November 1, 2025
- The Israeli military has attacked the Gaza Strip for a fifth day, killing at least five people in another test of the fragile US-brokered ceasefire.
- The Red Cross says it transferred the unidentified bodies of three people to Israel after they were handed over by Hamas. Israeli media report the remains were not of captives taken to Gaza.
- Gaza residents say they fear a return to Israel’s full-scale bombing as they struggle to find food, water and medicine during the US-brokered truce.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 68,858 people and wounded 170,664 since it began in October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks and about 200 taken captive.
Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside the main campus of Columbia University during the commencement ceremony in Manhattan in New York City, US, May 21, 2025 [Jeenah Moon/Reuters]
