Palestine News Today: Gaza Ceasefire Violations Kill Three as UN Warns of Health Crisis
4 November 2026. Despite the ongoing Gaza ceasefire, Israeli strikes continue to kill Palestinians while the UN warns of a deepening humanitarian and public health emergency. Meanwhile, West Bank land seizures, demolitions and settlement expansion continue amid political upheaval in Israel following last week's election.
Three Palestinians killed despite Gaza ceasefire
Anadolu Agency and Middle East Monitor report that three Palestinians, including a security officer and a young girl, were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, including a drone strike on a tent sheltering displaced people in Gaza City. The killings come despite an ongoing ceasefire, which Palestinian officials say Israel continues to violate with strikes on displaced civilians and security personnel.
Sources: Anadolu Agency, Middle East Monitor
UN says Israeli restrictions crippling Gaza waste collection
The UN has warned that Israeli restrictions are severely hampering waste collection in Gaza, raising public health risks for residents already living amid devastation. A UN spokesperson said more crossings must be opened and bureaucratic barriers reduced so that a wider range of essential supplies can reach the territory, according to Anadolu Agency and Middle East Monitor.
Sources: Anadolu Agency, Middle East Monitor
UNRWA cuts jobs in Gaza amid funding shortfall
Mondoweiss reports that UNRWA has carried out mass layoffs in Gaza after facing a $70 million budget shortfall. Laid-off staff, the agency's workers' union and a former UNRWA spokesperson argue the cuts go beyond finances, suggesting they are part of a broader effort to undermine the Palestinian refugee question itself.
Sources: Mondoweiss
14 students and 8 education workers killed in October
Middle East Monitor reports that 14 students and eight education workers were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza during October, despite the ceasefire being in effect. The report notes an Islamic University campus in Gaza City was among the sites struck, with students among the casualties.
Sources: Middle East Monitor
Israel to allocate West Bank land for settler livestock
According to Anadolu Agency, Israel is planning to designate nearly 2,350 acres of West Bank land for grazing by settlers' livestock. A Palestinian commission has warned that grazing permits in the Salfit and Jenin areas could be used to further expand illegal settlements into Palestinian land.
Sources: Anadolu Agency
Israeli forces demolish West Bank Palestinian businesses
Middle East Monitor reports that Israeli forces, backed by bulldozers and heavy machinery, demolished five Palestinian-owned businesses during a raid near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The demolitions took place in the Haska Road area linking Beit Kahil and Halhul.
Sources: Middle East Monitor
Israel seizes further West Bank land for settlements
Israeli authorities have seized more than 26 dunams of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, Middle East Monitor reports, as construction continues on settlement infrastructure projects in the Maale Arugot area. The move forms part of a wider pattern of land appropriation across the territory.
Sources: Middle East Monitor
Former Israeli army spokesperson admits manipulating Gaza narrative
A former member of the Israeli military's spokesperson unit has said the army manipulated the truth about its operations in Gaza and the West Bank, Middle East Monitor reports via Anadolu Agency. She described her own role in shaping the information released to the media during the conflict.
Sources: Middle East Monitor
Turkish vice president urges unified stand against Israeli actions
Speaking at an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Istanbul, Turkey's vice president called on the Islamic world to stand firmly against Israeli actions in Palestine, Middle East Monitor reports. The remarks came during the opening session of the OIC's economic and commercial cooperation committee.
Sources: Middle East Monitor
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