Palestine News Today: UK Green Party's Zionism Vote and Fresh Gaza Deaths Dominate Palestine News
5 October 2026. The Green Party of England and Wales has made history by voting to label Zionism as racism and back a single democratic state, while a UK court quashed a Home Office block on Gaza families reunifying with relatives. Meanwhile, Gaza continues to suffer fatal ceasefire violations and a worsening humanitarian crisis as winter approaches, alongside mounting violence in the occupied West Bank.
Green Party votes to call Zionism racism
According to The Guardian, members of the Green Party of England and Wales voted 1,022 to 813 at their Brighton conference to adopt a policy equating Zionism with racism and calling for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state with equal rights for all. The motion, opposed by most of the party's MPs, is expected to face a legal challenge. Middle East Eye reports this makes the Greens the first major UK party to take such a position, moving away from a two-state solution.
Sources: The Guardian, Middle East Eye
Israel bars Green Party leader over vote
Anadolu Agency reports that Israel has barred the British Green Party leader from entering the country following the party's conference vote. Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the Green Party of giving legitimacy to terrorism, according to Middle East Eye, after members backed the single-state policy.
Sources: Anadolu Agency, Middle East Eye
UK court overturns Gaza family reunion block
The Guardian reports that a UK immigration court has quashed a Home Office decision that blocked mothers and children in Gaza from joining relatives already settled in the UK. The judge found the government's 'unsafe journeys' policy had been applied unlawfully to two affected families. Families abroad normally need biometric checks at a visa application centre, but the Gaza centre has been closed since October 2023.
Sources: The Guardian
Fatal strikes continue despite Gaza ceasefire
Anadolu Agency reports that four Palestinians were killed and 19 wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza, as the Israeli army continues to violate the ceasefire agreement in place since October 2025. Middle East Monitor separately reported one Palestinian killed and 15 others wounded in further truce violations. Among the dead were a Christian mother and daughter killed in strikes on a residential building, with a surviving teenage relative describing the moment his mother and grandmother were killed, according to Middle East Eye.
Sources: Anadolu Agency, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye
Israel says it killed NGO director and Hamas figure
Middle East Eye reports that the Israeli military said it killed the director of Turkish humanitarian organisation Deniz Feneri in a strike on a vehicle in Khan Younis, accusing him of belonging to Hamas's armed wing. Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah had earlier confirmed his death. Middle East Monitor adds that Israeli media suggested a separate attempt to assassinate a senior Hamas figure in Gaza had likely failed.
Sources: Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor
West Bank violence leaves one dead, 15 wounded
Middle East Eye reports that Israeli forces and settlers killed one Palestinian and wounded more than 15 others across the occupied West Bank on a single day, according to the Wafa news agency. A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli soldiers while detained at the Anab checkpoint east of Tulkarm. Separately, Anadolu Agency reports that a Palestinian commission found Israeli forces and settlers carried out nearly 63,000 attacks in the West Bank since October 2023, killing 66 Palestinians and destroying or damaging more than 147,000 trees.
Sources: Middle East Eye, Anadolu Agency
Over 800 teachers killed since war began
Anadolu Agency and Middle East Monitor report that Israel has killed more than 800 Palestinian teachers since the Gaza war began, according to the Palestinian Education Ministry, with over 3,300 educators injured and more than 170 detained. The figures were released ahead of World Teachers' Day.
Sources: Anadolu Agency, Middle East Monitor
Jolie shares satellite images of Gaza destruction
Anadolu Agency and Middle East Monitor report that actor Angelina Jolie, a former UN special envoy, shared before-and-after Google Earth satellite images of Rafah, Khan Younis and Gaza City to highlight the scale of destruction. She cited UN data showing that 82% of Gaza's structures have been damaged.
Sources: Anadolu Agency, Middle East Monitor
Gaza families face winter amid shelter shortages
Middle East Monitor reports that displaced Palestinians in Gaza face another harsh winter with severe shelter shortages and dwindling aid supplies. Separately, the Serbian Orthodox Church said Christians in Palestine face persecution and discrimination, following the deaths of two Palestinian Christian women whose funeral was held at a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City.
Sources: Middle East Monitor, Middle East Monitor
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