Updates: Israel wounds several in Gaza; settler attacks surge in West Bank

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• A nine-year-old girl was killed and three others were injured after a war-damaged building belonging to the Balawi family collapsed in the Sabra neighbourhood of southern Gaza City.
• Israeli forces shot and injured a 14-year-old boy in the occupied West Bank city of Tubas.
• US President Donald Trump called on Hamas to release more bodies of captives over the next 48 hours.
• Israeli forces fought with Palestinian youths in the centre of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
• Trump’s Air Force One made a stopover in Qatar, and the US president met the country’s emir and prime minister on the plane.
• Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reiterated his call for Israel to declare “sovereignty” over the occupied West Bank and eliminate the “dangerous idea of a Palestinian state”.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed the “deep and enduring partnership” between their two countries during a phone call marking the end of the US official’s visit, the Netanyahu’s office said.
• The Israeli army confirmed its attack on the area of Jebchit in southern Lebanon, alleging it killed a member of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force.

The Israeli parliament has voted to annex the occupied West Bank, in a move unlikely to become law, but that has been described as an “insult” by United States Vice President JD Vance.

Moreover, President Donald Trump insists that the annexation won’t happen. Meanwhile, Israeli settler violence is escalating.

Al Jazeera Inside Story speaks to experts on whether US-Israeli relations are in upheaval.

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Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has met Trump at the Al Udeid airbase during the US president’s brief stopover to refuel his Air Force One jet.

According to a statement published by the Qatari news agency QNA, Trump expressed his “thanks and appreciation” to the emir and to Qatar for their role in supporting “peace and security in the region”.

“They also discussed key regional and international issues and developments, as well as the current situation in the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly those related to supporting peace in the region, consolidating the agreement to end the war in Gaza, and ensuring the parties’ implementation of all its provisions,” the statement read.

Israeli forces have arrested a young Palestinian man from Deir Abu Daif village, east of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.

As we reported earlier, Israeli forces stormed the towns of Kafr Dan and Deir Abu Daif.

According to the Wafa news agency, citing local sources, resident Anas Issa Yassin was arrested after his home was raided in Deir Abu Daif.

Khalil Al-Hayya, head of Hamas in Gaza, has spoken to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

Here are some of the points he made:

• New areas will be entered on Sunday to search for some of the Israeli captives’ bodies.
• We agreed with all [Palestinian] factions that the mission of the UN is to rebuild Gaza.
• We want to go to the elections as a prelude to reunifying the national ranks.
• Our weapons are linked to the existence of the [Israeli] occupation and aggression, and if the occupation ends, these weapons will revert to the state.
• The weapons are still being discussed with the factions and mediators, and the agreement is still in its infancy.
• We accept UN forces as separation forces, border monitors, and monitors of the ceasefire in Gaza.
• We are not satisfied with the amount of aid entering the Gaza Strip, and we call on mediators to intervene.
• Gaza needs 6,000 aid trucks per day, not just 600. The occupation is delaying the entry of some materials into Gaza as if we are still in the middle of a war. The humanitarian issue worries us, and the occupation is still delaying the entry of aid into Gaza.

US President Donald Trump says he believes there’s a “good chance” of peace in the Middle East being “EVERLASTING”.

In his latest post on the Truth Social platform, Trump warned that Hamas needed to return the bodies of captives, which included two Americans, or the “other countries involved in this GREAT PEACE will take action”.

“Some of the bodies are hard to reach, but others they can return now and, for some reason, they are not,” he wrote.

“Perhaps it has to do with their disarming, but when I said, ‘Both sides would be treated fairly,’ that only applies if they comply with their obligations. Let’s see what they do over the next 48 hours. I am watching this very closely,” he added.

Clashes have been reported between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces in the centre of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

Israeli forces stormed the towns of Kafr Dan and Deir Abu Daif in the Jenin Governorate, they said.

Here are the latest developments:

• US President Donald Trump’s Air Force One carrier has made a stopover in Qatar, meeting the country’s emir and prime minister on the plane, praising their role in achieving peace in the Middle East.
• US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says officials are getting input on a possible UN resolution or international agreement to authorise a multinational force in Gaza.
• Israeli [military forces], Israel Katz, says demilitarising Gaza through the destruction of “terror tunnels” and the disarmament of Hamas is the “most important strategic objective for achieving victory in Gaza”.
• Two people have been injured during an attack by Israeli settlers in the town of Surif, northwest of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank.
• Following an Israeli air strike on a car in the Nuseirat refugee camp, at least four people have been injured, al-Awda Hospital told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
• A 14-year-old boy has been shot and injured by Israeli forces in the city of Tubas, in the occupied West Bank.
• A nine-year-old girl has been killed and three others injured when a building belonging to the Balawi family collapsed on its residents in the Sabra neighbourhood, near the al-Istijabah Mosque, in southern Gaza City.

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has reiterated his call for Israel to declare “sovereignty” over the occupied West Bank and eliminate the “dangerous idea of a Palestinian state”.

In a long statement on X, Smotrich said he had no complaints against US President Donald Trump, who “gave up on sovereignty and ‘sold’ it to Arab countries in exchange for an agreement in Gaza and perhaps also for expanding the Abraham Accords”.

“I am convinced that, just as with the hostages’ issue, the President [Donald Trump], who is a true friend of Israel and genuinely wants its best, will change his opinion when he understands how important and existential this is for us,” he said.

On Wednesday, the Israeli government passed two draft bills, one pushing for the annexation of the occupied West Bank and another legalising an illegal settlement. However, the decision received backlash from the US and from Netanyahu.

An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle on one of Nuseirat refugee camp’s main roads in central Gaza. Initial reports we have that have been confirmed by a health facility are that a nine-year-old child was killed in the strike.

Followed within 10 minutes of the strike, a statement by the Israeli military spokesperson confirmed the attack that was directed at one of the Islamic Jihad members.

People in Gaza see it as a breach of the ceasefire. This is added to the ongoing violence that has been going on for the past two weeks, and since the ceasefire took hold.

The attacks along the border from the eastern side, the northern part of the strip, as well as near Rafah city, in addition to the ongoing shooting and killing of people trying to get to their homes.

Clashes have erupted in Silat ad-Dhahr, south of Jenin city, in the occupied West Bank after Israeli forces stormed the town, raiding a number of homes and destroying their contents, according to local sources speaking to the Wafa news agency.

No injuries have been reported so far, Wafa said.

Elsewhere in the governorate of Jenin, Israeli forces raided the village of Rummanah and Zababdeh and the town of Qabatiya. No arrests were reported.

US President Donald Trump says efforts to stabilise Gaza are advancing with an international force to be deployed in Gaza soon.

“This should be an enduring peace,” Trump told reporters when asked about the situation in Gaza.

Trump, who met with the leaders of Qatar during a short refuelling stopover, said Doha would be willing to contribute peacekeeping troops if needed and praised the country as a great ally and a key player in regional stability.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed the “deep and enduring partnership” between their two countries during a phone call at the end of Rubio’s visit to Israel.

According to Netanyahu’s office, the prime minister thanked Rubio for his “steadfast support” and his “commitment to strengthening the US-Israel alliance during these challenging times”.

“The PM and the Secretary of State emphasised their shared commitment to continue close cooperation to advancing the common interests and values that unite the US and Israel, first – the return of the remaining deceased hostages and the disarming Hamas and demilitarisation of Gaza,” his office added.

The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and The Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a concluding phone call at the end of @SecRubio's visit to Israel.

— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) October 25, 2025

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says officials are getting input on a possible UN resolution or international agreement to authorise a multinational force in Gaza.

“Many of the countries that have expressed an interest in participating at some level, whether it be monetary or personnel or both, are going to need that [a UN resolution or international agreement] because their domestic laws require it,” Rubio told reporters as he travelled on his plane between Israel and Qatar en route to Asia.

“So, we have a whole team working on that outline of it,” he added.

The issue is expected to be discussed in Qatar tomorrow.

Israeli [military forces], Israel Katz, says demilitarising Gaza through the destruction of “terror tunnels” and the disarmament of Hamas is the “most important strategic objective for achieving victory in Gaza”.

“The most urgent moral mission is, of course, the return of all the hostages and the fallen to their homes, and we will do everything to fulfil this sacred and critical mission,” Katz wrote on X in Hebrew.

Katz added that the main strategic mission was the destruction of the tunnels, of which he claimed 60 percent still remained.

“I have instructed the [army] to prioritise the destruction of the tunnels as the central task in the yellow zone currently under our control, alongside protecting the soldiers and communities,” he said.

Two people have been injured during an attack by Israeli settlers in the town of Surif, northwest of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank.

According to the Wafa news agency, armed settlers, under the protection of Israeli soldiers, assaulted residents in the al-Quraynat area of Surif, injuring Abdullah Ghneimat, 82, and his brother Ibrahim, 72.

The two men suffered from bruises and moderate injuries and were transferred to the hospital.

Moreover, Hazem Ghneimat, the mayor of Surif, told Wafa that settlers also set fire to a vehicle and smashed the windows of two homes in the neighbourhood.