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- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to build 1,200 homes in the E1 area of the West Bank.
- Israel's housing ministry issued a tender for 1,234 of 3,401 approved units, with bids due 19 October.
- The UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada called the E1 plan unacceptable and urged immediate retraction.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the E1 plan poses an existential threat to a Palestinian state.
