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Two Palestinians were martyred when Israeli occupation forces targeted civilians east of Gaza City. The Palestinian news agency (WAFA), citing a medical source, reported that two Palestinians were martyred by Israeli occupation fire in Al-Sha'af area of ​​the Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City. According to medical sources, 44 Palestinians were martyred yesterday by Israeli occupation forces' fire in various areas of the Gaza Strip. The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 68,159 martyrs and 170,203 wounded since October 7, 2023.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed grave concern over the number of civilians fleeing violence in northern Mozambique, making it impossible for many of them to return home. UNHCR revealed that approximately 22,000 people fled Cabo Delgado province in a single week in late September. Last month, militants attacked the strategic coastal city of Mocimboa da Praia, clashing with the army. "Civilians continue to be targeted amid reports of killings," UNHCR's representative in Mozambique, Xavier Créach said. He added, "During 2025, the violence has sharply accelerated. By the end of August, over 500 security incidents affecting civilians had been recorded, including raids on villages, abductions, killings of civilians, looting, and the destruction of homes and infrastructure." More than 100,000 people have been forced to flee this year, according to the UNHCR representative, who noted that 89% of them had been displaced previously. Twenty-two humanitarian organizations have announced the suspension of their operations in Cabo Delgado this year, making it difficult to respond to the crisis. Since the conflict erupted in 2017, more than 1.3 million people have been displaced in Mozambique.

The United Nations warned that the situation in Gaza is deteriorating by the hour and renewed its call for immediate protection for civilians. It emphasized that issuing displacement orders does not absolve the parties to the conflict of their responsibilities to protect civilians, especially in light of the ongoing attacks launched by the occupying power, Israel, on Gaza. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that Al-Rantisi Children's Hospital in Gaza was damaged after being hit by multiple airstrikes two days ago, forcing half of the patients and their caregivers to flee under the bombardment in search of safety. Meanwhile, UN humanitarian partners confirmed that since the ceasefire collapsed in March, 80 medical facilities and primary healthcare centers providing health services to patients have been damaged, with 65 of them out of service. In a related development, the Palestinian Telecommunications Company reported that Wednesday night, there was a complete internet outage throughout Gaza and the north, preventing residents and humanitarian workers from accessing vital information. UN humanitarian partners have established three support points in areas hosting internally displaced persons in southern Gaza to assist unaccompanied children, orphans, and the wounded. They reported that the heavy shelling of Gaza is exacerbating the suffering of the people, especially children.

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper strongly condemned the attack launched by the Israeli occupation forces on Gaza City on Tuesday morning, describing the operation as "utterly reckless and appalling."The new IDF assault on Gaza is utterly reckless and appalling. It will only bring more bloodshed, kill more innocent civilians and endanger the remaining hostages," she wrote on the social media platform X.Cooper added, "We need an immediate ceasefire, all hostages released, unrestricted humanitarian aid and a path to lasting peace."The British Foreign Secretary stressed that the international community must assume its responsibility in pressuring the Israeli occupation to stop its attacks, warning that the continued military escalation exacerbates the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and threatens the stability of the entire region.Cooper affirmed that London will continue to cooperate with its international partners to ensure respect for international humanitarian law, and called on all parties to exercise restraint and avoid any steps that could exacerbate the humanitarian suffering.For days, Israeli occupation forces have been launching violent raids on Gaza City. The occupation forces expanded the pace of destruction by bombing and detonating buildings, in an attempt to force Palestinians to flee south.

Hundreds killed in Sweida bloodshed in JulySuspects filmed several killingsSome later confessed, committee saysDruze deaths spark calls for justiceSyria has interrogated and detained members of its defence and interior ministries suspected of committing abuses against civilians in the predominantly Druze province of Sweida in July, the committee investigating the violence has said.Hundreds of people were killed in Sweida in violence that began between tribes and Druze factions but which worsened after Syrian troops were dispatched to the area. Bereaved relatives accused government forces of committing execution-style killings on camera.Syria appointed a committee to investigate the violence on July 31. Its spokesperson Ammar Izzedin told Syrian and regional media outlets on Tuesday night that members of both the interior and defence ministries had been questioned and referred to the judiciary over their suspected involvement in abuses.Izzedin declined to say how many personnel were detained, but said they were Syrian nationals who carried out the atrocities in an individual capacity.He told regional broadcaster Al-Hadath the committee had confronted the suspects with "the video footage in which they were seen" committing abuses without specifying what they were.Izzedin said the footage was "enough" as evidence since the fighters had filmed themselves, but that several had also confessed to committing the abuses after being shown the videos."They were detained by the interior and defence ministries to be transferred to the judiciary when the investigations are concluded to be publicly tried for the crimes they committed against Syrians," Izzedin said.He told local outlet Syria TV that the committee was keen to act swiftly to arrest the suspects even as it continued its investigative work. He did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for additional comment.Amnesty International urged Syrian authorities on Tuesday to hold members of government forces accountable for extrajudicial executions of Druze men and women on July 15 and 16 in Sweida.In March, Syria's military was accused of mass killings of members of the Alawite minority, to which much of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's ruling elite belonged.A Syrian government fact-finding committee said in July that 1,426 people had died in March in attacks on security forces and subsequent mass killings of Alawites, but concluded that commanders had not given orders for the revenge attacks.It said 298 suspects were linked to violations against Alawites and 265 involved in the initial attack on security forces, and said they had been referred to the judiciary.