthi

TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – The Leader of Yemeni Ansar Allah movement that leads Yemeni Sanaa government says that Saudis hav waged the war on Yemen under the support of Washington.

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Israel promotes ‘misleading claims’ to target remaining healthcare system: Gaza Health Ministry

The Gaza Health Ministry warned Wednesday that Israel is once again promoting allegations about the presence of weapons inside hospitals to justify targeting what remains of the healthcare system in the Palestinian enclave, as three years have passed since the start of Israel’s genocide, Anadolu reports. The Israeli army is once again making a series of “false and misleading claims through its spo...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Iran warns US, Israel against new attack, says arms production capacity up 2.5-fold

Iran warned Tuesday that any new attack by the US or Israel would face a stronger response, saying it has prepared potential targets for retaliation and significantly expanded its weapons production capacity, Anadolu reports. Defense Ministry spokesman Reza Talaei-Nik said any renewed attack would be met with a “decisive response” and result in heavier losses for Iran’s adversaries, the semi-offic...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 6, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

From flydubai to October 7: Netanyahu amplifies threats against Israel's security for his political gain

The prime minister and his government are warning of every threat that could possibly face Israel ahead of the election – West Bank, Gaza, Iran, October 7 global protests and more – but fail to mention Israel could very well be the first to strike

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Oct 6, 2026 - haaretz.com

Mamdani to attend October 7 vigil as pro-Palestinian activists rally against him

City Hall protesters accuse mayor of 'capitulation to Zionist pressure,' while ADL chief condemns his October 7 statement invoking Israel's 'genocide' in Gaza

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Oct 7, 2026 - haaretz.com

Clashes with police put ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews draft issue at center of Israel’s election campaign

Clashes between Israeli police and hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews in central Israel on Monday evening brought one of the country’s most contentious issues to the forefront of campaigning ahead of the Oct. 27 election, Anadolu reports. Israeli opposition leaders on Tuesday blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government for allowing tens of thousands of Haredim to continue avoid...

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Oct 6, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Israeli, EU officials condemn politician over taking down of Israeli flag at October 7 tribute

Rima Hassan acknowledged removing an Israeli flag from an October 7 memorial at the European Parliament, saying the EU flag fell as a result. Her office said the action was meant to protest Israel's 'ongoing genocide' in Gaza, not the victims' memory

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Oct 6, 2026 - haaretz.com

Bearing witness: Websites document Gaza's catastrophe for the ages

These efforts are laying bare the humanitarian disaster and Israel's suspected war crimes, preserving evidence for courts and 'the day Israeli society has the desire or courage to look in the mirror'

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Oct 7, 2026 - haaretz.com

Three years of genocide: How America’s Israel-First media filtered out the truth

Last week, a FlyDubai flight hijacked the news cycle, though no Israeli was hurt and no Israeli was injured. The aircraft landed safely, and Saudi medics checked on the Israeli passengers to confirm they were unharmed. None of that mattered. The internationally indicted criminal, Benjamin Netanyahu, was paraded on most American TV stations. It remains a top story across Western media, replayed on ...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Egypt ‘categorically’ rejects invoking Sinai in Israeli finance minister’s remarks

Egypt “categorically” rejected Wednesday dragging the Sinai Peninsula into remarks by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, an informed source told Egypt’s state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA), Anadolu reports. Responding to a query about Smotrich’s statements during the last two days, the source said Egypt “categorically” rejects any attempt to invoke Sinai in his remarks. The source des...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Susan Abulhawa wins fight to restore censored Oxford Union speech on Israel apartheid

Palestinian American author Susan Abulhawa has won her fight to restore a speech censored by the Oxford Union.  A settlement was reached following a legal challenge over the removal of passages from the high-profile debate about Israeli abuses and Zionist ideology. The Electronic Intifada reported earlier this week that the agreement meets Abulhawa’s central demand: the edited recording has been r...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

12 crew members, including 11 Indians, injured after commercial vessel hit near Oman

Twelve crew members, including 11 Indian nationals, were injured after a Panama-flagged commercial vessel was struck by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman on Tuesday, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said. The ministry said the vessel had a crew of 19, including 17 Indian nationals. Omani authorities assisted in evacuating the injured crew members and tran...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Israel sees nearly 30,000 wounded suffering psychological trauma since Gaza war

Israel’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that nearly 30,000 soldiers and security personnel are facing psychological trauma since the Gaza war in October 2023, Anadolu reports. The ministry said around 30,000 Israeli soldiers and security personnel wounded since the war have been admitted to its Rehabilitation Department. It explained that about 63% of those wounded suffer psychological impact, incl...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 6, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Flavio Bolsonaro’s first-round lead in Brazil alarms Palestine supporters

The strong first-round performance of right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has raised questions over the future of Brazil’s policy towards Palestine, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva heads into a closely contested run-off. Bolsonaro secured around 47 per cent of the vote, compared with roughly 45 per cent for Lula, outperforming several pre-election polls and reinforcing broade...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Hezbollah receives $200 million from Iran to aid Lebanese displaced by war with Israel

Intermediaries who moved the money charged a 20 percent fee, two people with direct ‌knowledge of the transfer said. Israel's bombardment and invasion of Lebanon uprooted hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah's Shi'ite Muslim constituents

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Oct 7, 2026 - haaretz.com

Two mothers, two tragedies, a shared choice to reject hatred

Hamas killed Liat Atzili's husband on October 7 and took her hostage. An Israeli settler shot and killed Hanady Hathaleen's husband in the West Bank. Both women have chosen not to answer grief with hatred.

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Oct 6, 2026 - haaretz.com

ILF launches dictionary to reclaim 'hijacked' terms related to October 7, Israel-Hamas war

“Three years of responses to the October 7 massacre and the multi-front war waged that day have exposed an additional existential warfront," said Cotler-Wunsh.

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Oct 7, 2026 - jpost.com

Russia ready to grant $1B loan to Iran: Report

Russia has finalized preparations to provide a $1 billion loan to Iran, with the funds ready for transfer once Tehran provides bank account details, Iranian media reported Tuesday. Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency said the payment process had been finalized but disagreements among Iranian government bodies over how the money should be spent have delayed the transfer. The loan was first report...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 6, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Attacks on tankers in Hormuz hit highest of any week since start of Iran war, sources say

By Jonathan SaulLONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Attacks on tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz hit their highest last week of any week since the Iran war began, according to maritime security sources tracking incidents, amid a bigger export push by Gulf producers.Attacks, attempted attacks and harassment activity including drone overflights, surveillance and hailing using VHF radio by Iran's Re...

AL-MONITOR: The Pulse of The Middle East

Oct 7, 2026 - al-monitor.com

How Israel’s genocide in Gaza pulled Britons into the Palestine movement

Britons are risking freedom and reputations to stand with Palestinians and challenge government policy.

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Oct 7, 2026 - aljazeera.com

Support for Resistance Front will continue until liberation of al-Quds: Iran’s top general 

Tehran, IRNA - Iran’s top military commander says the Al-Aqsa Flood operation of October 7, 2023 exceeded the Israeli regime's expectations, and that support for the Resistance Front will continue until the liberation of occupied al-Quds.

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Hamas condemns Mladenov’s silence over Israeli actions in Gaza

Hamas on Tuesday criticized the Peace Council and its representative, Nickolay Mladenov, over what it described as their silence regarding Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip. Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said in a post on Facebook that the council and Mladenov had failed to accuse Israel of violating the agreement. “The silence of the so-called Peace Council and its representative, Mladenov, reg...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

At least 1,240 airline crew from countries without diplomatic ties to Israel entered in 2026

Israeli law bars entry to citizens of countries that lack formal diplomatic relations with Israel, yet citizens from Syria, Lebanon and Oman have entered the country in 2026. It is being investigated whether Iranian nationals also entered Israel

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Oct 6, 2026 - haaretz.com

Israel's European allies and critics mark October 7, acknowledge antisemitism

From pro-Netanyahu allies across Europe to politicians calling to recognize Palestinian suffering during the three years of war, leaders worldwide marked the third anniversary of Hamas' attack, as some leaders remained silent on social media

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Oct 7, 2026 - haaretz.com

How genocide in Gaza followed Bosnia’s painful pattern

Three years into Israel’s war on Gaza, we examine patterns that echo the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Oct 7, 2026 - aljazeera.com

Hezbollah receives $200 million cash infusion from Iran to support families tied to terror group

Hezbollah received the cash last month despite a tightening US economic chokehold on Iran and increasing difficulties in getting funds to Tehran's Lebanese ally.

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Oct 7, 2026 - jpost.com

Israeli forces demolish memorials for Palestinian martyrs

Israeli forces raided the occupied West Bank city of Nablus early Wednesday, demolishing memorials for Palestinian martyrs, sources said. The Israeli army imposed a curfew in several areas of Nablus during the raid, detained Palestinians and turned a school into a field interrogation center, local sources told Anadolu Agency. They said Israeli forces entered the city from several directions accomp...

Middle East Monitor

Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Flying scared: The evacuation of US bombers from RAF Fairford

The evacuation of a dozen B-1B bombers of the US Air Force from the RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire is another instalment in the latest rippling of the Iran war that began as a pre-emptive, illegal assault by the US and Israel on the Islamic Republic in late February.  This, arguably, came in two parts, the first scripted with the detention and arrest of five men on 27th September in the vicinity ...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

New York mayor highlights US ‘complicity’ in Gaza genocide on 7 Oct. anniversary

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday highlighted US “complicity” in the genocide in the Gaza Strip on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks, Anadolu reports. “This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers,” Mamdani said in a post on US social media platform X. “We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.” He added that t...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Three years after Hamas attacked on October 7, Israel has yet to start reckoning with its failures

The collapse of Israel's intelligence and security remains unresolved and the officials who dismissed warnings of Hamas' attack are still in charge. As Netanyahu's government delays an independent inquiry, war rages on, and the scars have yet to heal

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Oct 7, 2026 - haaretz.com

Israel and Indonesian vice president Gibran prove the powerful can break rules and walk free

Today marks three years since Israel began its genocide in Gaza. Three years in which Israel has faced no real punishment. On the eve of this anniversary, a court in Indonesia showed the world exactly how this impunity works: the powerful break the rules, the system watches, and nobody lifts a finger. Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim-majority country. It has no diplomatic ties with Israel a...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Zionism, apartheid and genocide: The argument the world can no longer avoid

In 1975, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 3379 declaring Zionism “a form of racism and racial discrimination.” Sixteen years later, the resolution was revoked in the political context surrounding the Madrid Peace Conference. Western politics subsequently behaved as though the argument itself had been buried. It had not. History did not end in 1991, and neither did the politic...

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Oct 6, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Paris bans pro-Palestinian demonstration planned for Oct. 7 over ‘risks of public disorder’

Paris police chief Patrice Faure on Tuesday banned a pro-Palestinian demonstration planned for Wednesday, the third anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023 attacks in Israel, over “risks of public disorder,” Anadolu reports. “At the request of Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, I issued an order banning a demonstration ‘against the genocide in Gaza and for respect for the ceasefire’ in Paris on Wednesday,” Faur...

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Oct 6, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

Syria weighs military aid for Saudi Arabia amid Yemen war, sources say

By Timour AzhariRIYADH, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Syria is carefully considering providing military assistance to key ally Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a US official and a Syrian military official briefed on the matter said.Options being considered include defensive aid to protect the kingdom from attacks, or deployment of forces in an offensive capacity to...

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Oct 7, 2026 - al-monitor.com

Hamas rejects Guterres’s 7th October statement, accuses him of adopting Israeli narrative

Hamas on Tuesday rejected a statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres marking the anniversary of the 7th October 2023 attack, accusing him of adopting Israel’s account of events and disregarding the broader context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a statement, Hamas said Guterres’s remarks contained what it described as “fallacies proven false” and disregarded established facts, ca...

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Oct 7, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com

All the warnings Netanyahu got before October 7 – that we know of

A Haaretz investigation and multiple reports show Netanyahu received warnings from Israeli security officials, a Gaza mediator who conveyed the Hamas leader's threat, the chief of Egyptian intelligence and the ruler of the United Arab Emirates

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Oct 7, 2026 - haaretz.com

Mamdani: Suffering did not begin, end on October 7, continued throughout Israel's 'Gaza genocide'

Mayor Zohran Mamdani mourned those killed and abducted on October 7 while accusing Israel of genocide, apartheid, and war crimes during the Israel-Hamas War and the Gaza ceasefire.

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Oct 7, 2026 - jpost.com

Exclusive-Lebanon's Hezbollah gets $200 million from Iran to help displaced, sources say

By Laila Bassam and Maya GebeilyBEIRUT, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese displaced by this year’s war with Israel, two people with direct knowledge of the transfer said, in what would be the first significant aid from the group to supporters who bore the brunt of the conflict.The US disputed the claim. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said ...

AL-MONITOR: The Pulse of The Middle East

Oct 7, 2026 - al-monitor.com