### Under-reported news from Israel, Palestine, the Middle East and North Africa: July 11, 2025 *These roundups are, and will always be, free. No paywalls. If you find them useful, you can buy me a cup of coffee [here](https://paypal.me/ridaaburass?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US). Thanks!* [Subscribe](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSct2B1Mm-SuaoJe5WkVn1HW1CSYkWnrXgLlOeg2JLLSEnqz2g/viewform?usp=header) to get these roundups (and just these roundups) by email. No spam. **TL;DR**: This week saw further violence in Gaza with scores of Palestinians, including children, killed in airstrikes and at aid distribution sites, while Israel announced plans to "concentrate" Gazans to a restricted area on the ruins of Rafah. In the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Palestinians face settler violence, home demolitions, and mass arrests on a daily basis. Israel violated its Lebanon ceasefire several times with new strikes. In Iraq, the PKK - the main armed group representing Turkey's Kurdish community - laid down its weapons. --- ##### Gaza: - 2025-07-07 - [At least 26 people were killed](https://aje.io/sli92e?update=3823306) in Gaza today. - 2025-07-07 - [Israeli minister of defense Katz announced](https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2025-07-07/ty-article/.premium/00000197-e548-d1ad-ab97-e5cd97200000) plans to concentrate the Gazan population in a camp - (a "humanitarian city", in his own words), in Rafah (near the Egyptian border). Palestinians that enter this camp will not be allowed to leave. The IDF will "secure" the area from afar. #hebrew - Yesterday, [the IDF chief of staff said](https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2025-07-07/ty-article/.premium/00000197-e471-d30b-afbf-ec7947550000) the military does not forcibly displace Gazans, even though it literally does so by declaring large swaths of the Gaza strip as "no-go" zones. #hebrew - 2025-07-08 - According to an unnamed high-ranking Israeli source, [Netanyahu supports this plan](https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2025-07-08/ty-article/.premium/00000197-ea79-d1ad-ab97-effd89860000). According to this source, Netanyahu said that Israel will administer the concentration camp, until gulf countries take over at a later date. IMHO, no gulf country will be willing to take up this task without serious Israeli concessions across the occupied territories - concessions the current Israeli administration is not capable of producing. #hebrew - 2025-07-07 - [Five IDF soldiers killed](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/growing-ceasefire-calls-amongst-israeli-public-after-hamas-ambush-kills-five-soldiers) in Hamas [ambush](https://aje.io/73m6s6?update=3825555). - 2025-07-08 - [78 Palestinians were killed](https://aje.io/73m6s6?update=3825480) in Gaza since dawn today. - 2025-07-08 - [More, harrowing testimonies](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pits-gunfire-and-panic-palestinians-navigate-death-us-aid-points) from Gaza's aid distribution sites. - 2025-07-09 - [At least 40 Palestinians killed](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2607469/middle-east) in airstrikes across Gaza today, including 17 women and 10 children. - 2025-07-09 - [Israeli soldier killed](https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-kills-dozens-gaza-amid-netanyahu-trump-talks?blockId=block_58121) in Gaza. - 2025-07-10 - [At least 55 Palestinians killed](https://aje.io/wl6n6h?update=3829859) in Gaza today, [including 10 children](https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-07-10/ty-article/.premium/sixteen-gazans-including-10-children-killed-by-idf-while-waiting-for-aid-medics-say/00000197-f3b4-dac3-a1b7-fbfcee890000) who were waiting in line for nutritional supplements. - 2025-07-10 - [New report shows](https://www.972mag.com/drones-grenades-gaza-chinese-autel/) how the Israeli military uses over-the-shelf drones (quad-copters), equipped with a grenade-dropping device, to enforce Gaza 'no-go' zones. According to one soldier, "drone strikes were carried out with the intent to kill, despite the majority of victims being located at such a distance from the soldiers that they could not have posed any threat". - 2025-07-11 - [At least 18 Palestinians](https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-attacks-escalate-across-gaza-hunger-grips-enclave?blockId=block_58273) killed in Gaza today. - 2025-07-11 - [According to UN report](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2607732/middle-east), 798 Palestinians were killed at or near aid distribution sites since over the past six weeks. ---- ##### West Bank, inc. East Jerusalem: - 2025-07-07 - [Israeli settlers take over a home](https://alquds.com/ar/posts/165737) in Jerusalem's old city by force, after the passing of its Palestinian owner. #arabic - 2025-07-07 - [Israeli forces arrested veteran Palestinian journalist](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-arrest-veteran-palestinian-journalist-west-bank-raid) Dr Nasser al-Lahham in a raid on his home in Bethlehem. - 2025-07-07 - [[Pasted image 20250707132003.png|Latest news]] from WAFA, the Palestinian news agency, including: - [Two Palestinians killed](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159069) in an Israeli raid near Nablus. - [Israeli forces demolish home](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159072) near Ramallah. - [Israeli forces continue to demolish homes](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159087) in Tulkarm - an ongoing operation (since January). - [Israeli forces demolished](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159086) buildings and razed cultivated land near Jerusalem. - [Settlers attack](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159085c) Palestinian home near Nablus. - [Israel expropriates 183 acres of land](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159083) near Ramallah. - 2025-07-08 - [Israeli forces demolish](https://alquds.com/ar/posts/165813) building - consisting of 8 apartments and 15 stores - near Jerusalem. #arabic - 2025-07-08 - The number of Palestinians detained in Israel (excluding Palestinian citizens of Israel) [rises to around 10,800](https://alquds.com/ar/posts/165808), including 2,454 prisoners from Gaza and 3,629 administrative detainees. #arabic - 2025-07-08 - [[Pasted image 20250708151830.png|Latest news]] from WAFA, the Palestinian news agency, including: - [Settlers storm village](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159112) north of Jericho. - [Settlers attack shepherds](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159103) near Bethlehem. - 2025-07-09 - [[Pasted image 20250709130319.png|Latest news]] from WAFA, the Palestinian news agency, including: - [Palestinian is injured](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159143) in settler attack near Nablus. - [Several demolitions](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159140) of Palestinian homes and agricultural structures across the West Bank. - [Israeli forces raid a town near Ramallah](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159135), assault and detain dozens. - 2025-07-09 - [972 Magazine summarizes](https://www.972mag.com/settler-impunity-west-bank-annexation/) the recent escalation in settler violence. - 2025-07-10 - [An Israeli citizen was killed in a Palestinian attack](https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2025-07-10/ty-article/00000197-f423-d963-addf-f4273a8e0000); two Palestinian attackers killed on site. #hebrew - 2025-07-10 - [[Pasted image 20250710101436.png|Latest news]] from WAFA, the Palestinian news agency, including: - [Settlers destroy pipe](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159150) supplying water to six villages near Nablus. - [Israeli forces displace Palestinian family](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159157), demolishing its home. - [Settlers attack woman](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159163) near Bethlehem. - 2025-07-10 - [At least 30 Palestinians arrested](https://www.ppsmo.ps/home/news/17575?culture=ar-SA) across the West Bank today. - 2025-07-10 - [According to the Palestinian Prisoner's Society](https://www.ppsmo.ps/home/news/17576?culture=ar-SA), the number of Palestinian detainees held under administrative detention has surpassed the number of those who were charged with a crime. #arabic - 2025-07-11 - [[Pasted image 20250711114541.png|Latest news]] from WAFA, the Palestinian news agency, including: - [10 injured, ambulances attacked](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159186) in settler attack near Ramallah. - [Two Palestinians injured](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/159185) in settler attack in Masafer Yatta / South Hebron Hills. ---- ##### '48 Palestinians: - 2025-07-07 - [New survey](https://www.arab48.com/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1/2025/07/07/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A-%D8%B6%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A8-%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B4%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8) of Palestinian citizens of Israel indicates widespread apprehension, insecurity. #arabic - 2025-07-07 - [A Palestinian man was killed](https://www.arab48.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A9/2025/07/06/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1) in a crime-related incident in [a-Tira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tira,_Israel) - the 129th Palestinian victim of crime-related gun violence so far this year. #arabic - 2025-07-08 - A veiled (visibly Palestinian) woman from [Umm al-Fahm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_al-Fahm) [was attacked](https://www.arab48.com/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9/2025/07/08/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3) by Jewish supremacists on the bus. #arabic - 2025-07-11 - [Two Palestinian men were killed](https://www.arab48.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A9/2025/07/11/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88) in crime-related incidents today. #hebrew --- ##### Israel: - 2025-07-09 - Israeli member of Knesset (parliament) Offer Cassif [was banned from its plenum](https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2025-07-09/ty-article/.premium/00000197-ef60-dac3-a1b7-efe8dec50000) for two months, because he accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. #hebrew --- ##### MENA + geopolitical: - 2025-07-07 - [A man was killed](https://alquds.com/ar/posts/165739) in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon. #arabic - 2025-07-07 - [Turkish President Erdoğan met](https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/erdogan-to-meet-dem-party-delegation-tomorrow-211154) with representatives of the pro-Kurdish DEM party today, ahead of PKK (main Kurdish rebel group in Turkey) disarmament. See [[2025-07-04#MENA + geopolitical|last week's roundup]] for more details. - 2025-07-07 - [Turkey's intelligence chief will travel](https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiye-iraq-step-up-talks-on-pkk-disarmament-plan-211193) to Baghdad tomorrow to discuss "the logistics of the (PKK) disarmament process". - 2025-07-08 - [International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/8/icc-arrest-warrants-for-taliban-leaders-over-alleged-persecution-of-women) for Taliban leaders charged for persecuting women and girls. - 2025-07-08 - [An important report](https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/the-deadly-remnants-of-syrias-war/) on the impact of unexploded ordnance in Syria. - 2025-07-08 - [Three cargo-ship crewmembers killed in an attack](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2607332/middle-east_) - the assailants were probably Yemeni, apparently (but not yet definitely) Houthi. The deaths are the first involving shipping in the Red Sea since June 2024. - 2025-07-09 - Yes, [Ansar Allah (Houthis) claim responsibility](https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/yemens-houthis-claim-recent-red-sea-attack-merchant-ship?nid=423617&topic=Israel%2527s%2520war%2520on%2520Gaza&fid=546230) for this attack. - 2025-07-08 - [Turkish business leaders prepare to invest in Syria](https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-business-world-shifts-focus-to-syrias-recovery-211213). Among regional stakeholders, Turkey seems to have gained the most from the fall of al-Assad. - 2025-07-08 - [Iraqi oil export to China increased by 28% over the last year](https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraqs-oil-exports-to-china-jump-to-1-4-million-barrels-in-june/) - a huge leap. China and India are major importers of Iraqi oil. - 2025-07-09 - [Morocco expels three Spanish activists](https://en.hespress.com/115241-morocco-expels-pro-separatist-spanish-activists-from-laayoune-over-anti-territorial-integrity-activities.html) from Western Sahara. - 2025-07-09 - [Israel announced "special, targeted operations" in Lebanon](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2607496/middle-east), in violation of its November 2024 ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah. Israel has conducted several strikes in Lebanon over the past three weeks. - 2025-07-09 - [Tunisia slides further toward authoritarianism](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2607434/middle-east), as top politicians and security officials receive long prison sentences. President Saied controls the Tunisian judiciary. - 2025-07-09 - [PKK to begin disarming](https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiye-to-destroy-half-century-long-terror-wall-erdogan-211288) in Northern Iraq, on July 11. - 2025-07-11 - [The process started](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/11/pkk-begins-disarmament-process-after-40-years-of-armed-struggle-in-turkiye) today, with PKK handing over weapons in Iraq. - 2025-07-10 - Meanwhile, in Syria, [US-envoy turns back on Kurds, rejects federalism](https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-envoy-rejects-federalism-in-syria-after-key-meeting-211332), backs centralized Damascus-based government. - 2025-07-11 - [Yet another Israeli attack](https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-attacks-escalate-across-gaza-hunger-grips-enclave?blockId=block_58273) kills one in Lebanon, in violation of the November 2024 ceasefire agreement. - 2025-07-11 - [Iranian foreign minister signals his country is ready to resume nuclear talks](https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2025/07/11/3352278/iran-sets-conditions-for-return-to-nuclear-talks), preconditioned on security guarantees. - 2025-07-11 - [Efforts to convince](https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/talks-underway-end-muqtada-al-sadr-election-boycott-2025/) [Muqtada al-Sadr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqtada_al-Sadr), who leads a large Shia movement in Iraq, to end his boycott of Iraq elections. 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