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<article data-history-node-id="448750" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/entire-land-ours-ben-gvir-escalates-calls-annexation-occupied-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/entire-land-ours-ben-gvir-escalates-calls-annexation-occupied-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'The entire land is ours': Ben Gvir escalates calls for annexation of occupied West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir&nbsp;<a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-minister-says-entire-west-bank-belongs-to-israel-threatens-to-dismantle-palestinian-authority/4076645" target="_blank">claimed&nbsp;</a>that the entire occupied West Bank “belongs to Israel” and has vowed to dismantle the Palestinian Authority and pursue the displacement of Palestinians if he becomes defence minister, Israeli media have&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hakolhayehudi.co.il/item/Land_Israel/%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%98%D7%99%D7%97%D7%95__%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%97%D7%99_a_%D7%95-b" target="_blank">reported</a>.</p> <p>Speaking to Israel’s Channel 14, Ben Gvir said that, if appointed defence minister, he would work to dismantle the Palestinian Authority and&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2106283588547473591" target="_blank">push&nbsp;</a>for Palestinians to leave the occupied West Bank and Gaza.</p> <p>The minister said that 60 percent of Palestinians want to “emigrate”.</p> <p>“I will dedicate time to this, and I will manage the process continuously. Every week, I will hold a discussion involving all relevant parties,” he said. “There is no difference between Areas A, B and C. The entire land is ours."</p> <p>Under the territorial framework established in the Oslo agreement&nbsp;between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation in 1995, Areas A and B were placed under varying degrees of Palestinian jurisdiction, while Israel retained control over Area C.&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/entire-land-ours-ben-gvir-escalates-calls-annexation-occupied-west-bank">Read more:&nbsp;'The entire land is ours': Ben Gvir escalates calls for annexation of occupied West Bank</a></h3> <div alt="Ben-Gvir" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="fa3a5c52-2f9c-4697-96fb-acd4e7921f92" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/Israel%E2%80%99s%20far-right%20National%20Security%20Minister%20Itamar%20Ben%20Gvir%20arrives%20at%20the%20site%20of%20a%20suspected%20shooting%20attack%20in%20Tzur%20Yitzhak%2C%20central%20Israel%2C%207%20June%202026%20%28Jack%20Guez%20AFP%29.jpg" width="1800" height="1013" alt="Ben-Gvir" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="448749" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-after-seven-palestinians-killed-24-hours" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-after-seven-palestinians-killed-24-hours" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza death toll rises after seven Palestinians killed in 24 hours</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Gaza's death toll has reached 74,229 after seven more Palestinians were killed by Israel in the last 24 hours, the enclave's health ministry reports.</p> <p>The ministry said that seven Palestinians have been killed and 20 other wounded in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours. The figure includes two people who succumbed to injuries from previous attacks and one whose body was retrieved from rubble.</p> <p>According to the ministry, some 1,445 Palestinians have been killed,&nbsp;5,052 wounded and 835 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble since the so-called "ceasefire" came into effect in October 2024.</p> <p>On Thursday, thousands gathered for a mass funeral for over 100 bodies belonging to victims trapped beneath the debris of a residential tower ,which was flattened by Israeli strikes at the beginning of the genocide in October 2023.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="448748" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/reports-massive-successive-and-powerful-explosions-southern-lebanese" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/reports-massive-successive-and-powerful-explosions-southern-lebanese" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Reports of 'massive, successive and powerful' explosions in southern Lebanese town</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Lebanese media reports "massive, successive and powerful" blasts conducted by Israel in the southern town of Mansouri.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="448747" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/watch-ben-gvir-says-israel-would-sell-palestinians-other-countries" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/watch-ben-gvir-says-israel-would-sell-palestinians-other-countries" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Watch: Ben-Gvir says Israel would sell Palestinians to other countries</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Israel’s far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says Israel would sell Palestinians to other countries to get rid of them.<br> <br> In an interview on Israeli Channel 14, the presenter questioned Ben-Gvir about why another country would agree to take Palestinians.<br> <br> “In exchange for money,”… <a href="https://t.co/cPDjS9jgPF">pic.twitter.com/cPDjS9jgPF</a></p> — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) <a href="https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2106283588547473591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="448746" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/blasts-heard-yemens-capital-sanaa" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/blasts-heard-yemens-capital-sanaa" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Blasts heard in Yemen's capital Sanaa</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Loud explosions have been heard in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa, Al Jazeera reports.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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