PALESTINE CHRONICLE: A guest of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Albanese said that “intervening for Palestine is not an act of charity,” but one of “united struggles.”

Read the latest article by Nurah Tape, reporting from Cape Town.

From Cape Town’s Pulpit, Albanese Calls for a Moral Front against Genocide in Gaza

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army confirmed that the Red Cross received the body of an Israeli captive in Gaza, marking the nineteenth body handed over by Al-Qassam Brigades since the ceasefire began. Israeli reports claim 12 bodies remain in Gaza, while Palestinian resistance says limited resources hinder their retrieval.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced that the Red Cross was heading to a designated point in northern Gaza to receive the body of an Israeli captive.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Hamas announced it found the body of an Israeli prisoner in Gaza City and will hand it over to the Red Cross, as the US pressures the movement to expedite recovery efforts amid Israel’s growing threats to resume military action.

Hamas to Deliver Body of Israeli Prisoner as Recovery Operations Continue

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: US officials who investigated Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022 “were deeply divided” over the State Department’s final assessment of her death, with some officials “convinced that the shooting was intentional,” according to The New York Times.

NYT Exposé Reveals US Officials Softened Findings on Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported that Israel informed recently visiting US officials that Hezbollah has smuggled hundreds of short-range rockets from Syria into Lebanon in recent months. Israel also told them it will continue its “strong attacks” on Lebanon, claiming Hezbollah’s actions violate the ceasefire agreement.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich once again criticized Saudi Arabia, saying Israel “has managed without them for 77 years and will do so for another 77.” During a meeting of his far-right Religious Zionism faction, he said Riyadh’s accusation that Israel committed genocide in Gaza and its support for legal measures against Israel “is a thousand times more insulting” than his earlier remarks.

‘Keep Riding Camels’: Smotrich Attacks Saudi Arabia over Palestinian Statehood Demand

ISRAELI MEDIA: Channel 12 quoted a US official as saying that President Donald Trump’s reference to “48 hours” to follow developments regarding the return of Israeli captives’ bodies “was not a final warning” to Hamas.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades announced that they will hand over the body of an Israeli captive recovered earlier today in Gaza at 9 PM local time.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: A Palestinian prisoner released in the recent deal revealed, in an interview with The Palestine Chronicle, that they were subjected to severe torture until the last moment before their release.

Read the latest article by Fayha Shalash, reporting from Ramallah.

‘We Were Living in Torture Centers’: Freed Prisoner Speaks to the Palestine Chronicle

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: A senior source in Al-Qassam Brigades told Al-Jazeera that during today’s search for captives’ bodies in Gaza’s Al-Tuffah neighborhood, fighters found the body of an Israeli captive. Coordination is underway with the Red Cross to set a handover time.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The Jenin Brigade said its fighters confronted invading forces in Jaba, detonated a pre-planted “Tufan” roadside device along the route of Israeli vehicles, damaging a military vehicle, and inflicted confirmed injuries during heavy exchanges of fire.

LEBANESE MEDIA: An Israeli drone strike hit the town of Al-Bayyad in southern Lebanon.

UNICEF: UNICEF’s regional director told Al Jazeera the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with over 80% of infrastructure destroyed, many children injured or disabled and in need of programs, and 650,000 children deprived of schooling for more than two years.

Gaza Tribunal’s Final Verdict Declares Israel’s Actions Genocide, Calls for Global Action

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the war is not over, adding that the real test will be disarmament in Gaza. He said Israel will not allow reconstruction without disarmament and that Israel’s security comes first.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Turkey under Erdogan has pursued a hostile approach toward Israel, adding it is unacceptable to allow Turkish forces into Gaza and that this was conveyed to the United States.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has revealed what he called a “secret agreement” between the United States and Israel under which Washington pledged to remain silent about Israel’s nuclear arsenal in exchange for its permanent secrecy.

Arab League Chief Reveals ‘Secret’ Deal between US, Israel over Nukes – Report

AL-JAZEERA; The Palestinian Ahrar movement strongly condemned President Mahmoud Abbas’ constitutional decree assigning the PLO Executive Committee deputy to assume presidential duties if the post becomes vacant, calling it unethical, unconstitutional and a blatant coup against constitutional legitimacy.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: To assist families, Gaza’s Health Ministry announced a new office at Al-Shifa Medical Complex to help identify Palestinians whose remains were released by Israel. Families recognizing loved ones by belongings or distinguishing marks are asked to proceed to the old emergency department at Al-Shifa.

UNICEF: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reiterated its call to maintain the ceasefire in Gaza and urged for safe and unhindered access for civilians and humanitarian workers.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Resistance fighters from the Saraya al-Quds Brigades, the military of the Palestinian  Islamic Jihad (PIJ), detonated an improvised explosive device overnight, targeting Israeli occupation forces operating south of Jenin, while a young man was shot dead by the army, south of Hebron (Al-Khalil) in the occupied West Bank.

Resistance Fighters Target Israeli Army amid More Raids, Arrests in West Bank 

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media reported that Defense Minister Israel Katz has ended the special state of emergency in southern Israel for the first time since its declaration on October 7, 2023.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The Gaza Ministry of Health said hospitals in the Strip received the bodies of eight Palestinians and thirteen injured people in the past 48 hours as a result of Israel’s ongoing bombardment. The ministry announced that the death toll from Israel’s ongoing aggression on the Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 68,527 killed and 170,395 wounded.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike east of Khan Yunis as Israel continued to violate the Gaza ceasefire with new air, land, and sea attacks.

Two Palestinians Killed as Israel Continues Bombing Gaza despite Ceasefire

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Local sources reported that several Palestinian students suffered from tear gas inhalation after Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters during a raid on the town of Al-Khader, south of Beit Lahm, in the occupied West Bank.

ARAB LEAGUE: The General Secretariat of the Arab League condemned Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians during the olive harvest season in the occupied West Bank.

Settler-colonial Attempt to Uproot Palestine: Olive Harvest under Apartheid and Genocide

REUTERS: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Washington urges Hamas to expedite the handover of the bodies of Israeli captives and affirmed that Israel has not violated the ongoing ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Nasser Medical Complex reported that two Palestinians were killed after an Israeli drone strike targeted a group of civilians in the town of Abasan Al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: An Al Jazeera correspondent quoted Gaza’s Ministry of Health as saying that forty-one unidentified bodies of Palestinian prisoners, returned as part of a prisoner exchange deal, will be buried in a mass grave.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: When the guns eventually fall silent, the pertinent question will be – who sided with justice and who with power?

Read the latest article by Benay Blend.

When the Guns Fall Silent: Who Stood with Justice, and Who with Power?

REUTERS: US President Donald Trump said, “We want Hamas to speed up the handover of captives’ bodies. Israel has not violated the agreement.” He added, “We stopped eight wars in recent months, we are moving to stop the ninth, and we have saved millions of lives.”

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Saraya Al-Quds – Jenin Brigade announced that its fighters detonated a locally made “Tufan” explosive device targeting Israeli reinforcements during a raid on the town of Anza, damaging an Israeli military vehicle.

The group said its fighters in the Qabatiya unit also engaged Israeli troops in several combat zones, firing heavy volleys of bullets and inflicting confirmed injuries among the soldiers.

UNRWA: UNRWA spokesperson Adnan Abu Hasnah said that recent remarks by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, stating that the UN agency would not be allowed to operate in Gaza, are not new and reflect Washington’s longstanding position.

He explained that the US decision to halt funding for UNRWA was first made after Donald Trump’s election in 2018, later restored by Joe Biden, and then suspended again after Trump returned to office earlier this year.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Nasser Medical Complex reported that a Palestinian was killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting residents in the town of Abasan Al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: US immigration authorities have detained British political commentator and journalist Sami Hamdi, revoked his visa, and announced plans to deport him rather than allow him to complete his speaking tour in the United States.

US Deports British Commentator Sami Hamdi amid Crackdown on Palestine Voices

AL-JAZEERA: An Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that a 15-year-old Palestinian child was injured in the head by a stun grenade fired by Israeli occupation soldiers during confrontations in the town of Beit Awwa, southwest of Al-Khalil (Hebron), in the occupied West Bank.

BREAKING: A schoolboy was injured in the head by a stun grenade fired by Israeli occupation forces near the town of Beit Awwa, south of Hebron. pic.twitter.com/MG7MiFBDXc

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 27, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: Channel 7 reported that about two weeks after the ceasefire, a serious and unusual security incident occurred within the Israeli army due to human error, resulting in a breach of information security protocols.

Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir ordered a thorough investigation, while military censorship imposed a publication ban until the investigation determines the extent of the security breach.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Local sources said that Israeli occupation drones dropped bombs near displacement camps at the Al-Shuja’iya junction, east of Gaza City.

AL-JAZEERA: An Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces launched three airstrikes and carried out demolitions of buildings east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Palestinian sources reported that Israeli occupation forces stormed a home during their incursion into the city of Al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Palestinian sources reported that Israeli occupation forces raided Balata refugee camp east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

West Bank | Israeli forces continue to raid Balata refugee camp east of Nablus, carrying out arrests among young men. pic.twitter.com/NrGwj3vuei

— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) October 27, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: Some residents of Gaza are living in buildings at risk of collapse after being targeted by Israeli occupation forces during the genocidal war.

AL-JAZEERA: An Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces demolished residential buildings east of Gaza City.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Palestinian sources reported that Israeli occupation forces raided a house in the town of Qaffin, north of Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Courts and Sharia tribunals in the Gaza Strip are facing an enormous caseload, with an unprecedented surge in both the number and complexity of cases—mostly revolving around issues of guardianship for widows and minors, property verification, and inheritance following the genocide in Gaza.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: According to an investigation by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the Israeli army has been dumping vast quantities of waste, rubble, and construction debris inside the Gaza Strip, only a few hundred meters from the border.

Israeli Army Creating ‘Mountains of Garbage’ Inside Gaza, Haaretz Reveals

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli Broadcasting Authority quoted a security source as saying that the burial locations of four Israeli captives in Gaza remain unknown.

AL-JAZEERA: A medical source told Al-Jazeera that a Palestinian was killed by Israeli occupation forces at the Meitar checkpoint, south of Al-Khalil, in the occupied West Bank.

PRCS: The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that two Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Because justice for the Palestinian people cannot be left to the will of powerful governments, it must be demanded, built, and fought for.

Read the article by Anisha Patel, member of the Governing Council of Law for Palestine.

Settler-colonial Attempt to Uproot Palestine: Olive Harvest under Apartheid and Genocide

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli Broadcasting Authority quoted a security source as saying that Washington wants to proceed to the second phase of the Gaza agreement even before all Israeli captives are buried.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli occupation forces detained 13 Palestinians in sweeping West Bank raids as settlers escalated coordinated land seizures and attacks on Palestinian farmland.

Thirteen Palestinians Detained, Settlers Seize Farmland across Occupied West Bank

PALESTINE CHRONICLE:

Israeli drone strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon have killed multiple civilians in recent days, violating UN resolutions and heightening fears of a broader regional confrontation.

Israeli Drone Strikes Target South and Eastern Lebanon, Killing Two Civilians

REUTERS: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said that preventing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from carrying out his duties amid ongoing security and political challenges, and subjecting him to four court sessions a week, amounts to an attack on the state.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The Gaza People’s Tribunal, an international civil society initiative composed of jurists, academics, and human rights advocates, has concluded that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza Tribunal’s Final Verdict Declares Israel’s Actions Genocide, Calls for Global Action