Israel Rejects Trump’s Gaza Plan: Inside the Disarmament Standoff

🔄 LIVE STATUS: Developing. Last updated November 11, 2026. Latest development: responding late on November 10 to the Board of Peace's criticism, Prime Minister Netanyahu's office said Israel had let in more than 91,000 tents and over 8,200 trucks of winter supplies, but that under the plan Hamas must give up its weapons before reconstruction begins: "To date, Hamas has not surrendered a single weapon," it said, calling on mediators "to demand that Hamas disarm immediately throughout Gaza" (Times of Israel, Nov 10). Mobile homes, which aid groups say are most needed against the rain, remain barred from entering Gaza (Times of Israel, Nov 10). In Jerusalem, the 26th Knesset was sworn in on November 10 with President Herzog urging lawmakers to "do everything possible to avoid another round of elections"; the Eisenkot-led bloc put forward Yashar's Matan Kahana to replace Likud's Amir Ohana as speaker, but no vote had been held (Jewish Telegraphic Agency; Jerusalem Post, Nov 10). Ohana has said he would bring the vote forward, to no later than a week, only if at least 61 lawmakers sign a request (Ynet). In his Knesset speech Netanyahu renewed his call for a national unity government under his leadership; Eisenkot called the speech "delusional, divisive, hate-filled, and shameful" (Jerusalem Post, Nov 10). Gaza's Health Ministry figure of 1,613 killed since the October 2025 ceasefire, as of November 9, was the latest available; no newer toll was found. No movement on Hamas disarmament, International Stabilization Force deployment or Israeli withdrawal was reported. Earlier: the US-backed Board of Peace issued a statement on November 9 on flooding and winterization needs in Gaza that faulted both sides. It called on the Netanyahu government "to act immediately to authorize and facilitate the entry of all necessary winterization and humanitarian supplies, and to fully implement its commitments under the President's Comprehensive Peace Plan," and said "we have repeatedly pressed Hamas to agree to lay down its arms, relinquish governing authority, and fulfill its obligations under the Plan" (Times of Israel, Nov 9). The Board acknowledged "the steps now being considered by the Israeli government" but said "the response remains insufficient"; the IDF said more than 91,000 tents and over 8,200 trucks had entered Gaza since the plan began (Times of Israel, Nov 9). Hamas, for its part, urged mediators and the Board of Peace not to link reconstruction to political or security conditions (Al Jazeera, Nov 10). Gaza's Health Ministry said 20 more Palestinians were killed over the past week, bringing the toll since the October 2025 ceasefire to 1,613 as of November 9 (Al Jazeera, Nov 10). In Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu on November 9 urged opposition parties to join a unity government under his leadership, a day after Eisenkot received the mandate (HNGN, Nov 9). Eisenkot and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman agreed on a candidate to replace Likud's Amir Ohana as Knesset speaker, and Ynet reported that Eisenkot does not intend to swear in a government until Ohana is replaced. The 26th Knesset was scheduled to be sworn in at a 4 p.m. session on November 10 (Times of Israel, Nov 10). No movement on Hamas disarmament, International Stabilization Force deployment or Israeli withdrawal was reported. Earlier: President Isaac Herzog formally tasked Gadi Eisenkot with forming Israel's next government at a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on the evening of November 8, after 67 lawmakers recommended him to Netanyahu's 46 (Times of Israel; Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Nov 8). Eisenkot said: "With the mandate entrusted to me here today, I will lead the establishment of a national emergency government," and Herzog said he hoped "whatever government is formed will lead to unity, connection, and healing" (Times of Israel, Nov 8). Eisenkot now has 28 days, extendable by 14, to assemble a majority; the new Knesset is due to be sworn in on November 10, and Times of Israel described his path to a coalition as fraught. Separately, Israel's Channel 12, citing two American sources, reported that President Donald Trump urged Netanyahu in a Thursday (November 5) phone call, joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, to advance the US Gaza plan now that the election is over; a senior US official said reconstruction depends on progress toward Hamas disarmament, without saying how much (Times of Israel, Nov 8). Channel 12 also reported that the IDF chief of staff convened an emergency meeting on the humanitarian situation after the flooding of some 70,000 tents, with officials concerned Hamas may use the crisis to push for reconstruction before disarmament. In Gaza on November 8, Palestinian media reported two people killed in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis; the IDF had not commented and the victims were not named (Times of Israel, Nov 8). Gaza's Health Ministry put the toll since the ceasefire at 1,610 killed and 5,819 wounded (TRT World, Nov 8). No movement on Hamas disarmament, International Stabilization Force deployment or Israeli withdrawal was reported. Earlier: President Isaac Herzog told Gadi Eisenkot and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the evening of November 7 that he will task Eisenkot with forming Israel's next government, with the formal handover set for 5 p.m. on November 8 at the President's Residence (Times of Israel; Al Jazeera, Nov 7). The ceremony had not been reported as completed at the time of this update. Eisenkot received 67 recommendations to Netanyahu's 46, with United Torah Judaism's seven lawmakers recommending no one; he will have 28 days, extendable by 14, to assemble at least 61 of the Knesset's 120 seats, and Netanyahu stays in office until a new government is formed. The shift matters for this standoff because one of Eisenkot's four coalition principles, set out on November 6, is "Recognition of Hamas as a terror organization and a commitment to dismantling its military and governing power" (Times of Israel liveblog, Nov 6). The reports reviewed for this update do not set out his position on the 15-point roadmap's sequencing. Netanyahu, in a video hours before Herzog's decision, called for a national unity government and said "Such a government, dependent on Islamists, will dismantle the state of Israel from within" (Al Jazeera, Nov 7); Eisenkot's Yashar party replied that Likud could join only under Eisenkot and by accepting his four principles (Times of Israel, Nov 7). Separately, Board of Peace senior envoy Tony Blair met Netanyahu in Jerusalem on November 5 in talks aimed at advancing Trump's Gaza plan after the election, and was due to meet Eisenkot on November 6 (Haaretz via Times of Israel, Nov 6). In Gaza, Hamas's government media office said on November 7 that rain had flooded 70,000 tents in 12 hours, put the damage at an estimated $3 million and accused Israel of blocking shelter equipment; Israel says it restricts items that could be used as weapons, and no deaths were reported (Times of Israel, Nov 7). Times of Israel also noted Israel's position that reconstruction will not begin until Hamas agrees to disarm and gives up control of the enclave. No Health Ministry toll newer than 1,602 killed and 5,794 wounded since the ceasefire (Al Jazeera, Nov 5) was found for this update. No movement on Hamas disarmament, International Stabilization Force deployment or Israeli withdrawal was reported. Earlier: President Isaac Herzog received the certified election results on November 4 and held consultations with all parties on November 4-5 on who should try to form Israel's next government (Al Jazeera, Nov 5). Yisrael Beytenu, the Democrats, Ra'am and the Joint List recommended Gadi Eisenkot, while Shas, Religious Zionism, Zehut and Otzma Yehudit recommended Netanyahu and United Torah Judaism recommended no one (Jerusalem Post, Nov 5); Ynet projected 67 lawmakers backing Eisenkot. Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas said his party supports the full disarmament of Hamas — one of Eisenkot's four conditions for joining his coalition — and backs Trump's Gaza peace plan (Jerusalem Post, Nov 5). Herzog had not formally named a nominee at the time of this update; the nominee gets 28 days, extendable by 14, to form a government. In Gaza on November 5, Israeli strikes and fire killed four people, among them Abdul Rahim Walid Matar, 27, in a drone strike on a tent west of az-Zawayda, a child in Bureij and a woman in Khan Younis. The Health Ministry put the toll since the ceasefire at 1,602 killed and 5,794 wounded, and 74,618 killed overall (Al Jazeera, Nov 5). No movement on Hamas disarmament, International Stabilization Force deployment or Israeli withdrawal was reported. Earlier: Israel's Central Elections Committee published certified final results confirming Netanyahu's bloc at 53 seats — Likud finished as the largest single party with 27, up from 26 in the interim count — against 48 for Gadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc (Yashar! 21) and a record 19 for the Arab-led parties, leaving Netanyahu 8 seats short of the 61 needed to govern (Deccan Chronicle/Times of Israel; Anadolu Agency, Nov 4). The final tally was due to be formally submitted to President Isaac Herzog on November 4, after which Herzog consults party leaders before tasking someone with trying to form a government; the new 26th Knesset is due to be sworn in on November 10. No movement on Hamas disarmament, International Stabilization Force deployment or Israeli withdrawal was reported. Earlier: With all votes counted, Israel's October 27 election left Netanyahu's bloc on 53 seats, Eisenkot's opposition bloc on 48 and the Arab parties on 19, with turnout of 77.9% (Times of Israel liveblog, Oct 30). The Central Elections Committee said a fraud investigation "will not affect final results", and Netanyahu has claimed the election was "stolen", which election officials dismissed. Overnight into October 30 an Israeli strike destroyed a building in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza (AP photo caption via Times of Israel); no casualty figure was given. No movement on disarmament, the ISF or withdrawal was reported. Earlier: On October 28, 2026, the day after Israel's election, an Israeli drone strike hit a Gaza government post in al-Mawasi, Rafah. Medical sources first reported three killed and 15 wounded; Gaza's government media office said on October 29 that four government employees were killed and 30 wounded, describing the site as an Economy Ministry post inspecting goods entering through the Kerem Shalom crossing (Anadolu via Middle East Monitor, Oct 29). The Israeli army told AFP "we struck terrorists in the area," and AFP reported five people killed across Gaza that day, citing the civil defence agency and a local hospital (Arab News/AFP, Oct 28). The IDF separately said strikes in recent days had killed six Hamas Nukhba members and commanders, among them Ashraf Mahmoud Yusuf Dahlan, killed in Gaza City on Sunday, October 25. The name matches one of the three Islamic University security guards Al Jazeera reported killed that day, so the two accounts conflict (Times of Israel, Oct 28). The government media office put the toll since the ceasefire at 1,568 killed and 5,648 wounded. On the election, with 90% of votes counted, the count still gave Netanyahu's bloc 53 seats and the Jewish-led opposition 48, with Arab parties at 19. Counting of up to 480,000 double-envelope ballots began early on October 29, and official results are expected on November 4. Netanyahu told far-right partners Ben Gvir and Smotrich "We are together and we are staying together," per Channel 14 (Times of Israel, Oct 28). No movement on disarmament, the ISF or withdrawal was reported. Earlier: Israel's October 27, 2026 Knesset election produced no majority for either bloc. With about 85.6% of votes counted and more than half a million double-envelope ballots still to be tallied, Central Elections Committee projections reported on October 28 gave Netanyahu's bloc 53 seats (Likud 26), Gadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc 48 (Yashar! 21) and the Arab parties 19, short of the 61 needed to govern (Ynet; Jerusalem Post). Eisenkot has rejected serving under Netanyahu, so Netanyahu's government stays in office as a caretaker while coalition talks run, and the deadlock could lead to another election. Coverage of the results did not address the Gaza roadmap, and no movement on disarmament or withdrawal was reported. Earlier: The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry, now chaired by Srinivasan Muralidhar, released a report on October 26, 2026 concluding that Israel has continued to commit genocide in Gaza after the October 2025 ceasefire, and saying the "Yellow Line" has become a "steadily encroaching de facto border," with Israeli-controlled areas growing from roughly 51% of Gaza at the ceasefire to at least 60% (ABC News, Oct 27; Al Jazeera, Oct 26). Israel's Foreign Ministry called it "a propaganda document detached from reality," and its Geneva mission said it was part of a "misinformation campaign to demonize the State of Israel" (ABC News). On the ground, the IDF said troops killed a Palestinian operative who crossed the Yellow Line in southern Gaza on October 27 (Times of Israel, Oct 27), and four Palestinians were reported killed that day, including a young man in Jabalia and a man in al-Mawasi, Rafah, per media reports cited by Shafaq News, which gave the Health Ministry's cumulative toll as 74,561 killed and 175,759 injured. No updated post-ceasefire toll and no movement on disarmament or withdrawal were found as Israel's election results are counted. Earlier: As Israel votes in its October 27, 2026 Knesset election, there is still no movement on Hamas disarmament or Israeli withdrawal. On October 26, the Gaza Health Ministry's daily report recorded 11 deaths (eight newly killed, three recovered from rubble) and put the toll since the October 2025 ceasefire at 1,559 killed and 5,608 wounded, with a cumulative war toll of 74,555 (Al Jazeera, Oct 27). Reported incidents included three Islamic University security guards — Sami Baroud, Ashraf Dahlan and Shadi Abu Ataya — killed in Gaza City on October 25 in a strike Israel said targeted a Hamas operative (Al Jazeera), and three people including a girl, Jouri al-Soufi, reported killed in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, on October 26 per Hamas-affiliated media, which the Times of Israel could not independently verify. The IDF said strikes killed Hamas intelligence officer Mohammed Halawa in Gaza City on October 24 and engineering officer Ahmed Zahir Fuad Abu-Odeh on October 22 (Times of Israel, Oct 26). On the stabilization force, a Board of Peace statement said Albania finalized its ISF participation agreement on October 23, with Albanian liaison officers expected to deploy in November; no troop numbers or entry dates were given, and Israel continues to insist on full disarmament before further withdrawals (Times of Israel, Oct 26). Earlier: On October 22, 2026, the Times of Israel, citing Haaretz, reported that senior Israeli military officials told US counterparts that Hamas has no plans to disarm and is building up its forces for a possible renewed war, with the IDF assessing that Hamas has repaired tunnels and restocked weapons in areas it still controls — an Israeli intelligence assessment not independently verified, as US-led efforts toward a deal on disarmament and Israeli withdrawal remain stalled. The same day, the Gaza Health Ministry said at least four Palestinians were killed, including a young girl shot near Jabalia camp (per WAFA), one person in a vehicle strike in Tal al-Hawa, Gaza City, and a man on a bicycle in Khan Younis, and put the toll since the ceasefire at at least 1,538 killed and 5,498 injured (Al Jazeera, Oct 22). The IDF said a strike in Khan Younis killed Ramadan Muhammad Ashahada Diab, whom it described as the Popular Resistance Committees' Khan Younis chief (Times of Israel, Oct 22). Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor warned on October 22 that Gaza "could face another famine," citing empty markets and soaring prices after the mid-October halt in commercial deliveries, and WFP said it had cut food assistance by one-third. Earlier: On October 19, 2026, COGAT said Israel will gradually resume private-sector goods shipments into Gaza after a days-long halt, saying merchants reported that Hamas had dropped demands of NIS 10,000 per truck and cash sales of about 30% of stock; daily truck entries had fallen from about 600 to about 300, COGAT said it had not independently verified the merchants' account and would require documented bank transfers only. Palestinian media reported five deaths in Israeli strikes in Gaza City and Khan Younis, which the IDF had not immediately commented on (Times of Israel, Oct 19–20). No movement on disarmament or Israeli withdrawal was reported. On October 20, health officials reported at least four more Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes and gunfire in Gaza City and Khan Younis; the IDF said the Gaza City strike targeted a militant (Al Jazeera, Arab News/AP). Earlier: Over the weekend of October 17–18, 2026, Palestinian medical sources reported further deaths from Israeli fire: an Israeli drone strike on a gathering in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City killed one man on October 17 (WAFA via Anadolu), and on October 18 a 7-year-old girl, Misk al-Dalou, was killed by Israeli fire toward tents near Maghazi camp in central Gaza (WAFA via Middle East Monitor), while Hamas-affiliated media said a boy was shot dead west of Beit Lahiya, a report the Times of Israel could not independently verify. Gaza's Health Ministry put the toll since the ceasefire at at least 1,511 killed and 5,375 injured, with 74,469 killed overall as of October 17 (per Middle East Monitor). The IDF said strikes from October 15–17 killed four Hamas operatives, including one it said took part in the October 7, 2023 attack, and that weekend strikes in Tuffah and Jabalia killed a Hamas cell commander and two others, all accused of "systematic violation of the ceasefire" — Israeli military claims not independently verified (Times of Israel, Oct 17 and 19). On the plan, Haaretz reported on October 18 that Mladenov, in a letter to Israel's COGAT chief, urged Israel to immediately let the Palestinian technocratic committee and the International Stabilization Force into Gaza, warning that Hamas extortion of merchants will persist as long as the group rules the Strip; separately, the World Food Programme said it is cutting monthly aid to about 500,000 Gazans over a funding shortfall (Times of Israel, Oct 19). No movement on disarmament or Israeli withdrawal was reported. Earlier: On October 15, 2026, an Israeli drone strike on a gathering of civilians in the Al-Saftawi area north of Gaza City killed one man and injured others, and a separate drone strike near tents behind the Al-Abbas police station in western Gaza City injured three people; Anadolu also reported strikes that destroyed homes in Maghazi camp after warnings, and demolitions in Beit Lahia and Rafah (Anadolu, Oct 15, 2026). Gaza's Health Ministry put the toll from Israeli fire since the ceasefire at 1,505 killed and 5,332 wounded as of October 14 (per Anadolu). On the plan, Board of Peace high representative Nickolay Mladenov called the alleged Hamas intimidation of Gaza merchants "unacceptable" and said the rapid deployment of the NCAG, "supported by the International Stabilization Force, is urgently needed," alongside weapons decommissioning (Times of Israel, Oct 15, 2026). Citing The Guardian, the Times of Israel reported that Israel has not authorized a US contractor, which won a Board of Peace tender about two months earlier, to start building a 150-troop base for international forces in Gaza, with a source saying approval is expected after Israel's October 27 elections; Israel did not publicly comment. A Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research poll conducted October 7–11 put support for Hamas at 19%, down from 24% in August, with 42% expressing confidence in the NCAG (Times of Israel, Oct 15). The IDF said it destroyed a 1.5 km Hamas tunnel crossing the Yellow Line, an Israeli military claim not independently verified. Earlier: Later reporting on October 14, 2026 raised that day's toll: Gaza civil defence and hospital officials said Israeli strikes killed four people — two young men in a strike on a vehicle near Khan Younis, and two people, including a woman, in the strike on the Gaza City apartment building (AFP via Arab News, Oct 14, 2026). The IDF said its Gaza City strike that morning targeted "a terrorist", and separately identified a man killed in a Gaza City strike as Mumen Ahmad Salameh al-Ay, a Hamas Gaza City Brigade commander it said had held hostages during the war and was advancing attacks "in systematic violation of the ceasefire"; it also said it had killed more than 100 militants and destroyed about 8 km of tunnels over four months of operations in northern Gaza (Times of Israel; AFP, Oct 14, 2026). These are Israeli military claims and were not independently verified. On the plan itself, the Board of Peace-overseen technocratic committee (NCAG) signed a reconstruction cooperation memorandum with German development agency GIZ in Cairo, but still cannot enter Gaza amid the disarmament and withdrawal dispute; COGAT said Gaza merchants were suspending coordination of private-sector goods shipments, accusing Hamas of imposing a tax of about NIS 10,000 per truck, and its chief Maj. Gen. Yoram Halevi wrote to Board of Peace high representative Nickolay Mladenov about it (Times of Israel, Oct 14, 2026). Hamas was not reported to have responded to the COGAT claims. No newer Health Ministry total than 1,498 killed and 5,306 wounded since the ceasefire was found. Earlier: Early on October 14, 2026, an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City killed a 33-year-old woman, Reem Asaad Awad, and injured two others, including a girl, according to a medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital; witnesses also reported Israeli gunfire in Tuffah, home demolitions east of Gaza City and an incursion by military vehicles east of Deir al-Balah (Anadolu via A News, Oct 14, 2026). No Israeli military comment on the Rimal strike was reported. Gaza's Health Ministry put the toll since the ceasefire at at least 1,498 killed and 5,306 wounded (per Anadolu, Oct 14, 2026). No verified Hamas response to the reported Board of Peace weapons-handover site survey, and no movement on Israeli withdrawal, was found. Earlier: On October 12, 2026, Israel reportedly approved the entry into Gaza of a US company, working under the Board of Peace, to identify sites in southern Gaza — in areas under Israeli control — where Hamas could begin handing over weapons, according to public broadcaster Kan as cited by the Times of Israel; Israel did not publicly confirm the report. A Board of Peace official told the Times of Israel it could "move quickly to begin the difficult process of decommissioning weapons in Gaza upon receipt of the necessary authorities and cooperation guarantees" and was working with Israeli authorities to finalize the demilitarization mechanics (Times of Israel, Oct 12, 2026). Hamas has not been reported as agreeing to any handover start date. The same day, an Israeli drone strike on a group near the Muawiya Mosque in the Al-Mawasi area northwest of Rafah killed two Palestinians and critically injured three, according to medical sources (Anadolu via A News, Oct 12, 2026). Gaza's Health Ministry put the toll since the ceasefire at 1,493 killed and 5,299 wounded, and the overall toll since October 2023 at 74,382 (Middle East Monitor, citing the ministry, Oct 12, 2026). Earlier: On October 11, 2026, an Israeli drone strike on a tent in the al-Buraq area of central Khan Younis killed three Palestinians and wounded several others, according to medical sources at Nasser Hospital; witnesses told Anadolu Agency the tent was being used by displaced people as a phone-charging point (Anadolu via A News and TRT World, Oct 11, 2026). The same day, a six-year-old boy, Jihad Iyad al-Ghandour, died of wounds from Israeli gunfire in Jabalia refugee camp the previous day, per Al-Shifa Hospital, and local sources said Israeli armoured vehicles advanced tens of metres into Shujaiya in eastern Gaza City, wounding two people and forcing dozens of families to leave (TRT World/Anadolu, Oct 11, 2026). No Israeli military comment on the Khan Younis strike was reported. Gaza's Health Ministry put the toll since the ceasefire at 1,488 killed and 5,281 wounded as of October 11, 2026 (per Anadolu/TRT World). No verified movement on disarmament or withdrawal talks was found. Earlier: On October 10, 2026, the first anniversary of the ceasefire, Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in two separate attacks in Gaza City — four near Panda Mall and one in the Tuffah neighbourhood — according to health officials and medics cited by Reuters; the Israeli military said both strikes targeted militants without giving further details (Reuters via Arab News, Oct 10, 2026). Hamas denies Israeli claims that it is rearming and accuses Israel of undermining the truce, and Reuters reported little progress toward a deal on Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawal. Overnight on October 8–9, Israeli warplanes struck homes in the Katiba area of Khan Younis and buildings in Gaza City's Sabra district and Old City; the Israeli military said it hit four Hamas and Islamic Jihad weapons storage facilities, which Palestinian factions denied (Asharq Al-Awsat, Oct 9, 2026). Gaza's Health Ministry and government media office put the toll since the ceasefire at more than 1,478 killed (Asharq Al-Awsat, Oct 9, 2026). In a one-year assessment, Al Jazeera (Oct 10, 2026) reported that no International Stabilization Force has deployed, with six countries — Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Albania, Kosovo and Uganda — committing personnel, and that Hamas has agreed to hand weapons to the Cairo-based National Committee for the Administration of Gaza while rejecting the disarmament clause. No verified movement on disarmament or withdrawal talks was found. Earlier: At least seven Palestinians, including a woman and a child, were killed in Israeli strikes and fire across Gaza on October 8, 2026, six of them in Gaza City and one southeast of Deir el-Balah, according to Gaza's civil defence and medical sources cited by AFP; the Israeli military said three of those killed were "military operatives" (Arab News/AFP, Oct 9, 2026). Per Haaretz (Oct 9, 2026), the Israeli military identified them as a commander in the rocket unit of Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing, a member of that wing and a member of Hamas's military wing. On October 9, one man was shot dead and several others wounded when Israeli forces opened fire near the Al-Maghazi and Al-Bureij camps in central Gaza (Arab News/AFP, Oct 9, 2026). The ceasefire reaches its first anniversary on October 10 with Hamas not disarmed and the International Stabilization Force not yet deployed inside Gaza. No verified movement on disarmament or withdrawal talks was found. Earlier: Gaza's Health Ministry said on October 8, 2026 that 1,471 Palestinians had been killed and 5,189 wounded since the October 2025 ceasefire, including four killed and 28 wounded in the previous 24 hours, with the overall toll since October 2023 at 74,254 (Al Jazeera, Oct 8, 2026). The same day, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian southeast of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza and an air strike on a house in central Khan Younis wounded several people, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa (via Al Jazeera). The charity Islamic Relief said Israeli attacks had killed or wounded a Palestinian in Gaza every 90 minutes on average since the ceasefire and that Israel controls about 65% of the territory behind the Yellow Line; these are the charity's figures and were not independently verified. No verified movement on disarmament or withdrawal talks was found. Earlier: On October 7, 2026, the third anniversary of the Hamas-led attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "We will complete the mission: we have settled the score and will continue settling the score with all the murderers" (RTÉ News, Oct 7, 2026). Israeli strikes that day killed at least five people across Gaza, according to Palestinian officials cited by AFP, including two in Gaza City reported by Al-Shifa Hospital and deaths in and south of Khan Younis (Arab News, Oct 7, 2026). One of those killed, Mohamed Tamous, was described by Gaza's civil defence as a volunteer rescue worker; the Israeli military said he was "a sniper in Hamas's military wing while simultaneously working for the civil defence" (RTÉ News, Oct 7, 2026). The military also said it killed two Hamas operatives who had left Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, one of whom it said had planted explosives near the Yellow Line. Gaza's Health Ministry put the toll since the October 2025 ceasefire at more than 1,460, up from more than 1,440 days earlier (AFP via Arab News, Oct 7, 2026). The disarmament-before-withdrawal deadlock remains unchanged, with no verified movement in talks. Earlier: Ahead of the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, Defence Minister Israel Katz's office said on October 6, 2026 that the military had been put on alert "in light of intelligence regarding Hamas's intentions to attempt to carry out attacks and terror operations against our forces in Gaza on that day," warning that if forces were harmed, "the ones who will pay the heavy price will be Hamas and the population of Gaza — beyond all proportion" (AFP via TheJournal.ie, Oct 6, 2026). Israel did not publish the intelligence. Israeli strikes killed at least two Palestinians in Gaza City, one near Al Shifa Hospital and one in a separate strike nearby, health officials said; the Israeli military said it targeted militants (RTÉ News, Oct 6–7, 2026). UN Secretary-General António Guterres said "it is time for the ceasefire to become permanent" and for humanitarian aid at scale (Arab News, Oct 6, 2026). The Health Ministry figure of more than 1,440 killed since the October 2025 ceasefire was unchanged in AFP reporting; no verified movement on disarmament or withdrawal talks was found, and the October 27 Israeli election is three weeks away. Earlier: On October 4, 2026, an Israeli strike in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza killed Saqr Nabil Musa Qaisi, whom the Israeli military described as director of the Turkish aid group Deniz Feneri in Gaza and a member of Hamas's Nukhba elite force who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack; the military alleged the group "maintains ties with senior leaders of the Hamas terrorist organisation as well as with officials within the Turkish leadership," without providing evidence (AFP via Arab News and Turkish Minute, Oct 5, 2026). Deniz Feneri said Qaisi was one of its field volunteers, not its director, and had helped deliver humanitarian aid in Gaza (Turkish Minute, Oct 5, 2026). The military also reported a separate strike that day on a Hamas armed-wing commander in Khan Younis. Gaza's Health Ministry said more than 1,440 people had been killed since the October 2025 ceasefire and more than 74,200 in total (AFP, Oct 5, 2026). No verified update on Ali al-Amoudi's fate or on the stalled disarmament talks was found. Earlier: Overnight into October 3, 2026, an Israeli strike on the al-Asala residential building in Gaza City's Remal neighborhood targeted Ali al-Amoudi, whom the Israeli military described as the most senior Hamas figure in the Gaza Strip, a former confidant of slain leader Yahya Sinwar and "directly involved in Hamas's terror activities and in rebuilding the organization for war" (The Times of Israel; Arab News, Oct 3, 2026). Five people were killed, including four women — among them two members of Gaza's Greek Orthodox community and a Palestine University lecturer — according to Gaza's civil defence and al-Shifa Hospital staff; Al Jazeera reported eight Palestinians killed across Gaza that day (Al Jazeera, Oct 3, 2026). As of October 3, the IDF said the results of the strike were under review and al-Amoudi's fate was unconfirmed; Hamas had not publicly commented (The Times of Israel, Oct 3, 2026). By Saturday evening, Israeli Army Radio said "assessments are leaning toward the failure of the attempt to assassinate Ali al-Amoudi" (TRT World, Oct 3, 2026), while Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat cited three Hamas sources who doubted he had been killed, one saying he was present at the site but may have survived (Asharq Al-Awsat via Israel National News, Oct 3, 2026). Haaretz put the strike's death toll at six (Haaretz, Oct 3, 2026). Reports noted that US-led efforts to reach a comprehensive deal on the next phase remain stalled. Earlier: On October 2, 2026, three Israeli strikes in Gaza City and central Gaza killed three people and wounded at least one, according to health officials at Gaza's hospitals; Israel's military acknowledged the strikes, saying it was hitting militants in those areas, without elaborating (Arab News, Oct 2, 2026). Anadolu Agency reported the dead were killed in a drone strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp, a strike on a tent near Palestine Stadium west of Gaza City and a strike at the Ansar junction, with gunfire injuring three more people near Khan Younis (Anadolu via Middle East Monitor, Oct 2, 2026). A day earlier, on October 1, a drone strike on a displaced family's tent in al-Mawasi west of Khan Younis killed one man (Al Jazeera, Oct 1, 2026). Gaza's Health Ministry put the toll since the October 10, 2025 ceasefire at 1,439 killed and 5,052 wounded as of October 1 (Al Jazeera; Anadolu, Oct 1-2, 2026). No new movement on the disarmament-for-withdrawal sequencing was reported. Earlier: On October 1, 2026, the Israeli military said Mohammad Al-Najar — killed in the September 30 Khan Younis strike and identified by Palestinian media as a journalist — "was a member of Hamas's military wing and had invaded Israel during the October 7, 2023, attack," and accused him of "systematically violating the ceasefire agreement" (The Times of Israel, Oct 1, 2026). The same day, the IDF published an online database listing 170 Palestinians killed in the Gaza war who were presented as journalists but who it says served in armed groups — 118 of them in Hamas's military wing and 49 in Palestinian Islamic Jihad (The Times of Israel, Oct 1, 2026). These are Israeli military claims; the Times of Israel report carried no response from Hamas or journalists' organizations. No new movement on the disarmament-for-withdrawal sequencing was reported. Earlier: On September 30, 2026, Israeli strikes in Gaza City and Khan Younis killed at least seven Palestinians, medics said — including a woman in a strike on a Gaza City apartment, at least four people in a strike on a vehicle in the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, and local journalist Mohammad Al-Najar in a strike near a mosque in Khan Younis; the Israeli military said one strike targeted a Hamas militant "who was planning to execute attacks against its forces" and did not immediately comment on the others (Reuters via Arab News, The Times of Israel, Sep 30, 2026). Reuters noted that "little progress has been made as negotiators have failed to agree terms for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its troops." Gaza's Health Ministry put the toll since the ceasefire at 1,431 killed and 5,026 injured as of September 30 (Anadolu Agency via A News, Sep 30, 2026). Separately, FDD's Long War Journal tallied 18 operations the IDF and Shin Bet announced against Hamas and other groups between September 15 and 29, which Israel describes as responses to ceasefire violations (Long War Journal, Sep 29, 2026). Earlier: On September 29, 2026, the IDF and Shin Bet said an overnight airstrike in Gaza City's al-Nasr neighborhood killed Izz al-Din al-Bik, commander of Hamas's Northern Gaza Brigade, who they said "posed an immediate threat to IDF troops and Israeli civilians"; Hamas confirmed his death, and Palestinian medics said a woman was also killed in the strike on the apartment building (The Times of Israel, Sep 29, 2026). He is the third Hamas brigade commander killed in recent weeks, after the Khan Younis (September 11) and Rafah (September 15) brigade commanders, as disarmament and withdrawal talks remain stalled. Gaza's Health Ministry put the toll since the October 10, 2025 ceasefire at 1,421 killed and 4,983 injured (Anadolu Agency, Sep 29, 2026) — again differing from the AP and UNRWA counts below. Separately, a Board of Peace official, speaking anonymously to The Times of Israel, said "increasingly extremist views in Israel make what we're trying to do more difficult," citing broad Israeli public support for "encouraging the voluntary emigration" of Palestinians from Gaza as a risk to the reconstruction plan (The Times of Israel, Sep 29, 2026). Earlier: Briefing the UN Security Council on September 28, 2026, Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov said "the situation on the ground does not yet match the documents," as the plan's remaining phases — including Hamas's disarmament and Israel's full withdrawal — remain unimplemented; UN News reported 1,394 Palestinians killed since the October 2025 ceasefire, according to UNRWA citing local health authorities, and about 94% of Gaza's population needing shelter assistance (UN News, Sep 28, 2026). This UNRWA figure is a third post-ceasefire count alongside the 1,145 (AP) and 1,408 (WAFA/Antiwar.com) figures below. The same day, the IDF said a strike in Gaza City killed Shadi Abu Hasira, whom it described as a key Hamas money exchanger who transferred "tens of millions of Israeli shekels in foreign currency to Hamas's military wing," accusing him of "systematic violation of the ceasefire" (The Times of Israel, Sep 28, 2026). Earlier: In a September 26, 2026 interview with Qatar's Al-Araby channel, Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya said the roadmap Hamas agreed to is "a complete package" that "begins with completing the first phase of the ceasefire and continues through to the establishment of a Palestinian state, including the issue of weapons" — without directly saying whether Hamas would disarm, the core condition Netanyahu has set for any withdrawal (The Times of Israel, The New Arab, Sep 26-27, 2026). On September 27, the IDF said a strike in the Nuseirat area killed Saher Nidal Saqr, whom it identified as one of the October 7, 2023 abductors of Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or and accused of recently advancing attacks "in systematic violation of the ceasefire agreement" (The Times of Israel, Haaretz, Israel Hayom, Sep 27, 2026). The Associated Press, citing Gaza's Health Ministry on September 26, reported 1,145 Palestinians killed since the October 10 ceasefire and an overall war toll of 74,016 killed and 175,068 wounded, noting that Hamas has not disarmed and reconstruction has not begun; this differs from the 1,408 post-ceasefire figure cited via WAFA/Antiwar.com on September 24, and the gap has not been reconciled for this page. Earlier: In a September 26, 2026 interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani — whose government is one of the ceasefire mediators — said Netanyahu "is the biggest obstacle right now in progressing this peace plan," accusing his government of a "long list of violations," including keeping forces in more than 70% of the Strip rather than withdrawing and allowing about 150 aid trucks a day against the 600 he said were agreed, and claiming it was "for the gain of the (Israeli) prime minister and his far-right government" (The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, Sep 26, 2026). The comments came two days after Netanyahu used his UN speech to accuse Qatar of backing Hamas. The same day, the IDF said it killed two Hamas operatives it accused of advancing attacks "in systematic violation of the ceasefire" — one it identified as a Nukhba force commander, in Nuseirat, and another in Khan Younis (The Times of Israel, Sep 26, 2026); on September 25, the IDF said it killed a Gaza foreign-exchange broker in an airstrike "to remove a threat," amid drone, artillery and tank fire reported across the enclave (Haaretz, Sep 25, 2026). No updated cumulative Health Ministry toll beyond 1,408 killed and 4,916 wounded had been verified for this page as of September 26. Earlier: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2026, as most delegations from Arab and Muslim countries walked out; he called the genocide accusation against Israel "the greatest lie of the century," saying "Israel didn’t commit genocide. Israel prevented genocide," focused much of the speech on Iran, and accused Qatar and Turkey of backing Hamas — but, per The Times of Israel, did not address the Board of Peace recovery plan, the disarmament roadmap or any Israeli withdrawal timeline (The Times of Israel, UN News, Sep 24, 2026). The same day, Israeli strikes on two vehicles in and near Gaza City killed at least three Palestinians, per WAFA; Gaza’s Health Ministry reported the cumulative post-ceasefire toll at 1,408 killed and 4,916 wounded (Antiwar.com, Sep 24, 2026). Earlier: Trump’s Board of Peace formally unveiled its $2.45 billion, six-month Gaza Recovery Program on September 23, 2026, at a briefing for diplomats and journalists on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, presented by Tony Blair, Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov and U.S. envoy Jared Kushner; the program has no start date and is contingent on Hamas transferring its weapons to the Palestinian technocratic committee (NCAG), while Netanyahu continues to reject the gradual, reciprocal framework and insists the IDF stays until Hamas is fully disarmed — of $17 billion pledged at a February donor conference, only about $280 million has been transferred (The Times of Israel, Foreign Policy, Sep 23, 2026). On September 24, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem expressed the group’s “full readiness to implement the Board of Peace’s roadmap” without mentioning disarmament, and EU Commissioner Dubravka Šuica said only about €1 billion of the roughly €71 billion needed to rebuild Gaza has been collected (AP via CP24, Sep 24, 2026). Separately, an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in western Khan Younis on September 23 killed two men, Osama Abu Khater and Mohammad Abu Elwan, whom Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz described as a senior Hamas finance official; Gaza’s Health Ministry put the cumulative post-ceasefire toll at 1,402 killed and 4,881 wounded in its September 23 report (Reuters via U.S. News, Antiwar.com, Middle East Monitor, Sep 23, 2026). Earlier: Axios reported on September 23 the plan’s 66-project breakdown covering $20 million for a weapons buy-back program offering incentives for Hamas and other armed groups to surrender weapons, roughly $400 million for insulated caravans for displaced Palestinians still living in tents, $120 million to mobilize Palestinian police, $275 million for rubble and unexploded-ordnance removal, and $50 million for hospital rehabilitation; the plan estimates Gaza’s physical damage at $35.2 billion and full reconstruction at $71.4 billion over the next decade (Axios, Sep 23, 2026). Earlier: an Israeli drone strike near the Muscat school in Gaza City’s al-Tuffah neighborhood on the evening of September 22, 2026 killed two Palestinians and wounded three others, and a separate strike on a home in the same neighborhood wounded three more; Gaza’s Health Ministry put the cumulative death toll since the October 2025 ceasefire at 1,399, with 4,863 wounded, as of September 22, 2026 — up from 1,394 on September 21 (Al Jazeera, WAFA, Antiwar.com, Sep 22, 2026). Earlier: Israeli tanks opened heavy fire on tents sheltering displaced families in the Fash Farsh area of al-Mawasi, near Khan Younis, on September 21, 2026, while drones flew overhead, killing at least three Palestinians including 11-year-old Ismail al-Bardawil, whose body was brought to Nasser Hospital; separately that day, an unmanned IDF engineering vehicle on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line in northern Gaza was hit by a roadside bomb, causing no injuries, which the IDF called a “blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement” by Hamas, saying it struck several Hamas infrastructure sites in Gaza overnight in response. Gaza’s Health Ministry put the cumulative death toll since the October 2025 ceasefire at 1,394, with 4,839 wounded, as of September 21, 2026 — up from 1,372 on September 14 (Al Jazeera, The Times of Israel, IMEMC, Sep 21, 2026). Earlier: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who remains under an outstanding International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued in November 2024 over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, is confirmed to address the UN General Assembly during a 24-hour visit, landing at Newark Airport late on September 23, 2026 and addressing the Assembly on the afternoon of September 24 before flying home the same night, per Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon; the U.S., which is not an ICC member state, is expected to guarantee his unimpeded return. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was again denied a U.S. visa and will address the Assembly by video, as in 2025, after the General Assembly voted 152-3 to allow it. The ICC warrants bind more than 120 Rome Statute parties, though Netanyahu has previously flown through the airspace of member states France, Italy and Greece without incident (Daily Sabah, Sep 18, 2026). Earlier: Israeli strikes across Gaza on September 19, 2026 killed at least three Palestinians, including Basir al-Bursh, the eldest son of Gaza Health Ministry director-general Munir al-Bursh, in a drone strike in the az-Zahra area west of Jabalia refugee camp; separate strikes hit Shejaia, east of Gaza City, and the Sheikh Radwan district, where a drone struck a civilian vehicle, killing one and wounding at least four, including two children. The Israeli military said it had struck several militants on Saturday, including al-Bursh, without providing further detail (Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, Sep 19, 2026). A fourth victim, 10-year-old Mais Bazazo, died from wounds sustained after Israeli army fire north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza around the same time; Munir al-Bursh said at his son’s funeral the killing was “a continuation of [Israel’s] crimes,” and the Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment (Arab News, AFP, Sep 19–20, 2026). Earlier: A six-storey residential building known as al-Saada collapsed overnight into September 16, 2026 in Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, killing at least 21 people — including five women and 12 children — with dozens more feared trapped under the rubble; Gaza’s Hamas-run Civil Defense said nearly 100 people remained missing at the time. Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said the building had been struck multiple times during the war in 2024 and in March 2025, weakening its structure; the Israeli military said “contrary to the claims, the IDF did not strike the building in question during the war” (Al Jazeera, The Times of Israel, Sep 16, 2026). Earlier still: The IDF and Shin Bet said they killed Nael Abu Obeid — also known as Abu Atiya — commander of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade and head of the group’s operations division, in an airstrike in southern Gaza on September 15, 2026; he had led the Rafah Brigade since Muhammad Shabana was killed in the May 13, 2025 strike that also killed Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar. Defense Minister Israel Katz said “the IDF has just struck the commander of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade, after the commander of the Khan Younis Brigade and other senior members of the organization were eliminated earlier this week,” with Katz and Netanyahu adding “our message is clear: no terrorist is immune, and Hamas will not be in Gaza.” Palestinian media reported two people killed, including an 8-year-old girl, and 14 wounded in the strike, though the claims were not independently verified (The Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, The Times of Israel, Sep 15, 2026). Separately that day, Israeli fire killed four Palestinians and wounded several others, including a child, in strikes across Sheikh Radwan, east of Jabalia refugee camp, Sheikh Ajleen, Al-Sinaa Street, Deir al-Balah, Al-Maghazi refugee camp and east of Khan Younis, with Gaza’s Health Ministry putting the cumulative death toll since the October 2025 ceasefire at 1,372, with 4,659 wounded (Middle East Monitor, Sep 15, 2026). Earlier: Israeli strikes across Gaza on September 14, 2026 killed at least two people and destroyed several tents at the Abu Khadra displacement camp, with additional strikes reported in Zawaida and Khan Younis; the IDF said it carried out four strikes targeting militants. Gaza’s Health Ministry put the cumulative death toll since the October 2025 ceasefire at 1,372, with 4,659 wounded, as of September 14, 2026 — up from 1,369 on September 12 (Euronews, Sep 15, 2026). Earlier: Gaza’s Health Ministry put the cumulative death toll since the October 2025 ceasefire at 1,369, with 4,627 wounded, as of September 12, 2026 — up from 1,352 on September 7 — a figure carried by multiple outlets citing the ministry. Separately, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said an Israeli strike on a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis on September 12, 2026 wounded at least nine people, with one later reported to have died of injuries (Arab News, Middle East Eye, Sep 12, 2026). Earlier: the IDF and Shin Bet struck Khan Younis late on September 10–11, 2026, killing four Hamas operatives including Muhammad Abdul Salam al-Yazouri (Abu al-Haitham), commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, whom the military said “advanced dozens of attacks on troops” and was “restoring Hamas’s capabilities”; company commander Hudheifa Muammar; operative Muhammad Bahjat Rashi; and Moamen Jabr Al-Sayed Abu Labda, commander of a Hamas sniper cell in the group’s Rafah Brigade, whom the IDF said had “carried out sniper training across the Gaza Strip” in “systematic violation of the ceasefire” (The Times of Israel, Sep 11, 2026). Earlier: Israel’s Police Gideonim unit (Unit 33), operating jointly with the Shin Bet and IDF, killed senior Hamas military-wing commander Farah Hamed in a strike on Gaza City’s Sheikh Ijlin neighborhood; Hamas confirmed his death on September 9, 2026. Hamed sat on the Military Council of the al-Qassam Brigades’ West Bank wing and had been deported to Gaza in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange; the Shin Bet linked him to a string of fatal shootings during the Second Intifada, including the August 2003 attack that killed Shalom Har-Melech — husband of sitting Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech — and a October 2003 shooting that killed three soldiers (The Times of Israel, VINnews, Sep 9, 2026). Earlier: a Board of Peace official told The Times of Israel on September 9, 2026 that the U.S.-run body has no real leverage over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu until after Israel’s October 27, 2026 election, saying his government has “100% entered campaign mode” and that “leverage will return after the election, regardless of who wins”; the official said threats or sanctions would backfire by letting Netanyahu campaign on defying U.S. pressure, characterized Israel’s stance as “a pre-October 7 policy of trying to keep Hamas in power,” and said the Board is pressing ahead on Gaza water and education projects while the 15-point disarmament roadmap stays stalled (The Times of Israel, Sep 9, 2026). Separately, Gaza’s Health Ministry put the cumulative death toll since the October 2025 ceasefire at 1,352, with 4,511 wounded, as of September 7, 2026 — up from 1,313 on August 31 — a figure carried by multiple outlets citing the ministry (Sep 7, 2026). Earlier: U.S. Gaza envoy Jared Kushner, speaking at a September 6, 2026 press conference in Kyiv alongside U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Israel’s October 27, 2026 Knesset election was making Netanyahu’s government “a little irrational” on Gaza — “They just have crazy elections, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards” — while adding “I think we agree with the Israelis on the end state for Gaza”; he said the Board of Peace plan that pairs Hamas disarmament with an Israeli withdrawal remains stalled by Israeli opposition (The Times of Israel, Reuters, Sep 6–7, 2026). The same day, the foreign ministers of eight Arab and Muslim countries — Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey and Qatar — issued a joint statement condemning the Gaza “emigration” proposals of Defense Minister Israel Katz and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir as violations of international and humanitarian law and a threat to regional stability (The Times of Israel, The New Arab, Sep 6, 2026). On September 7, 2026, the IDF said an explosive device planted by Hamas struck an Israeli military engineering vehicle on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line in northern Gaza, causing no injuries; calling it a “blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement,” the military said it carried out overnight strikes on several Hamas infrastructure sites it described as “used by the terror group to advance attacks” (The Times of Israel, Sep 7, 2026). Earlier: the U.S. State Department publicly rejected Israeli officials’ calls to depopulate Gaza, saying on September 4, 2026 that “the United States does not support any plan or proposal for the forced displacement, expulsion, or mandatory transfer of the population of Gaza,” and citing Point 12 of President Trump’s peace plan — “No one will be forced to leave Gaza and those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return” — a rare public rebuke of Israel that followed Defense Minister Israel Katz’s September 2, 2026 remarks that Trump had only “frozen,” not cancelled, plans for Palestinian emigration and that Israel remained “organized and prepared” to facilitate departures “by sea, by air, by every way possible” once Washington approves (Al Jazeera, Sep 2 & Sep 4, 2026). Also on September 3, 2026: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir unveiled “Disengagement 710” on September 3, 2026, a plan to fund the “voluntary emigration” of Gaza’s roughly 1.86 million Palestinians over seven years — targeting 250,000 departures in year one and 1.11 million within three years — backed by an initial government outlay of NIS 10 billion (about $3 billion) that could rise toward NIS 50 billion with international funding; Ben Gvir called establishing a government Ministry of Emigration a top coalition demand for the next government, saying “Instead of illusions of peace now, we need actions of emigration now.” No country has agreed to accept emigrants under the plan (The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, Sep 3, 2026). Separately on September 3, 2026, Gaza’s Health Ministry said more than 900 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire took hold, with monthly tolls exceeding 100 every month from April through August 2026 and July the worst at 152, including 21 children; the IDF disputed the figures, saying there is “no basis to assume” everyone listed died from Israeli fire, while BBC Verify’s video analysis and the UN both found the ministry’s count credible, and UNICEF said more than 300 children have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire (BBC News, Sep 3, 2026). Also on September 3, Israeli officials described captured Hamas internal-security chief Muein al-Arabid as an “intelligence gold mine” cooperating with interrogators on weapons, personnel and infrastructure, and the IDF reported killing a Palestinian who crossed the Yellow Line in northern Gaza (The Times of Israel, Sep 3, 2026). Earlier: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited an IDF outpost on Gaza’s “Yellow Line” on September 2, 2026, accompanied by IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, and ruled out any pullback from the roughly 60% of Gaza Israel holds: “We control the area, and we remain on this line,” adding “We control 60% of the Strip, and there is more to come because we are eliminating the terrorists who threaten us.” He said Israel is “doing everything to reach our goal — the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of Gaza.” The remarks reaffirmed Israel’s rejection of the sequencing in the Board of Peace roadmap, under which Israel would withdraw from the territory it holds as Hamas disarms (The Jerusalem Post, Israel National News, Sep 2, 2026). Earlier: Israeli Shin Bet and IDF special forces raided Gaza City’s Katiba area on September 1, 2026, capturing Muein al-Arabid, whom Israel identified as head of Hamas’s internal security apparatus; the force was detected mid-operation and Israeli aircraft struck to cover its withdrawal, with Gaza officials saying the strikes killed at least five people, including two children and a woman, and wounded several more. Defense Minister Israel Katz said “a senior Hamas terrorist was arrested,” describing it as Israel’s policy to “pursue Hamas terrorists, thwart them, and destroy their terror infrastructure”; Hamas government-media-office official Ismail al-Thawabta said Israeli forces were detected before completing the operation, prompting the strikes (The Times of Israel, GV Wire/AP, Sep 1, 2026). Earlier: Israeli strikes continued through the end of August, with Gaza’s health ministry putting the cumulative death toll since the October 2025 ceasefire at 1,313 as of August 31, 2026, up from 1,288 a week earlier; strikes that day hit a crowd near a municipal public park and a vehicle in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, both in western Gaza City, killing at least five people, with a relative of one victim telling Al Jazeera “there is no ceasefire” (Al Jazeera, Aug 31, 2026). An August 30, 2026 strike near a bakery in Deir al-Balah killed two people, including a 3-year-old boy; the IDF said it had targeted a Hamas militant (US News, Aug 30, 2026). On August 27, 2026, IDF strikes in Gaza City’s Shati camp and in Khan Younis killed three people the IDF identified as Hamas fighters — Bilal Ibrahim Saleh Raqi’i, described as a commander in Hamas’s anti-tank unit; Azzam Rifaat Abd Abadala of the Khan Younis Brigade; and Ismail Mohammed Ibrahim Barim, whom the IDF said took part in holding three Israeli hostages during the war (The Times of Israel, Aug 27, 2026). Earlier: a Board of Peace official said on August 25, 2026 that Israel “must comply with the ceasefire” and that military action “cannot extend beyond responding to genuine and imminent threats,” explicitly calling for an end to “all militant activity” in Gaza, including kite launches — a rare direct rebuke of Israeli operations; IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir responded by pledging Israel would continue its “pursuit of October 7 terrorists,” who “will live under pursuit until they are eliminated” (The Times of Israel, Aug 25, 2026). Earlier still, Israeli strikes across Gaza on August 24, 2026 killed at least four people, including a 4-year-old in the Bureij refugee camp and a 10-year-old girl in Khan Younis; Israel said it targeted two Hamas weapons-storage sites inside mosques containing Kalashnikov rifles and other military equipment, and killed a Hamas special-forces militant, coming after Israel had struck Gaza on six of the seven days since Kushner asked Netanyahu on August 18 to limit attacks to imminent threats; Gaza’s health ministry said Israeli strikes have killed at least 1,288 Palestinians since the October 2025 ceasefire took effect (NBC News, Audacy, Aug 24, 2026). Earlier: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a joint statement on August 23, 2026 warning the IDF will “intensify strikes” against those responsible for kite, drone and balloon launches from Gaza and evacuate populations from launch areas, after four kites crossed into Israeli territory over the weekend with no suspicious items found; Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem dismissed them as “children’s toys” from refugee camps. The same day, the Israeli Air Force struck Hamas weapons-production sites in central Gaza, killing Ismail Abu Ful, whom the IDF described as the commander of an arms-production site in the Maghazi camp that made explosives and anti-tank rockets, and hitting a second site near an aid-distribution point in az-Zawayda; the IDF said the strikes showed Hamas “systematically violates the ceasefire agreement” (The Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, Al Jazeera, Aug 23, 2026). Earlier: the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office on August 20, 2026 denied Hebrew-media reports that the political echelon had approved International Stabilization Force (ISF) entry into Gaza, after footage showed foreign military officers alongside IDF troops in the Rafah area; the PMO reiterated “there will be no reconstruction of any kind in Gaza before the complete disarmament of Hamas.” An Israeli official told the Times of Israel the footage showed an “on-site inspection before deployment,” with senior officers from Burundi and Uganda taking part in preliminary talks (Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Aug 20, 2026). Earlier: the IDF struck a Hamas police post in Gaza City on August 19, 2026, killing nine people, including 13-year-old Dana al-Jamasi, with the IDF saying at least four Hamas military-wing fighters and a Popular Resistance Committees member were present; the strike followed an August 18, 2026 IDF strike on a Gaza City seaport cafe that killed six — including a child — and 14 wounded, which the IDF said targeted four Hamas Nukhba Force commanders. Both strikes came immediately after Kushner met Netanyahu on August 18 and urged him to limit strikes to imminent threats; the Board of Peace has not responded to a request for comment on the strikes as of August 19 (The Times of Israel, Aug 19, 2026). Earlier: Kushner and Netanyahu agreed that Gaza’s demilitarization should begin with a Hamas weapons handover supervised by a US military general, and that no Gaza reconstruction will begin before Hamas is disarmed, according to a senior Israeli official; the two also agreed to form two joint working groups — one on Gaza’s disarmament and demilitarization, one on sanitation, clean water and other public-health needs (NBC News, Bloomberg, The Times of Israel, Aug 17-18, 2026). Earlier: Jared Kushner met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for about three hours on August 17, 2026, joined by Tony Blair and Nickolay Mladenov, a day after Kushner’s own talks with Hamas; the US and Israel reportedly agreed that the “end state” of the process is a demilitarized Hamas, though Israel did not immediately comment on other specifics (AP, NBC News, The Washington Post, Aug 17, 2026). Earlier: Kushner, Mladenov and Blair held a rare, more-than-two-hour meeting with a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya in El-Alamein, Egypt, on August 16, 2026, joined by Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish officials, aimed at turning the 15-point roadmap into verifiable steps and beginning the transfer of Gaza governance to the NCAG (NPR, Axios, Al Jazeera, Aug 16, 2026). Earlier still: Hamas political chief Khalil al-Hayya traveled to Cairo on August 16, 2026, for talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad ahead of that delegation’s visit — his first trip to Egypt since taking over Hamas’s leadership in late July 2026 (Al Jazeera, i24NEWS, Aug 16, 2026). Earlier: Jared Kushner, Board of Peace director-general Nickolay Mladenov and executive committee member Tony Blair were set to travel to Israel and then Egypt the week of August 16, 2026, to discuss the stalled 15-point roadmap after Netanyahu’s rejection; a Board of Peace official said the trip aims to hear Israel’s concerns and “find ways to accelerate progress” (Al Jazeera, Axios, Times of Israel, Aug 14, 2026). Separately, the IDF killed Hamas Khan Younis Brigade company commander Hudhaifa Khaled Suleiman Qawari in an airstrike on August 13, 2026, saying he “posed a threat to our forces” — the first such targeted strike since Israel’s political leadership, under US pressure, required IDF chief-of-staff approval for them (Times of Israel, Aug 14, 2026). Earlier: Israel has reportedly told the United States it will keep targeting individuals it links to the October 7, 2023 attack even as any strike-limitation understanding takes shape, with disarmament negotiations still stalled (Times of Israel, Aug 11, 2026). Separately, Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov denied Israeli broadcaster Kan’s report of a $400 million financial arrangement with Hamas, saying “no such proposal was discussed, negotiated, or considered, and it will not be on the table in the future either”; a mediating-country diplomat told Times of Israel the earmarked sum is instead meant for severance pay to Hamas civil servants not hired by the incoming NCAG administration (Times of Israel, Newsmax, Aug 12, 2026). Earlier still: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet Israel “rejects the 15-point document” from the Board of Peace and said Israeli forces “will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed” (Al Jazeera, Times of Israel, NBC News, Aug 9, 2026). Netanyahu also said Israel is “talking to the Americans” about the roadmap and that “they have ideas, some of which are acceptable to us and some of which are unacceptable to us” (CBS News, Aug 9, 2026). Hamas responded the same day saying it “reaffirms its commitment to the roadmap” and that it expects “mediators and the U.S. to pressure Netanyahu” (Israel Hayom, CBS News, Aug 9, 2026). A Board of Peace official told Reuters the next day the roadmap “is still operative and discussions with Israel are continuing,” and that each stage moves forward “only once the required commitments have been met” (Reuters, Aug 10, 2026). 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