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Friday 23 October 2026
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Gaza's civil defence and hospitals said Israeli strikes in central and northern Gaza and Gaza City killed seven people on Tuesday, including Akram Yassin and his wife. Israel's military said Yassin was a senior official in Hamas's general security apparatus.
Israel's military prepared a multi-day bombing campaign against Iran for the weekend of 10 October, the Financial Times reported, citing three people familiar with the plans. It did not go ahead because President Donald Trump opposed restarting the war before the 3 November US midterm elections, the sources said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Kiryat Shmona on Tuesday that Israel is committed to "the elimination of the Iranian regime" and that he had raised it with US President Donald Trump, most recently on Sunday.
US Vice President JD Vance said he was "not getting involved" in Israel's 27 October election and was focused on the US midterms, after President Donald Trump publicly backed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an air base in southern Israel on Monday and discussed Iran, three Israeli officials told Reuters. The Pentagon declined to comment.
Presenting an updated security doctrine nine days before Israel's 27 October election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for new alliances beyond the United States and said he had directed security agencies to work for the fall of Iran's government. Opposition leaders called the doctrine hollow.
The US President gave Benjamin Netanyahu his "Complete and Total Endorsement" on Truth Social. Netanyahu thanked him; his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, said "only Israelis can choose their leader".
