An Israeli aircraft struck a residential apartment near the Haidar roundabout in Gaza City's Rimal neighborhood, killing four people including a young girl, according to Palestinian medical sources. The operation was described as a targeted assassination. The Israeli Gaza Division commander reported that military forces now control 63% of the Gaza Strip and have established 40 new military sites throughout the territory.

Other operations on the night of Oct. 2 included drone strikes that killed Ahmed al-Ramlawi in Gaza City and Ibrahim Abu Awaimer near Nuseirat, alongside bombings in southern Lebanon near Baraashit and Beit Yahoun. In Syria, a car shooting in the Damascus countryside left 3 dead and 7 wounded. Elsewhere, regional officials stated Saudi Arabia is planning a ground offensive with 100,000 Yemeni troops while US Air Force tankers flew over the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing GPS jamming.