Israel calls on residents to leave Gaza City: According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a ground maneuver by the Israeli army is imminent. Troops are currently gathering, Netanyahu said, urging residents of Gaza City to leave the area. This is only the prelude to the ground invasion. welt.de

• Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz has once again issued a sharp warning to Hamas ahead of an offensive in Gaza City, threatening the terrorist organization with a „massive hurricane.“ He said this was the last warning.
• Four Israeli soldiers were killed in the north of the Gaza Strip. According to Israeli media, the soldiers were killed in the morning during an attack by Hamas members on an army camp in an outlying district of Gaza City.
• According to Palestinian sources, there have once again been many deaths from Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. In Gaza City, the Israeli military destroyed another high-rise building; 90 minutes earlier, residents had been told to evacuate the building.
• UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk sharply criticized Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip. He called for a halt to arms deliveries to Israel, which he said were violating international law.

Suspect arrested after attack in Jerusalem: Authorities are investigating whether he helped prepare the attack. At least six people were killed and ten others injured Monday morning when shots were fired at people waiting at a bus stop. Two attackers were killed. They are said to come from near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The terrorist organization Hamas claimed the attack was carried out by Palestinians. zdfheute.de, sueddeutsche.de, tagesschau.de

• Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul condemned the attack, calling it a „cowardly terrorist attack.“ French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X that the spiral of violence must end. Only a political solution could restore peace and stability for everyone in the region.
• Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he condemned „all attacks on Palestinian and Israeli civilians“ as well as „all forms of violence and terrorism.“ At the same time, Abbas called for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories as well as a stop to „acts of genocide“ in the Gaza Strip and terrorism by Israeli settlers throughout the West Bank.

Five dead after Israeli airstrike in Lebanon: According to the Ministry of Health in Beirut, five people were also injured in the attacks in the Bekaa Valley in the east of the country. Lebanese security sources said the dead were members of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah. The militia initially did not comment. Israel’s military said it had carried out several airstrikes against Hezbollah positions. spiegel.de

Spain announces arms embargo against Israel: Ships carrying weapons for Israel are now banned from using Spanish ports. Aircraft bringing weapons to Israel are no longer allowed to fly through Spanish airspace. Other measures include an embargo on goods from Israeli settlements and additional funds for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). President Pedro Sanchez declared that Spain would be on the right side of history. Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accused Sanchez and his government of antisemitism. Madrid then recalled its ambassador in Tel Aviv for consultations.

UKRAINE

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky focuses on improving air defense: „Strengthening air defense is goal number one for this ‘Ramstein meeting’ and for our contacts with Europe and the USA in general,“ Zelensky said in his evening video address. Russia has intensified its drone and missile attacks since late August, exposing gaps in Ukrainian air defenses. The Ukraine Contact Group meets on Tuesday to coordinate Western arms deliveries. Among the participants will be Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, and UK Defense Minister John Healey.

• Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul seeks to dispel doubts about Germany’s participation in security guarantees for Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire or peace settlement. However, he did not specify what the guarantees might look like at the opening of the annual conference of German ambassadors at the Foreign Ministry.
• Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned at the opening of the ambassadors’ conference of an expansion of Russian ambitions beyond Ukraine. Everything indicated that President Vladimir Putin’s „imperialist plan would not end with the conquest of Ukraine but would only begin with it.“
• According to diplomats, Germany and France are pushing for EU sanctions against Russian oil giant Lukoil. Berlin and Paris have submitted a joint proposal as part of preparations for a possible 19th sanctions package against Moscow.

Moscow used an Iskander missile in the attack on the Kyiv government building: Presidential Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak said the enemy had used a ballistic missile in the attack. EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernova said after visiting the damaged building that the missile had not fully detonated – only for that reason had the multi-story building not been destroyed. The government building had caught fire. stern.de

• A thermal power plant near Kyiv was damaged by a Russian drone attack. „The enemy knows exactly that he is shelling civilian infrastructure,“ the government said. Power outages were not necessary.
• Ukrainian troops have liberated the village of Zarichne in the Donetsk region and raised the national flag there, according to the Ukrainian General Staff. Zarichne is near the administrative border with the Luhansk region and is strategically important due to its proximity to key transport routes.
• Estonia has once again reported a violation of its airspace by Russia. An MI-8 helicopter entered Estonian airspace near the Baltic Sea island of Vaindloo for about four minutes on Sunday afternoon, the army in Tallinn reported.
• Latvia has ordered around 840 Russian citizens to leave the country by October 13. The move follows stricter residency rules introduced in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. merkur.de
• Former Kremlin chief Dmitry Medvedev accuses neighboring Finland of pursuing a war course against Russia. Medvedev complained that staff structures for army units were being created in Lapland „in the immediate vicinity of the Russian border.“ It was clear against whom these structures were directed, he said, since NATO had declared Russia an enemy.
• In Poland, border guards discovered the wreckage of an unarmed drone in a village near the border with Belarus. No one was injured, according to the reports.
  Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to withdraw from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture.