Around 1:50 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of people in the vicinity of the Musallam pharmacy in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northwest Gaza City, killing two men. At least one of the two men was beheaded and his body gruesomely mutilated in the attack based on footage from Al-Shifa hospital. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Abdullah Al-Zitawi (captive from the West Bank freed in the ceasefire excange deal and exiled to Gaza) 2. Sheikh Muhammad Wael Sha'sha'a "Abu Al-Baraa" (Quran Hafiz, Director of Al-Shafi' project for Quran memorization in Gaza)

Around 6 pm, an Israeli drone airstrike targeted and killed a man near Al-Sarouk intersection on Al-Jalla Street in Gaza City. The airstrike killed the man on the spot beheading him, whereas another child was wounded and succumbed to injuries two days later. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Tamer Al-Sabbagh 2. Abdurahman Khalil Awad (10 y/o)

At midday, an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of people on Al-Rashid Street in the Chalets area in southwest Gaza City, killing at least one young man. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Musa Abd Hammouda (24 y/o)

Around noon, Israeli gunfire toward western areas of Beit Lahia shot and killed a child and injured at least two other people. His elder brother witnessed the murder as they were out along with their cousins, also childrenm to salvage scraps from their ruined home, when Israeli armored vehicles appeared nearby and opened fire. The two cousins and a third relative were injured. The elder brother carried the child's body barefoot to hospital. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Tamer Shadi Sobh

Early morning Israeli gunfire on Al-Maghazi camp killed a little girl in her tent. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Misk Hazem Al-Dalou (7 y/o)

On October 17, 2026, overnight, Israeli settler belonged to the “Hilltop Youth, invaded agricultural facilitied, in Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah, in occupied West Bank, and stabbed and struck baby goats to kill and torture them. They slaughtered the animals one by one. The farm belongs to the Darbani family, in the Al-Manatir area east of the village, and the mayor of Kafr Malik says around 20 sheep and goats were killed, many of them young kids. For farming families, flocks like these are a whole year’s living. The killing is part of a campaign against Palestinian livestock across the occupied West Bank, in which colonists poison flocks, steal herds at gunpoint and slaughter animals in their pens, and none of them is ever held to account. Settlers have already stolen 80 head of sheep from Kafr Malik in an earlier forces during a raid on the village set a family’s home on fire.

On October 17, 2026, in Taybeh, a Christian Palestinian village near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, sven masked Israeli settlers armed with clubs attacked on European diplomats, activists, public figures and Palestinian harvesters. The settlers surrounded vehicles, struck them with clubs, threatened to kill those present and demanded their identity documents. The diplomats and public figures attacked: - Anick Van Calster, Belgium’s consul general in Jerusalem. - French and Polish diplomatic representatives. - Bernard Baudoux, mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, France, who was wounded. - Catholic representatives were also reportedly present. A window of a Belgian consular vehicle was smashed; activists reported damage to their vehicle, including a broken rear light. Activists Amit Orfali and another activist arrived after Palestinians reported that settlers were stealing sacks of olives. Orfali said the diplomats helped protect them. Bernard Baudoux, a French mayor among those attacked, described it in a Facebook post. “Three vehicles arrived. Several masked individuals, armed with metal bars, got out and came toward us with extreme aggressiveness,” he wrote. Baudoux said he put on his French tricolor sash. “That didn’t stop them. I was struck with metal bars and kicked before being thrown to the ground. We were finally able to get back to our vehicles.” He said he was fine. He and others had traveled to Taybeh to formalize a twinning agreement between the village and his community, and then participated in the residents’ olive harvest. Religious leaders in Taybeh also confirmed the attack. **Israeli official responses** The Israeli Police stated that they opened an investigation: forensic investigators were sent to collect evidence and witness statements. The IDF Condemned the attacks but said the diplomatic visit had not been coordinated with the military. It stated that, according to its preliminary inquiry, no soldiers were present at the scene during the attack. The foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, condemned the violence on X but also expressed regret that the visit had not been coordinated with the IDF. **International reactions** The Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot condemned the attack and demanded protection for Palestinians, diplomats and journalists, accountability for those responsible, and an end to impunity for violent settlers. He connected the violence to Israel’s settlement policy and reiterated Belgium’s support for EU sanctions against perpetrators and those supporting them. France’s foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot stated on X that the French mayor was “violently assaulted by extremist settlers,” adding that Israeli authorities “must urgently put an end to this criminal violence and ensure the safety of civilians, as they are required to do under international law.” Poland’s foreign ministry said in a statement that “We are deeply outraged by this incident,”

Late night Israeli gunfire toward western area of Khan Younis shot and killed a 50-year-old woman in the Bir 19 area of Al-Mawasi. The victim had been previously injured in the same location. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Huda Nayef Abu Adwan (50 y/o)

Around 9:45 pm, an Israeli airsrike targeted a group of people in Al-Nasr neighborhood in western Gaza City, killing at least one man. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Ubaida Suhail Hamad Mortaja

Around 9:30 am, an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of people opposite Ibad Al-Rahman school in Al-Saftawi area in northern Gaza City, killing at least one man. The victim's wife and children were previously killed by Israel. His murder therefore erased the family from the civil registry. **Name of the martyr:** 1. Muhammad Khilla