Ceasefire Day 3

by If Americans Knew,  from Israel-Palestine News, October 12, 2025

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

(Day 736 of Israel’s Latest War on Gaza)

124 martyrs arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals over the past 24 hours.

The number of known starvation/malnutrition deaths stands at 463, including 157 children.

NOTE: Only the dead who are brought to hospitals are included in the official fatality count. At this point, most of the dead have been recovered from under the rubble. Others have succumbed to earlier injuries.

Additional statistics below. For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Saturday, go here.

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GAZA NEWS & HEADLINES:

(For some basic info on the Palestine-Israel conflict, go here. For more critical context, skim this, this, and this. To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here.)

Israeli drone reportedly kills Palestinian man Saturday, violating ceasefire

Medical sources announced the martyrdom of citizen Nidal Eid Salmi Abu Hlayb (62 years old) from Al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis, and the arrival of his body at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital after he was shot by Israeli “Quadcopter” drone fire.

Meanwhile, at least 4 citizens were injured in artillery shelling that targeted a group of citizens in the Al-Ajarmeh area east of Jabalia.

At least one citizen was injured when a bomb was thrown at a school in the Jabalia Al-Balad area.

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More than 500,000 people return to Gaza City following ceasefire

Mahmud Bassal, a spokesman for the civil defense, said there had been a mass movement following the apparent end of Israel’s assault. “More than half a million people have returned to Gaza [City] since yesterday,” he said on Saturday.

The civil defense also said on Saturday that 9,500 people were still missing under the rubble across Gaza. Its teams have already begun rescue operations, recovering the bodies of some 155 people so far.

Palestinians cut off from most of Gaza’s agricultural land by Israel’s redeployment line

Eyal Weizman, who heads the UK-based research group Forensic Architecture, says the so-called “yellow line” to which Israeli forces have withdrawn under the ceasefire deal leaves Gaza “without the absolute majority of its agricultural areas on the fertile soils in the east”.

An August report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization found that, as of July 28, more than 86 percent of Gaza’s cropland – totaling nearly 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres) – was damaged by Israel’s war on the enclave.

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Hamas will only disarm if fighters integrated into Palestinian National Army: Official

During an interview with Sky News on 10 October, senior Hamas official Dr. Basem Naim confirmed that Hamas would not completely disarm and that the movement would only hand over its weapons to a Palestinian state and integrate its fighters into a Palestinian national army, stating, “No one has the right to deny us the right to resist the occupation of armies,” Naim said.

As the ceasefire took effect on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel might restart the genocide if Hamas does not give up its weapons.

“Hamas will be disarmed and Gaza will be demilitarized … If this is achieved the easy way, so much the better. And if not, it will be achieved the hard way,” Netanyahu stated in a televised address.

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Israeli army prepares to demolish ‘Hamas tunnels’ after hostage release

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that he instructed the army to prepare for the demolition of what he claimed are underground tunnels used by the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Katz called the demolition “the major challenge for Israel after the phase of returning the hostages,” claiming that it would be carried out “directly by the IDF (Israeli army) and through the international mechanism to be established under US leadership and supervision.”

The minister claimed that the demolition of tunnels is the “primary meaning” of the agreed demilitarization of Gaza and disarmament of Hamas under the ceasefire deal.

GHF dismantles Gaza sites where thousands of Palestinian aid seekers killed

The US-Israeli Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has begun to dismantle after killing thousands of Palestinians in the past months during a failed mission worth tens of millions.

At least 2,615 Palestinians have been killed while trying to access aid parcels from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which started operating on May 26, 2025.

NOTE: Globally recognized human rights organizations have warned that the GHF model was deeply flawed and bound to create chaos, calling it a “dangerous, politicized sham”; news reports have indicated from early on that the organization was a tool of the Israeli government, allegedly funded by the notorious Israeli Mossad.

At least 2,615 Palestinians were killed at or around GHF distribution points between its inception in late May 2025 and its closure – eyewitness accounts indicate that primarily Israeli soldiers, but also American GHF workers have been shooting indiscriminately at the aid-seekers.

OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM NEWS & HEADLINES:

(For background on the West Bank, read this and this. For information on the significance of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, read this and this.)

Appeals for support after Jerusalem court threatens Masafer Yatta community center

Residents of Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank have appealed for help after an Israeli court ruled for the demolition of a vital community center, although it is located on Palestinian land that has been privately owned for generations.

The Youth of Sumud (YOS) Center in At-Tuwani, one of Masafer Yatta’s composite villages, has been a hub for pro-Palestine campaigning and community organizing for four years, and served as a guest house for foreign activists.

YOS campaigners were featured in the documentary No Other Land, with At-Tuwani being the home village of the documentary’s co-director Basel Adra (continue reading here).

IMG youth of Sumud Center

Israeli army detains Palestinian teen

A Palestinian youth was reportedly detained by the Israeli army in a military raid in the West Bank Saturday evening, as illegal settlers continued assaults in the occupied territory.

Israeli forces chased and beat a 17-year-old from the Dheisheh refugee camp, as he was riding his bicycle in the town of al-Dawha, west of Bethlehem, and arrested him. No reason was given for the arrest.

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WEST BANK HEADLINES:

Soldiers Abduct Child, Three Young Men, In Jerusalem

Colonists cut down dozens of olive trees, steel beehives near Ramallah

ISRAEL NEWS & HEADLINES:

(Get a glimpse inside Israel and the turmoil and contradictions within the country. Often, our news items and headlines are taken from Israeli media.)

Israeli prison officers abuse Palestinian detainees due to be freed in Gaza deal

Israeli prison officials on Saturday were seen physically abusing Palestinian detainees set to be released in the upcoming prisoner exchange deal.

Footage shared on social media and Hebrew-language news outlets showed Israeli authorities humiliating Palestinian prisoners while blindfolded and with their hands tied behind their backs, at the Ganot Prison in southern Israel’s Negev region, ahead of their release.

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Information Office, which also published the video, said the incident “documents a painful scene showing the occupation’s brutal abuse of prisoners scheduled for release as part of the exchange deal”.

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After The Prisoner Exchange, over 11,000 Palestinian Hostages Will Remain

This is how Israel treats prisoners in its jails —
before the cameras and in a brutal manner, it continues to humiliate and abuse Palestinian detainees, even though they are expected to be released as part of the upcoming exchange deal. pic.twitter.com/GSNHNVZmgN

— غزة 24 | التغطية مستمرة (@Gaza24Live) October 11, 2025

US troops began arriving in Israel on Saturday to take part in a joint task force to monitor the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to media reports. The troops will “set up a coordination center that will oversee implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza” and operate in different fields, including transportation, planning, logistics, security, and engineering.

US troops will not enter the Gaza Strip; they will carry out their activities in Israel under the command of US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Adm. Bradley Cooper, alongside different units and contingents sent from countries in the region, according to the report.

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The Israeli army on Saturday carried out airstrikes on six heavy machinery yards along the Al-Msayleh road in southern Lebanon, killing two and destroying more than 300 vehicles including bulldozers and excavators, according to local media, causing an estimated loss of hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Israeli army claimed that the engineering equipment was being used to rebuild Hezbollah infrastructure in the region.

Since the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire was declared in November 2024, Israel has carried out almost daily strikes on southern Lebanon, killing over 100.

HERE’S WHAT ISRAELIS ARE READING:

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OTHER HEADLINES:

Did Qatari Money Drive Trump’s Push for Gaza Ceasefire?

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ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) – A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:

(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)