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French Foreign Ministry: Paris expresses regret over Palestinian President's decision to postpone elections and calls for its reversal

An Israeli drone strike targets Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatens to kill Hamas political chief Khalil al-Hayya

Bombing of Wadi Zibqin and the outskirts of Barashit

Aircraft launch raid on Wadi al-Hujair, in southern Lebanon

An Israeli raid targeted the town of Majdal Zoun, and another targeted the outskirts of the town of al-Qantura, near the Wadi River.

Extensive damage to residential buildings and tents of displaced people resulted from an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip last night.

Heavy artillery targets Al-Mansouri

Israeli army launches raid on Kafr Tibnit in southern Lebanon

A senior Israeli official says Israel will not launch a preemptive strike against Iran before the October 27 elections, according to Israel's Channel 12

The Israeli military says it sounded alarms near Arav al-Aramsha (northern Israel) after a possible hostile aircraft was detected. It is still checking what happened

U.S. officials pressed Israel to launch a unilateral strike on Iran during talks over the past two weeks, Maariv reports. Washington reportedly wanted Israel to assume the political risks of military action ahead of the U.S. midterm elections in November, believing Israel might favor a strike before its own Oct. 27 elections. Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir warned that renewed fighting could delay Israel's vote. The U.S. has since dropped the demand, which reportedly stemmed from Iran's rapid rebuilding of its ballistic missile and drone production capabilities

Israeli Artillery fire targets Zawtar Al Shariyah

Source in Emergency and First Aid: Two dead and injured in Israeli raid west of Gaza City

The Lebanese Army Engineering Unit detonated remnants of a missile in the town of Haris, near the official school (the town's stadium).

An Israeli airstrike targeted the Wadi al-Hujair area.

President Trump revokes Decades-Old U.S. Aviation Restrictions on Lebanon, Paving the Way for Direct Flights between the two countries. The first route will be NY-Beirut

The Syrian News Agency: Israeli forces conduct raids and searches in the village of al-Hadidat in the south of Quneitra.

Israeli strikes target eastern parts of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

The Israeli army struck a Syrian operative who it says planned attacks against Israeli civilians and Israeli army troops operating in southern Syria, under the direction of the Iranian regime. The operative was identified as Yusuf Ali Al-Hassoun and he was struck on the Syria-Lebanon border area

The Pentagon has drawn up plans for an intense, three-day military campaign against Iran targeting missile and drone arsenals, energy facilities and IRGC sites, the NYT reports. Trump has yet to approve the strikes and says he will not attack before the U.S. midterms

The U.S. State Department has issued an alert to Americans currently in the Middle East, urging them to "exercise heightened vigilance due to the complex security environment." The State Department added: "The hostilities have the potential to escalate rapidly

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has issued a security alert urging Americans across the Middle East to exercise heightened vigilance, warning of possible flight disruptions and rapidly escalating Saudi-Houthi hostilities

Gantz in the Situation Assessment Report: I don't trust Netanyahu not to initiate a security escalation before the elections; my concern is the Iranian arena

Israel Aerospace Industries in advanced talks to sell LORA missiles to Morocco. Defense sources say negotiations are "serious and at a very advanced stage," as Morocco and Algeria continue to expand their military capabilities

At least one child killed and 6 Palestinians injured in an Israeli airstrike on Sabra neighbourhood in Gaza City

Al-Shifa Medical Center: Child killed, several injured in Israeli strike on Sabra neighborhood south of Gaza City

One person killed by fire from forces in eastern part of Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip

The Israeli military announced the death of Capt. Eliav Haim Tzapalamus, 21, from Haifa, a combat officer in the 603rd Battalion of the 7th Brigade. Tzapalamus was killed when the Humvee he was traveling in overturned in southern Lebanon. Three other Israeli soldiers sustained minor injuries in the incident

Israeli forces fire flares in the village of Deir Abu Mash'al, northwest of Ramallah, coinciding with the closure of the village.