Israel Defence Forces (IDF) units have continued to advance across multiple axes on the Israel
Lebanon border, occupying and clearing villages from Hezbollah assets and military infrastructure
developed by the group. IDF channels announced that elements of a fifth division –
the 210th Division – has begun operating in Lebanon. Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Naim
Qassem described Hezbollah’s war against Israel in existential terms and seemed to contradict
previous hints by other officials that the Lebanon-based group would be willing to agree to a ceasefire
deal with Tel Aviv that did not include Gaza.
The Biden administration warned Israel that it has “30 days” to implement measures
to guarantee significant improvements to the humanitarian situation in Gaza, at the cost of interrupting
military aid transfers. In September, the amount of aid entering Gaza was assessed as being the
lowest of any month since the start of the war. In the north of the Gaza Strip, aid provision has been
particularly affected by an ongoing IDF offensive in the Jabalia area, where Israeli forces assess
Hamas has successfully begun restructuring some units.