Not ratedArmed conflictActive
Gaza and Israel
- Latest dated report
- 1 Oct 2026, 23:44 UTC
- Last checked
- 2 Oct 2026, 07:30 UTC
- Last change ingested
- 2 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
At a glance
- What happened
- Hostilities that began with the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that followed.
- Where
- Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel
- When
- Since 7 Oct 2023
- Who is affected
- Current casualty and displacement figures are published by UN OCHA and UNHCR — see the reference links. We do not restate them here, so they cannot go stale.
- Has it escalated?
- Not rated automatically. Reporting volume (below) is not a measure of events on the ground.
- Latest development
- Al Jazeera, 1 Oct 2026: Israeli drone kills Palestinian in Gaza, settlers kill another in West Bank
What the source confirmsFacts · from the record
- Background: Hostilities that began with the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that followed.
- Started: 7 Oct 2023
Official updatesUN / ReliefWeb
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- Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors meet as West Bank tensions rise, Gaza plan stalls The Security Council met Monday morning with prospects for peace in the Middle East under strain on two fronts. In the West Bank, settler violence and settlement expansion are raising fears for a two-State solution. In Gaza, a year-old peace plan has stalled while civilian suffering continues. The…
Reported, not independently verifiedNews organisations
- Israeli drone kills Palestinian in Gaza, settlers kill another in West Bank 1,439 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 5,052 injured since the 'ceasefire' began in October 2025.
- Funeral held for Palestinian man killed in the occupied West Bank
- What’s driving Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank? Attacks on Palestinians in the area are growing at unprecedented levels.
- NAZA film-makers say they spoke to more than 100 sources about Israeli actions in Gaza Team behind documentary push back against IDF attempt to discredit its exposure of military systems The team behind the award-winning film NAZA, which details the Israeli military’s targeting policies in Gaza and its alleged acceptance of high numbers of civilian deaths, have revealed they spoke to…
- Palestinian children in Israeli military detention
- New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire An update to Google Maps has revealed the extent of devastation during the three-year Gaza war and the severity of the continuing humanitarian crisis faced by the territory’s 2.3 million i…
TimelineNewest first · UTC · grey = older than 7 days
- 1 Oct 2026, 23:44 UTCAl Jazeera reported: Israeli drone kills Palestinian in Gaza, settlers kill another in West Bank
- 1 Oct 2026, 20:45 UTCAl Jazeera reported: Funeral held for Palestinian man killed in the occupied West Bank
- 1 Oct 2026, 19:45 UTCAl Jazeera reported: What’s driving Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank?
- 1 Oct 2026, 17:45 UTCThe Guardian reported: NAZA film-makers say they spoke to more than 100 sources about Israeli actions in Gaza
- 1 Oct 2026, 17:44 UTCAl Jazeera reported: Palestinian children in Israeli military detention
- 1 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC
- 1 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTCThe Guardian reported: New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
- 30 Sept 2026, 12:00 UTC
- 30 Sept 2026, 12:00 UTC
- 29 Sept 2026, 12:00 UTC
- 28 Sept 2026, 12:00 UTC
- 7 Oct 2023, 00:00 UTCStart of the situation (matter of record).
AssessmentRule-based · not a measurement
Not rated No authoritative severity scale is published for this situation, and no editorial assessment is current. We do not assign one automatically — see the reporting activity and sources below.
| Factor | Rating | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Severity No authoritative public severity scale for this situation; not rated. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| Geographic spread 2 countries listed by the source: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel. | Medium | Rule on source data |
| Escalation Not rated automatically. Reporting volume (below) is not a measure of events on the ground. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| Civilian impact See the UN OCHA and ReliefWeb pages linked below for current figures. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| Displacement See the UNHCR / OCHA pages linked below for current figures. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| Infrastructure No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| Economic impact No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| International involvement No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated. | Not rated | Not assessed |
| Reporting activity 11 dated reports in the last 7 days (0 in the 7 days before) from the sources we monitor. | Medium | Rule on source data |
| Uncertainty 3 independent sources reporting in the last 14 days, 5 official (UN / ReliefWeb). | Low | Rule on source data |