Around 1:20 am, as Israeli jets were flying intensely over Gaza on the eve of October 7, Israeli forces had acrried out a strike on people near the northern gate of Kamal Adwan hospital. According to the local press, while first responders were heading to the area, a second Israeli attack injured young Civil Defense crew member "Abu Loay" who succumbed to his injuries shortly after. The Civil Defense crew member who was killed was an eyewitness to and provided first-hand documentation of massacres during the genocide in North Gaza and Gaza City, including the maassacre of his colleagues and journalists. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Muhammad Tammous "Abu Loay"

Since October 7, 2026 in Wadi al-Rakhim, Masafer Yatta, near as-Samuʿ, in the southern West Bank, settlers besieged the Shanaran family home, attackd the family, blockd the only access road, and reportedly attempt to set fire to the house; Israeli forces arrived but do not remove the settlers. The house of Yousef Shanaran (يوسف شناران) is located in Wadi Rahim/Wadi al-Rakhim, in Area B near as-Samuʿ, in the southern Hebron Hills. **Timeline of the event:** On the evening of 5 October, dozens of settlers attacked his home, throwing stones at the house. According to Shanaran, they tried to set fire to the garage door and break into the house. The settlers subsequently erected a tent immediately outside/near the house, blocking the only road in and out, effectively trapping the family. The family included Yousef, his wife and four younger children aged 8–13; other reports say seven children remained inside the house. An Israeli military force arrived but did not remove the settlers or lift the siege. An outpost had reportedly been established roughly 800 metres from the house, demolished and rebuilt several times. Shortly before the attack, an extension was established much closer to the family home. On October 6, settlers attacked a Palestinian dwelling in Wadi al-Rakhim with stones, causing material damage. On October 7, dozens of settlers surrounded the house and assaulted Yousef and his wife, injuring both. Israeli soldiers subsequently arrived but did not lift the siege; ambulances were reportedly unable to reach the injured couple. Settlers were remaining around the house and even playing football alongside Israeli soldiers. The outpost erected at the site had been dismantled by the army overnight but was subsequently rebuilt nearby.

During the night of the 6 October, just after midnight, Israeli settlers attacked and set ablaze Palestinian vehicles in the village of Aqraba, Nablus, West Bank. Settlers spray-painted racist slogans calling for killing and revenge. Residents said they “believe such attacks are aimed at forcing Palestinians to leave their homes and abandon their land, paving the way for its takeover”.They said they were shocked by the attack, which took place after midnight, when the village was quiet and residents were asleep. During the day, two Palestinians were injured by gunfire in a terror attack by state-backed Israeli settler militias against olive-picking farmers near the town of Aqraba. Palestinian photojournalist Jaafar Ashtiyeh, known for his exceptional images, is injured by israelis while covering their hostile raid. Another Palestinian, at least, was injured. **Testimony of Mistaclim:** "The army threats to prevent Palestinians from harvesting their olives if "left-wing anarchist activists" arrives to assist with the harvest, yet it helps settlers in carrying out a shooting attack against the harvesters. This morning, during an olive harvest near Aqraba in Area B, six ATVs carrying armed settlers sped into the area. They fired in the air and at the Palestinian harvesters, winding several of them including a photojournalist. The army arrived, and as usual its response was simply to issue a "closed military zone" order. The army obstructed the evacuation of the wounded; as far as is known, only one injured person was taken away. The settlers who had opened fire drove right past the soldiers, who did nothing. As the governing authority, the army has a duty to enable the harvest, provide security for it, and safeguard the Palestinians' livelihood. However, the army and the settlers are coordinating to harm the Palestinians." **The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate statement** October 6, 2026 – The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate has condemned the escalating targeting of journalists by Israeli occupation forces and colonist militias across the northern West Bank, describing it as a dangerous new chapter in the occupation’s systematic policy against journalists and media outlets. In an official statement, the Syndicate reported that field reports documented colonist militias brutally assaulting Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh near the town of Aqraba, southeast of Nablus. Ashtiyeh sustained severe injuries that required his urgent transfer to the hospital in serious condition. The colonists also smashed and confiscated his professional journalistic equipment while he was covering colonist attacks on olive harvesters on the town’s lands.

Around 9:20 am, an Israeli airstrike struck the vicinity of the Tayiba Towers and of an UNRWA desalination station west of Khan Younis, n=injuring several people including an UNRWA employee and damaging nearby tents. **Name of the martyrs (identified):** 1. Ibrahim Muhammad Allam (succumbed to injuries the next day)

On October 5, 2026, around 03:45, the Israeli forces stormed the town of Birzeit, raided and searched a number of Birzeit University buildings and the Student Council headquarters, detained university security employees, and demolished the Martyrs' Monument on the university campus, the publc edifice of the university's student martyrs, with heavy machine. At dawn, the Israeli forces stormed also the cities of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, arresting two citizens (one a female citizen and the other a university student).

Around midday, an Israeli airstrike targeted Mawasi Khan Younis, killing one man and injuring at least two sibling children and seriously injuring a woman with shrapnel to her face. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Hisham Jamal Abu Jalala

Late afternoon Israeli gunfire injured a young man in Jabalia who succumbed to his injuries shortly afterwards. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Muhammad Naser Al-Dabas

A morning Israeli airstrike in northwest Khan Younis killed an employee of the Bani Suheila Municipality. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Muadh Jamal Abu Nuseira (36 y/o)

Around 9:15am, an Israeli airstrike targeted a car in the Al-Haouz area in southern Deir al-Balah. The strike killed the local coordinator of Turkish aid group Deniz Feneri. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Saqr Al-Qaisi

Around 5:40 pm, an Israeli airstrike taregted the vicinity of the Ibad-ur-Rahman school in Al-Saftawi area in North Gaza, injuring several people.