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5:51 am

In latest overnight attack, settlers reportedly fire-bomb Palestinian home with family inside

Palestinian media reports another settler attack overnight in the West Bank, with the latest targeting the village of al-Mughayyir.

A Molotov cocktail was hurled through the window of a family’s home while they were reportedly sleeping inside.

Footage shows members of the family trying to put out the fire. There are no immediate reports of injuries.

Other clips show parked cars that were also torched in the attack.

5:21 am

Rubio says ‘foreign actor’ involved in plot to attack UK airbase used by US

By Reuters

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says there was a foreign actor involved in an apparent plot to attack an airbase used by the United States in the UK.

“What happened, what almost happened, what could have happened in the UK over the weekend is a very serious situation. It’s one that clearly involves the hands of a foreign actor. I won’t get into great detail about that yet,” Rubio says on the Fox News network’s “Hannity” program late on Monday.

US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House earlier that the incident “might be” connected to Iran, adding that he would not have released the suspects on bail. “I wouldn’t have done that,” he said.

British police said on Monday they had released on bail five British men who were arrested on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offenses near an airbase used by the US, although they remain under investigation, as counterterror detectives probed whether the alleged attempted attack was linked to Iran.

5:10 am

Jewish man filmed apparently trying to urinate on Jerusalem monastery frequently targeted by spitters

A Jewish man apparently attempts to urinate on the outer wall of the St. James Monastery in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on September 28, 2026. (Screen capture/X)
A Jewish man apparently attempts to urinate on the outer wall of the St. James Monastery in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on September 28, 2026. (Screen capture/X)

A Jewish man was filmed on Monday apparently trying to urinate on the outer wall of the St. James Monastery in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City.

Security camera footage shows a security guard at the monastery rushing to stop the man and directing him to leave the area.

The monastery has been frequently targeted by Jewish extremists who spit in its direction as they walk by.

Hours before the incident at St. James, an Orthodox Jewish man was filmed spitting on the ground as he walked by Christian pilgrims at the nearby Armenian Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.

Law enforcement in Israel has been struggling to stop harassment and attacks against Christian clergy and church property in the Old City, including frequent incidents of people, mostly young Orthodox Jews, spitting on the ground in front of clergy and other Christians — an act that may be prosecuted in Israel as a hate crime.

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3:49 am

Emirati VP to visit Saudi Arabia for first face-to-face meet since Yemen rift

By AFP

UAE Vice President Mansour bin Zayed has accepted an invitation from Saudi Arabia’s defense minister to visit the kingdom on Tuesday for the first face-to-face meeting since a rift over Yemen.

In July, top officials and ministers in both countries posted about friendship and unity on social media, signalling a rapprochement months after a public fall-out between the two countries.

“His Royal Highness Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Defence, extended an invitation to his brother, His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President of the sisterly United Arab Emirates, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Presidential Court, to visit the Kingdom tomorrow, Tuesday,” the defence ministry says in a statement on X.

The UAE’s official news agency WAM says Sheikh Mansour had accepted the invitation and would travel to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a “brotherly visit.”

During the July detente, Saudi General Entertainment Authority chairman Turki Alalshikh posted a picture of bin Salman alongside Sheikh Mansour that he said was taken a few days ago.

The Saudi olive branch came as the kingdom reels from weeks of Houthi attacks on its tankers, oil facilities, airports and even its capital, with the group taking control of the Red Sea coast from Saudi-backed government forces.

3:37 am

Palestinian woman wounded in reported settler raid of northern West Bank village.

Palestinian media reports that Israeli settlers raided the northern West Bank village of Qaryut, during which they assaulted an elderly woman.

Footage shows the woman being placed into an ambulance on a stretcher due to a head injury.

There are no reports of arrests, which are rare in instances of settler violence, even though they take place on a near-daily basis across the West Bank.

Earlier Monday, Palestinian news sites aired several clips of what they said were Israeli settlers stealing olives from groves belonging to Palestinians, days before the start of the harvest.

3:16 am

Settlers said to torch Palestinian homes during major overnight clash with Israeli troops

Homes on the outskirts of the Palestinian village of Jalud that were reportedly torched by settlers on September 29, 2026. (Screen capture/X)
Homes on the outskirts of the Palestinian village of Jalud that were reportedly torched by settlers on September 29, 2026. (Screen capture/X)

Clashes have broken out overnight between roughly 100 settler extremists and Israeli security forces who arrived at the central West Bank village of Jalud in order to enforce a High Court of Justice order requiring the removal of settlers who took over three Palestinian homes on the outskirts of the town in July, the Kan public broadcaster reports.

The IDF and Border Police are trying to secure the area so the evicted Palestinian families can return to their homes, but are still struggling to do so.

Kan says two of the settler rioters have been arrested.

Footage published on Palestinian media shows extensive damage done to one of the homes by settlers before they left.

Another clip shows two of the Palestinian homes set on fire, allegedly by settlers during the overnight clash.

Ynet says the large group of Israelis arrived in Jalud after an alert was posted in a number of WhatsApp groups for extremist settlers, calling on them to rush to the village in order to prevent security forces from escorting the evicted Palestinians back to their homes.

In July, Palestinians living in three homes on the outskirts of Jalud were violently expelled by extremist settlers who set up an illegal outpost close to the village and besieged the petitioners’ homes.

On September 6, the High Court ordered Israeli forces to ensure the return of the evicted Palestinian in a ruling that blasted the IDF, police and Defense Minister Israel Katz for failing to tackle rampant settler violence.

Authorities were supposed to have escorted the evicted Palestinians back to their homes by September 20, according to the ruling.

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1:18 am

Trump denies report that he’s considering offering Iran sanctions relief in exchange for nuke concessions

By Jacob Magid

Trump denies a report on Axios and Channel 12 revealing that he is considering offering Iran sanctions relief in exchange for concessions on Tehran’s nuclear program.

“This is untrue. I offered them NOTHING!” Trump writes on Truth Social.

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