Israeli Strikes Kill Four in Gaza, Settler Attack

Israeli strikes killed four people across Gaza, including a 14-year-old boy. Reports also described an alleged settler attack in the occupied West Bank that left Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine needing surgery. Israeli police are investigating an alleged attack on French, Belgian and Polish diplomats in the occupied territory.

Gaza and the occupied West Bank

Reports provided no further details about the circumstances of the Gaza deaths or the alleged attacks in the West Bank. They said Levine underwent surgery after the alleged settler attack. Israeli police are investigating the reported assault on the diplomats.

In Yemen, the Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said Sunday that it had intercepted two ballistic missiles fired toward Khamis Mushayt. Coalition spokesman Major General Turki Al-Maliki separately said forces intercepted and destroyed a drone in the Riyadh region. Another coalition account said defenses intercepted drones in the Eastern and Riyadh regions, along with two missiles headed toward Khamis Mushayt.

Saudi residents received mobile alerts around 1:30 a.m. local time warning of a “hostile aerial threat.” The alert ended a few minutes later. Civil Defense said the danger had passed in Khamis Mushayt and nearby Abha, and urged residents to follow official instructions, avoid gathering and refrain from filming.

On Saturday, Al-Maliki said coalition forces destroyed four drones over Riyadh, the Eastern Province and southern regions, as well as two missile launchers in Yemen’s Saada governorate. The coalition released footage that it said showed its forces destroying the launch platforms after detecting them firing missiles toward Saudi Arabia. Coalition airstrikes continued against Houthi facilities and installations.

Strikes and regional escalation

The renewed attacks followed the resumption of Yemen’s conflict in July. Saudi Arabia has faced repeated Houthi attacks on oil facilities, transportation infrastructure and other strategic sites. A previous attack on Riyadh’s airport killed 13 people, according to earlier reports cited by Arab News.

Saudi Arabia extended remote learning in Riyadh and neighboring Diriyah. Some foreign embassies told citizens to avoid Saudi airports or postpone travel. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said Cairo stood ready to take “any measure” needed to protect Saudi Arabia if asked, while stressing Egypt’s role would be defensive.

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said the Greek Patriot contingent in Yanbu helped protect Saudi energy facilities and strategic infrastructure. Dendias posted a photograph on X after visiting the batteries and meeting members of the Hellenic force there. The visit marked the first public acknowledgement of the Greek deployment’s role in protecting Yanbu, a major oil and industrial hub on Saudi Arabia’s western coast.

Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of encouraging the Houthi escalation, an allegation Tehran denies. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi repeated Tehran’s support for a political solution and offered to mediate. Yemen’s government rejected the offer, saying Iran was a party to the conflict, not a neutral intermediary.

Hormuz, travel warnings and diplomacy

At an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Baghdad, Araghchi said Iran had sent Washington a seven-day plan through Qatar to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He said Iran stood ready for dialogue based on mutual respect and credible guarantees, but would not surrender its sovereign rights under pressure. Tehran said Washington would decide whether to accept the proposal.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh called for fighting to end across the region, including in Lebanon. He accused the United States and Israel of violating a June memorandum of understanding by launching strikes on Iran and Lebanon, and said Washington should ensure Israel honours any ceasefire. Tehran repeated its readiness to address questions about its nuclear programme and its offer to reopen the strait within seven days.

The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office advised against all travel within 10 kilometers of the Yemen border and all but essential travel elsewhere in Saudi Arabia. It urged British nationals to stay away from King Khalid International Airport after a serious incident there on October 10, 2026, and to follow Saudi authorities’ instructions until they declared the airport secure. The FCDO said further airport attacks, travel disruption and flight cancellations were very likely.

President Donald Trump said the war with Iran would end “very quickly” and predicted U.S. fuel prices would fall below pre-war levels once hostilities ended. He defended U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, saying they had crippled Tehran’s nuclear capabilities. The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh urged American citizens to use extreme caution at Saudi airports. King Khalid International Airport remained closed, while airports in Jeddah and Dammam faced delays and cancellations.