From Drop Site Daily, Oct 28, 2025

The Genocide in Gaza

• The bodies of four Palestinians arrived at hospitals in Gaza over the past 24 hours, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, including one killed in new Israeli attacks, two recovered from the rubble, and one who died of previous injuries. At least seven Palestinians were wounded. The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 is now 68,531 killed, with 170,402 injured.
• Since October 11, the first full day of the ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 94 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 344, while 474 bodies have been recovered, according to the Ministry of Health.
• Israeli forces carried out overnight strikes across Gaza—hitting Gaza City, the Bureij refugee camp, and the Morag axis near Rafah—Al Jazeera reported. The attacks mark another breach of the ceasefire. Al-Araby said Israeli troops also blew up homes in eastern Gaza City, shelled areas near Juhr al-Dik, and opened fire on the outskirts of Maghazi camp.
• Israel said the remains of an Israeli captive—one given by Hamas overnight—are body parts of another Israeli captive recovered in Gaza by Israeli troops in November 2023 and already buried in Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a “clear violation” of the ceasefire agreement and said he will convene top security officials for an emergency discussion on Tuesday afternoon to weigh Israel’s response. Israeli media said his likely options include completely halting the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza, which is already heavily restricted; expanding Israeli military control of Gaza, which now stands at around 52%; or carrying out airstrikes targeting Hamas leaders.
• Meanwhile, Israel is still withholding hundreds of Palestinian bodies. The majority of the returned bodies remain unidentified, while many bear marks of torture and summary execution. Israel has so far handed back to Gaza 195 Palestinian bodies, only 75 of which have been identified. On Monday, 41 of the unidentified bodies were buried in Deir al-Balah in a mass grave.
• About 470,000 Palestinians have returned to north in Gaza, according to the UN, despite widespread destruction and unexploded ordnance. Only around 300 aid trucks entered through Kerem Shalom between Friday and Sunday, part of a ceasefire provision requiring 1,200 trucks every two days, with UN agencies distributing fuel, food, and hygiene supplies.
• Israel claims 12 more captives remain in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel is still heavily restricting aid into Gaza with tents, mobile homes, and other essential supplies still barred. Food, water, and medical resources are critically scarce. Al Jazeera’s correspondent and local civil society leaders described the situation as “catastrophic,” noting that only a fraction of the 300,000 needed tents have entered the area.
• Australian physician Nada Abu Alrub released footage from her volunteer work in Gaza’s hospitals with scenes she described as “the true definition of terrorism” and said she would “keep [her patients’] names alive” if the world failed to remember them, urging viewers to proceed only if they consent to seeing “the reality that others are forced to live.”
• Israel’s public broadcaster Kan released footage it said was taken shortly before the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, showing him walking through the rubble of destroyed homes in Rafah.
• An Israeli Golani Recon soldier posted images in July showing roughly 20 Palestinian detainees in Khan Younis, blindfolded and kneeling with their heads down and hands cuffed.

Ceasefire Updates

• A Hamas delegation met with Egyptian and Qatari mediators in Cairo and Doha over the weekend to discuss the Gaza ceasefire’s next phase, focusing on the treatment of prisoners, return of bodies, and Israeli obligations under the deal, according to Ultra Palestine. Hamas reportedly outlined a set of “rights and guarantees” for prisoners and exiled detainees, including improved prison conditions, family reunification abroad, and Arab host countries for those deported. Mediators said they were pressing Israel to honor commitments made before the ceasefire, while Israel has claimed it cannot proceed until the remains of 12 captives are recovered.
• Standing beside President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Israel has the right to carry out strikes in Gaza during the ceasefire if it perceives an “imminent threat.” He defended Israel’s recent strike on what it claimed was a resistance fighter.

West Bank and Israel

• Israel’s parliament is set to vote Sunday on a bill allowing the death penalty for Palestinians convicted in military courts of attacks against Israelis, where the conviction rate exceeds 99%. The measure, backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, was pushed forward after far-right minister Itamar Ben Gvir threatened to resign if it was delayed, while Coalition Chair Ofir Katz called it a “national duty.” Though presented as a response to the October 7 attacks, the bill applies broadly to cases of “terrorist murder” motivated by “racism or hostility.”
• Israeli forces killed three Palestinians early Monday during a raid on Kufr Qoud, a village west of Jenin. Local reports said a special Israeli unit surrounded a house and nearby cave before reinforcements, bulldozers, and drones joined the operation, leading to hours of clashes as the fighters refused to surrender. Israeli aircraft carried out multiple strikes, and snipers surrounded the area; Hebrew media later confirmed the three deaths, with the army seizing and withholding the bodies. Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israeli military “foiled a serious attack” during a West Bank raid and carried out an airstrike to destroy a cave found in the operation. Katz ordered forces to use “all necessary means, from the ground and from the air,” vowed they will remain in Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur al-Shams camps, and warned anyone who “assists” will be dealt with “under the Jenin model.”
• The UN has documented over 85 settler attacks on Palestinian farmers in the West Bank since the olive harvest began on October 9, injuring more than 100 people and damaging thousands of trees across 50 villages, mostly in Ramallah governorate.