WAFA’s daily round-up: four killed in Gaza, dozens detained in West Bank
West Bank and Gaza — The agency’s closing tally lists raids, arrests, settler attacks, demolitions and road closures in the West Bank, and strikes and demolitions across Gaza.
WAFA’s end-of-day round-up said four Palestinians, including a woman, were killed in Gaza on Wednesday: two in the drone strike on a car in al-Qarara, one by gunfire in Jabalia camp and a woman in the morning strike on an apartment in al-Rimal. An earlier WAFA report had put the day’s toll at five.
It said Israeli forces detained dozens of people across the West Bank, including children, and listed raids in Nablus, Qalqilya, Hebron, Jerusalem, Tulkarm, Tubas and Salfit; settler attacks in Mukhmas, Ya’bad, Beit Dajan, Burin, Turmus Ayya, Yarza, Qarawat Bani Hassan and Beit Furik; and demolitions in Masafer Yatta and Haris.
The round-up also recorded the continued closure of Tuqu’s seven entrances, the new gate at Wad Da’uq and the checkpoint at Qalqilya’s southern entrance.
Ahead
UN Security Council quarterly open debate on the Middle East, including the Palestinian questionUnder Greece’s October presidency; Acting UN Special Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov is the anticipated briefer. Security Council Report’s monthly forecast expects Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis to chair.
Temperatures drop, scattered showers forecastThe Palestinian Meteorological Department forecast a marked drop in temperatures on Thursday with scattered showers, especially in the north, and further cooling through Saturday.
Arab League’s first remembrance day for Palestinian victimsCommemoration at the League’s Cairo headquarters on Sunday, marking 17 October, which Arab foreign ministers designated in September 2026.
E1 settlement tender: bid deadlineIsrael’s housing ministry published tenders for 1,234 of 3,401 approved E1 units on 18 Aug; the Israel Land Authority said on 12 Oct it would not consider bids before 19 Nov (Security Council Report).
Israel’s general electionKnesset elections on the date fixed by law; the Knesset dissolved on 17 July for the campaign (Globes).
Palestinian presidential and legislative electionsSet by presidential decree on 10 Oct 2026, replacing the legislative vote planned for 28 Nov 2026; the decree frames voting in East Jerusalem as an integral part of the process.
Round-up · Source: WAFA (daily round-up), 6 Nov, 23:59
The rest of the day
Settlers beat three Palestinians in Abu Nujeim, southeast of Bethlehem, WAFA reports
One of the men was taken to hospital; the area has faced repeated attacks, including gunfire at residents’ cars in August, WAFA said. WAFA
Vice President al-Sheikh condemns Colombia’s embassy opening in Jerusalem
Hussein al-Sheikh said the move flouts international law and the city’s special legal and historical status, and urged the world to act. WAFA
Settlers attack Qawawis homes in Masafer Yatta; elderly man hurt, owner arrested
Settlers smashed doors and cameras before Israeli forces arrived and detained the owner of the damaged house; olives were stolen east of Yatta, an activist said. WAFA
Three killed in Israeli strikes and fire in Gaza, bringing day’s toll to five, WAFA says
A drone strike on a car in al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis, killed two men and wounded a woman; another man was killed by gunfire in Jabalia camp. WAFA
Commission records 21 attacks on olive harvest across seven governorates in one day
Settlers carried out 12, the army 8 and one was joint, between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said. WAFA / Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission
Journalists’ syndicate says Israel is waging a wide war on Palestinian reporters
The syndicate said 260 journalists have been killed in Gaza and more than 240 detained, 38 of whom are still held, and asked for protection in the field. WAFA / Palestinian Journalists Syndicate
Jordan and Australia reaffirm two-state solution, reject West Bank annexation
A joint statement after King Abdullah II’s talks with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra also condemned the E1 settlement project as illegal. WAFA (Jordan-Australia joint statement)
UN says it recorded Israeli air strikes, shelling and gunfire across all of Gaza
Deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said the aid the UN can bring in falls short of needs and that access is restricted to more than 64% of Gaza’s land. WAFA (UN noon briefing)
Israeli forces raid Azzun and Tulkarm’s Shweikeh suburb, firing tear gas
Troops stopped cars and held passengers in Shweikeh and fired sound and gas grenades in Azzun; a checkpoint at Qalqilya’s southern entrance slowed traffic earlier. WAFA
Algeria, Kuwait and Arab Parliament join condemnation of Colombia’s Jerusalem embassy
Algeria said the step undermines the two-state solution; Kuwait urged the Security Council to act; the Arab Parliament’s speaker called it null and void. WAFA (Algerian and Kuwaiti foreign ministries, Arab Parliament)