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Friday 23 October 2026
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President Donald Trump said talks with Iran were continuing only "a little bit" and that an outcome would come soon. The White House told ABC News the US would not attack Iran before the 3 November elections, as Israeli sources described joint plans for renewed strikes after the vote.
Lebanon's National News Agency said Israeli warplanes and artillery hit several areas of southern Lebanon on Thursday while a force of about 20 soldiers and four tanks moved towards Habbariyeh, as US-sponsored Lebanese-Israeli military talks continued in Florida.
Gaza hospitals reported four deaths in 24 hours, including a young girl shot near the Jabalia refugee camp. The Gaza Health Ministry says 1,538 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025.
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.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said troops would not leave the 'security zone' in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed, and threatened strikes on Beirut's Dahiyeh district in response to any drone or missile launches.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told his weekly briefing in Tehran on Tuesday that Iran would "absolutely not leave any attack unanswered", while saying Tehran must keep pursuing diplomacy despite what he called the US record of breaking agreements.
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".
Masked settlers damaged a Belgian diplomatic car and assaulted a French mayor in Taybeh. Israel's foreign minister condemned the violence, and police opened an investigation.
Joseph Aoun said a Lebanese military delegation would press for an end to Israeli attacks at the meeting in Tampa on Tuesday 20 October, US time.
