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Israel Halts Commercial Goods Into Gaza as Winter Approaches

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Israel Halts Commercial Goods Into Gaza as Winter Approaches

The Gaza commercial goods halt, announced by Israel on Wednesday, October 14, had left the territory without private-sector shipments for two days as of Thursday. The suspension cuts off fresh food, fruit and winter clothing for a population of roughly 2 million people who already depend heavily on aid. Humanitarian deliveries are still entering Gaza, but the dispute over who actually stopped the commercial channel has not been settled. Israeli authorities blame a tax dispute involving Hamas. Gaza’s traders say Israel imposed the restriction. UNICEF warns that recent progress against child malnutrition could be lost. Two accounts of why the shipments stopped COGAT, the Israeli military body that oversees civilian and humanitarian affairs in Gaza, says the merchants made the decisi...

Israeli Settlers Attack West Bank Villages During Olive Harvest, Injuring Residents and a Journalist

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Israeli Settlers Attack West Bank Villages During Olive Harvest, Injuring Residents and a Journalist

Israeli settlers attack West Bank villages during the olive harvest, with reports from Friday, 16 October 2026, describing cars and trees set on fire and residents and a foreign journalist beaten. The Associated Press reported that local officials and the Palestine Red Crescent Society documented attacks in at least eight villages in the northern West Bank, where most of the territory’s olive groves are found. The violence is the latest in a harvest season that Palestinian farmers’ representatives call the worst they can remember, according to AP’s report. Israel’s military condemned the attacks, while a separate shooting by soldiers in one village is disputed. Settlers attack West Bank villages: what happened on Friday In the village of Abu Falah, near Ramallah, residents set out ea...

More Than 340 Children Reported Killed in Gaza Since Ceasefire, UNICEF Says

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More Than 340 Children Reported Killed in Gaza Since Ceasefire, UNICEF Says

Children reported killed in Gaza since the ceasefire was announced on 10 October 2025 now number more than 340, with hundreds more injured, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said on Friday, 16 October 2026. Speaking at a briefing in Geneva, UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires said the numbers do not amount to a ceasefire “as most would imagine one,” according to UNICEF’s summary of the briefing. The agency also released a new report on the toll of the war on children and warned that roughly 800,000 displaced children now face another winter in tents and damaged buildings. Children reported killed in Gaza: what the figure means UNICEF describes the 340 deaths as reported, not independently verified, and says “more than” because the count is still changing. In the past two weeks alone, UNI...

Israel Consumer Price Index Falls 0.5% in September as Annual Inflation Reaches 1.6%

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Israel Consumer Price Index Falls 0.5% in September as Annual Inflation Reaches 1.6%

The Israel consumer price index fell 0.5 percent in September 2026 compared with August, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported on Thursday, October 15. Annual inflation, measured from September 2025, stands at 1.6 percent, inside the Bank of Israel’s target range of 1 to 3 percent and below its 2 percent midpoint. The monthly drop was deeper than economists had expected. Forecasts from Meitav and Leader Capital Markets, cited by bne IntelliNews on October 13, pointed to a 0.3 percent decline. In August, prices rose 0.7 percent on the month and annual inflation was 1.5 percent, the lowest since May 2021, according to the same outlet. What fell and what rose According to JFeed’s account of the CBS data, culture and entertainment prices fell 2.7 percent in September and tra...