Apple to replace iPhone Duo units with cracked inner screens
Buyers of Apple's first foldable reported cracks and dead pixels near the hinge within days; the company has not explained the fault.
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Every story in this edition, newest first, 49 in all from 17 Oct to 27 Oct 2026.
Today27 Oct 2026 · 15 stories
Netherlands reverses course and pulls out of Eurovision 2027 over Israel
Dutch public broadcaster NPO said the 'sensitivities' around Israel's participation had not gone away, a month after announcing a careful return.
Likud readies fraud complaints over Arab polling stations, reports say
Hebrew media say party activists discussed a 'stolen election' campaign if Netanyahu loses; the elections committee says there is no evidence of widespread fraud.
Palestinian youth shot in the foot near Huwara checkpoint
Red Crescent medics said Israeli forces at first kept their crews from reaching the wounded young man south of Nablus before letting them through.
Six-year-old girl dies of gunshot wounds in al-Mawasi
Tihani Shalalfeh was shot by Israeli forces in the coastal area west of Khan Younis and died on Tuesday morning, WAFA reported, as firing continued in central and southern Gaza.
From a Rafah tent to the national team: Mohammed Balah's Asian Cup hopes
The 33-year-old striker, once called the 'Ronaldo of Gaza', returned to Palestine's squad in June after 2,495 days, the longest gap between caps in the team's history.
Gaza-born actor Iyad Hajjaj's short film reaches 19 awards
My Foot is in Heaven, about a Gaza father whose daughter's foot must be amputated without anaesthetic, was shot in southern California on a set built to look like Gaza.
Jordan strikes armed groups in Syria over Karak church attack
Jordan's air force said it hit groups linked to Friday's deadly attack; Syria said seven civilians, including three children, were killed in Daraa and Sweida.
Settlers burn three cars and spray slogans in Umm Safa overnight
The head of the Umm Safa village council said settlers entered the western neighbourhood after midnight, set three vehicles alight and daubed racist slogans on walls.
Two families ordered out of their homes in Far'un as troops take them over
Israeli forces turned two houses south of Tulkarem into military posts and told the families they could not return until Wednesday morning, local sources told WAFA.
Harry Kane wins the Ballon d'Or ahead of Mbappé and Yamal
The Bayern Munich striker, 33, is the first English winner in about 25 years after 61 goals in 51 club games; Alexia Putellas won the women's award for a third time.
Sixty MEPs urge emergency EU meeting on sanctions against Israel
In a letter to Kaja Kallas, lawmakers from several groups called the West Bank blockade collective punishment and cited Hebron families given minutes to leave.
Israelis vote in a close election for the 26th Knesset
Polls show Netanyahu's bloc and the opposition both short of 61 seats; turnout at 10am was the highest for that hour since 1981. Exit polls are due at 10pm.
Israeli forces close every entrance to Ramallah on election morning
Gates and checkpoints around Ramallah were shut from early Tuesday and new checkpoints went up on the side roads residents use to get around them, WAFA reported.
Israel turns back 23-member delegation heading to Birzeit conference
British and Spanish lawmakers were among those held for hours at the Allenby Crossing and then refused entry to the West Bank, Birzeit University said.
Monday 26 October 2026 · 17 stories
Antonelli wins US Grand Prix and closes in on first F1 title
The 20-year-old Mercedes driver won from pole in Austin for his ninth victory of the season and now leads George Russell by 123 points with five races left.
New York Times rejects UN rapporteur's 'mediacide' report
Francesca Albanese accused major outlets of helping legitimise Israel's actions in Gaza; the Times said her report offers no proof of outside pressure.
Netanyahu pressed for Iran strike before the vote, but Trump said wait — CNN
US and Israeli sources told CNN that Washington asked Israel to delay any joint action; the prime minister's office called the report fake news.
Abbas meets new Iraqi prime minister in Amman
The Palestinian president briefed Ali al-Zaidi on Gaza and the West Bank and on the PA's financial crisis, which he blamed on $7bn in withheld revenues.
In Gaza's tents, a kilowatt-hour now costs ten times its pre-war price
With the grid destroyed, private generators sell electricity at around 30 shekels per kilowatt-hour, and families who cannot pay are going without light.
Palestine to face hosts Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup opener
The AFC confirmed the 2027 tournament will go ahead as planned in Saudi Arabia from 7 January, despite postponements of other events over Houthi attacks.
Macklemore opens 'Free Palestine' tour in Dublin with Palestinian singer Lina Makhoul
The 13,000-seat 3Arena sold out in minutes for the first of three European dates, with Hozier, Kneecap and DJ Habibeats also on the bill.
Lula wins fourth term as Bolsonaro's party concedes
The leftist incumbent came from behind in the first round to beat Flavio Bolsonaro by about 4.4 million votes in Sunday's runoff.
Mecca pact states meet in Tehran as Saudi Arabia downs more Houthi drones
Iran held talks with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey on regional security while the Houthis claimed attacks on Saudi oil stations and Riyadh airport.
Fire destroys tent camp near Shuja'iyya junction, displacing over 800
WAFA said Israeli drones set the camp alight overnight; the UN separately reported arson attacks on families' tents along the Yellow Line in the same area.
Qatar and Egypt condemn Ben-Gvir's entry to Al-Aqsa compound
The two governments said the visit by Israel's national security minister, escorted by police and joined by hundreds of settlers, breached the status quo at the holy site.
Mbappé double gives Real Madrid Clásico win at Camp Nou
Real won 2-1 to cut Barcelona's lead at the top of La Liga to three points, with Mbappé's winner coming in the 87th minute.
UN inquiry says Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza despite ceasefire
The Commission of Inquiry also alleged crimes against humanity in the West Bank; Israel called the report a misinformation campaign and demanded the body be dissolved.
Albania signs up to Gaza stabilisation force as deployment stalls
Albanian liaison officers are due in the region in November, and Kosovo says its bomb disposal team is ready, but no troops have yet deployed in Gaza.
Hezbollah rearming with Iranian cash for possible new war, sources say
Lebanese security sources told Reuters the group has used the lull since June to rebuild its drone and explosives capacity, though it is not yet fully prepared.
Hebron displacement passes 3,000 as UN rights chief warns of collective punishment
Volker Türk called for everyone forced from the Jalda and Ein Deir Baha neighbourhoods to be allowed home, as Palestinian figures put the number displaced near 4,000.
Settlers attack olive pickers in Beit Kahil as harvest incidents pass 480
A Palestinian commission says it has recorded 482 attacks on the olive harvest in nine West Bank governorates since picking began this month.
Sunday 25 October 2026 · 2 stories
Boston Palestine Film Festival closes its 20th edition with Palestine Comedy Club
Ten days of screenings across Boston ended at the Coolidge Corner Theatre with a documentary following six comedians touring a stand-up show across Palestine.
PLO rejects UNRWA layoff plan and seeks $70m to pay staff
The PLO Executive Committee says mass job cuts would not fix the agency's finances and asked donors for urgent money to cover November and December salaries.
Saturday 24 October 2026 · 2 stories
About 70 Palestinians detained across the West Bank since Friday, PPS says
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society said most of those held were former prisoners, and that hundreds more had been interrogated in the field during raids.
About 1,200 forced from homes as Israel launches Hebron operation
The army began house searches and demolitions in two Hebron neighbourhoods after gunmen killed two soldiers at a checkpoint; the PA called it collective punishment.
Friday 23 October 2026 · 1 story
Jerusalem Patriarchate condemns deadly attack on Karak church
Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at St George's Greek Orthodox Church in Karak; the Patriarchate said Jordan's Christians would stay in their homeland.
Thursday 22 October 2026 · 3 stories
Dublin's IMMA opens show of six Gaza artists, some works smuggled out
Eltiqa: How to Work Together? brings more than 60 works from 2002 to 2025 by the Gaza City collective to the Irish Museum of Modern Art, with free entry.
Palestinian goods trade deficit widens 17% in August
Statistics bureau figures show exports to Israel rising while exports to the rest of the world almost halved, deepening dependence on a single market.
EBRD and EU open €25.9m green finance line for Palestinian firms and homes
Loans through local banks will fund solar, efficiency and waste projects, with EU grants covering up to a quarter of eligible investments.
Wednesday 21 October 2026 · 3 stories
AI-found PHP flaw forces governments to take websites offline
OpenAI says one of its models found the 'php2shell' bugs, which allow remote code execution on any PHP server; the Netherlands, France and others pulled services to patch.
Five Palestinians drown in two boat incidents off Greek islands
The Greek coast guard recovered four bodies near Lesbos and one near Samos; the passengers were Palestinians who had set out from Lebanon and Syria.
UN warns of 'ominous start' to the West Bank olive harvest
OCHA counted at least 160 harvest-related settler attacks in the first two weeks of October, while movement restrictions keep thousands of farmers from their trees.
Tuesday 20 October 2026 · 2 stories
Oversight Board faults Meta over removal of protest and election accounts
The board said 'No Kings' activist accounts and Brazilian election pages were taken down by error and should have been protected by Meta's cross-check system.
Palestinian-founded Databuddy raises $500,000 from Y Combinator
Issa Nassar's AI product-analytics start-up says it has signed more than 3,000 business customers in its first months.
Monday 19 October 2026 · 3 stories
Tech for Palestine and Thaura plan Barcelona hackathon on 'ethical alternatives'
The one-day event on 31 October at the Canòdrom, part of Mozilla Festival, asks teams to build tools that help users leave 'complicit technology'.
EU weighs Blocking Statute to shield ICC from US sanctions
The European Commission says shielding court officials from Washington's measures remains an option, ten days after the US banned transactions with the court.
WFP cuts Gaza food aid by a third, leaving 500,000 without support
The World Food Programme says funding for its Palestine operations is under half of past years and it needs $450 million to keep going through March.
Saturday 17 October 2026 · 1 story
Maryam Bsharat retains world junior karate title
The Palestinian beat Spain's Noa López González 3-1 in the under-66kg kumite final and remains world number one in her category.