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Iran's foreign minister said a renewed war with Israel and the United States would not change Iran's policies, and that the conflict had changed shipping and management in the Strait of Hormuz, according to The Hindu.
A strike hit the Islamic University in Gaza City on 25 October 2026, killing three people, and the Israeli military said it was looking into the reports, according to The Hindu.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed the United States for the collapse of an interim deal and called for a new effort to conclude it, as Iranian officials warned of a strong response to any further US military action.
After two soldiers and two Palestinian gunmen were killed near Hebron, Israel closed off the city, restricted movement across the West Bank, began demolitions and raids, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had reviewed plans for a large-scale operation, days before the 27 October election.
Two Israeli soldiers and two suspected Palestinian attackers were killed in a gun battle at a checkpoint near Hebron on 23 October 2026, days before Israel's general election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a West Bank closure and said an extensive military operation is being prepared.
Settlers attacked a delegation of European diplomats, Catholic representatives and a French mayor in Taybeh during the olive harvest; Israeli officials condemned the attack, while the prime minister's office urged caution.
US President Donald Trump endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a social media post on 18 October 2026, nine days before Israel's first national election since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun announced that Lebanon will take part in US-backed trilateral talks with Israel on 20 October, according to Anadolu Agency and Daily Sabah. Israel and the United States have not confirmed the talks in the reports reviewed by Vocemundi.
According to China's foreign ministry, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Israeli President Isaac Herzog at a meeting in Baku that Israel should stop and reverse West Bank settlement activity and fully open access to Gaza.
Israel's prime minister has called for an investigation into 24 anonymous Israeli personnel who testify in NAZA, an award-winning documentary about the military's use of AI-powered targeting systems in Gaza and their toll on civilians.
Al Jazeera and Anadolu Agency report that Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza on 10 October 2026, about one year after a ceasefire was agreed.
The UAE attorney general says an Omani co-pilot who attacked his captain on a 30 September Dubai-Tel Aviv flight planned a suicide attack on Tel Aviv's airport. The flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
Britain will keep seven diplomats in its renamed East Jerusalem post after Israel ordered the consulate closed in a dispute over British measures against settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Israelis held memorials and silent tributes on 7 October 2026, while Palestinian officials in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least two people, weeks before Israel's national elections.
Media reports citing unnamed sources say the co-pilot accused of attacking his captain on a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight intended to crash the aircraft, a claim UAE and Israeli authorities have not confirmed in the reports reviewed by Vocemundi.
Members of the Green Party of England and Wales backed the motion by 1,022 votes to 813 at their annual conference, prompting criticism from the Israeli government, British Jewish groups and rival politicians.
A mother and daughter were killed in an attack on Gaza City that both outlets attribute to Israel, and a funeral was held for them; the reports include no Israeli comment.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran would be "hit very hard" if it was behind a co-pilot's attack on a captain aboard a Dubai–Tel Aviv flight that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, while Israel's prime minister said it was too early to say.
Al Jazeera and Anadolu Agency report that the bodies or remains of 105 Palestinians have been recovered from rubble in Gaza, but key details about the recovery and the deaths are not included in their reports.
One pilot of Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed the other in the cockpit on 30 September 2026. Passengers and crew subdued the attacker, the aircraft made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, and Saudi and Emirati authorities have opened investigations into the motive.