UN General Assembly

President Donald Trump rejected Iran's seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, telling reporters the plan was unacceptable. Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being the biggest obstacle to the Gaza peace plan. The IDF struck Hezbollah weapons storage in southern Lebanon and eliminated two Hamas operatives in Gaza.

President Trump used his UN General Assembly address to threaten Iran with annihilation while predicting a post-midterm deal, as reports emerged of a three-hour meeting between US officials and an Iranian delegation. Defense Minister Katz threatened to evacuate and destroy Gaza City if any Israeli is abducted, and Israeli artillery struck southern Lebanon amid ceasefire violations.

G7 foreign ministers called on Iran to end its arming of and support for the Houthis in Yemen, while Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian departed for New York to defend Tehran's positions at the UN General Assembly. In the West Bank, Palestinian reports described a wave of settler attacks on villages and the IDF tightened its closure of Ramallah. Israel entered Sukkot on high alert after the killing of an Israeli man near Neve Tzuf.

The IRGC claimed it struck a Togo-flagged tanker attempting an illegal passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while hundreds of thousands rallied in Tehran for the 'Sacrifice for Iran' campaign. A UN fact-finding mission said there are grounds to believe the US committed war crimes in Iran and Tehran committed crimes against humanity. Israeli operations continued in southern Lebanon and Gaza.