### Under-reported news from Israel, Palestine, the Middle East and North Africa: November 7, 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!* **TL;DR**: Daily Israeli strikes threaten shaky Gaza ceasefire deal. Settler violence still at an abnormally high level in the West Bank, with daily assaults on Palestinian olive pickers; Israeli military forces detained, injured, and killed several West Bank residents, including teenagers. Within Israel, crime-related violence continues to run rampant among the '48 Palestinian community. With elections scheduled for next year, cracks are starting to show in Netanyahu's coalition. Regionally, Israel has escalated its attacks in Lebanon - some say these are designed to further isolate Hezbollah from the Lebanese government, and force the latter into negotiations with Israel. In Sudan, the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) expanded their campaign eastward, displacing thousands and killing many civilians. --- ##### The Gaza Strip: - 2025-11-03 - The Israeli military conducted new strikes in the Gaza Strip, [killing three persons](https://aje.io/jkj6v6?update=4081030). The Israeli military claims it attacked individuals who had crossed the so-called “yellow line”, demarcating the area of the enclave currently under Israeli control per the ceasefire agreement, but it is unclear whether these incidents are linked. - 2025-11-04 - Israeli forces [killed three Palestinians and wounded seven](https://www.newarab.com/news/hamas-finds-body-israeli-soldier-2-killed-new-attacks?blockId=block_65753) others in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours. - 2025-11-04 - According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, [240 people were killed and 607 wounded](https://aje.io/kcstwh?update=4083086) in Israeli strikes since October 10th, when the ceasefire took effect. - 2025-11-05 - According to UNRWA (The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees), [nearly all Palestinians in Gaza were displaced](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/11/5/live-israeli-air-attacks-shelling-demolition-campaign-hit-southern-gaza) during the War. Approximately 81 percent of all structures in Gaza have been damaged. ---- ##### The West Bank, inc. East Jerusalem: - 2025-11-03 - A Palestinian teenager who was shot by Israeli forces near Nablus yesterday, [has succumbed to his wounds today](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164001). - 2025-11-03 - A Palestinian man [was shot and killed](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164002) by Israeli settlers near Hebron today. - 2025-11-03 - Dozens of Israeli settlers [attacked Palestinian homes near Jenin](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164012), and damaged olive trees. - 2025-11-03 - Israeli settlers [vandalized a Bedouin Palestinian community's water network](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164015), near Jerusalem. - 2025-11-04 - Israeli settlers [attacked Palestinian olive-pickers from the air](https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2025-11-04/ty-article/.premium/0000019a-4ebe-d793-a39f-5ffee39e0000) using a drone, injuring an Israeli left-wing activist who accompanied them. #hebrew - 2025-11-04 - Settlers [attacked Palestinian olive-pickers](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164045) near Nablus, and stole their produce. - 2025-11-04 - Israeli [settlers and soldiers attacked olive harvesters in the town of al-Khader](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164054), south of Bethlehem, physically assaulting them and chasing them away. - 2025-11-04 - [A Palestinian man was shot, wounded, and detained](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164058) by Israeli forces near Jerusalem. His condition was unknown. - 2025-11-05 - [Israeli forces carried out raids across the West Bank](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/11/5/live-israeli-air-attacks-shelling-demolition-campaign-hit-southern-gaza), entering the towns of Nilin west of Ramallah and Beit Furik east of Nablus. - 2025-11-05 - [Israeli forces demolished a poultry farm, killing 7,000 chickens](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164092), in the village of Umm al-Rihan, west of Jenin. - 2025-11-05 - Israeli settlers continue to disrupt the olive harvest, attacking olive-pickers and stealing the produce, across the West Bank - [in Qaryut](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164104) and [in Aqraba](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164113), south of Nablus, and [in Turmus Ayya](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164116), northeast of Ramallah. - 2025-11-05 - Israeli settlers [attacked the village of # Shi'b al-Butm](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164110) in Masafer Yatta, assaulting and injuring a 75-year old Palestinian man. - 2025-11-05 - Israeli forces [continue to demolish homes](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164111) in Tulkarm and its adjacent refugee camps. - 2025-11-05 - [Settlers physically assaulted and injured](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164118) three Palestinians near Hebron. - 2025-11-06 - [Israeli forces shot and killed a 15 year old boy](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164131) near Jenin. - 2025-11-06 - Israeli forces and settlers [have reportedly carried out 340 attacks](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164138) against olive harvesters since the start of the season in early October. - 2025-11-06 - Israeli forces [demolished two residential buildings](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164139), housing approximately 50 people, near Jerusalem. - 2025-11-07 - Israeli forces [killed two 16-year-old Palestinians](https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-forces-kill-two-west-bank-teenagers-amid-ongoing-raids) in Judeira, near Jerusalem, claiming they threw Molotov cocktails in a West Bank village the night before. - 2025-11-07 - Israeli forces [detained eight Palestinians](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164165) during a series of raids across the West Bank. - 2025-11-07 - Israeli settlers [attacked Palestinian olive-pickers](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164170), physically assaulted one of them, and stole produce. - 2025-11-07 - Israeli settlers [set fire to agricultural lands](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164180) near Jenin. ---- ##### Palestinian citizens of Israel ('48 Palestinians): - 2025-11-03 - Climate change has led to [a noticeable decline in olive production](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%B1/2025/10/30/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D9%84%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B2-30-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9) this year. #arabic - 2025-11-04 - [New candidates](https://www.arab48.com/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9/2025/11/04/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%A9) enter the race to head the [High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Follow-Up_Committee_for_Arab_Citizens_of_Israel) - the '48 Palestinian community's largest and most important umbrella organization. The list of candidates hoping to replace [Mohammad Barakeh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Barakeh), who served as Chairman since 2015, includes former MK [Niven Abu Rahmoun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niven_Abu_Rahmoun), activist [Rula Daood](https://ukfost.co.uk/rula-daood-i-no-longer-wanted-to-lay-low), activist and former prisoner [Ameer Makhoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameer_Makhoul), former Member of Knesset [Jamal Zahalka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Zahalka), and mayor [Ali Zeidan](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%96%D7%99%D7%93%D7%90%D7%9F_(%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%94). #arabic #english #hebrew - 2025-11-05 - The Israeli police [arrested](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%A9/2025/11/05/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%B6-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B6-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8-) and interrogated [Awad Abdelfattah](https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/awad-abdelfattah), former secretary general of a Palestinian party, the National Democratic Assembly (also known by the transliteration of its Hebrew acronym as "Balad") on charges of "incitement to terrorism". He is also the coordinator of the Haifa-based One Democratic State Campaign. #arabic - 2025-11-05 - Shameless plug: my own piece, reflecting on the future of Jewish-Palestinian relations within Israel, [was published in New Lines Magazine](https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/a-palestinian-citizen-of-israel-reflects-on-life-in-the-shadow-of-genocide-in-gaza/). - 2025-11-06 - [217 murders have been recorded](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%B1/2025/11/06/2025-%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-217-%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86-400-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7-%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) within the '48 Palestinian community this year so far - the highest annual toll recorded to date. #arabic - [This is a systemic problem](https://abrahaminitiatives.org/victims-of-violence-and-crime-in-arab-society-in-2024/), caused by institutional neglect, with Palestinian localities chronically underfunded. Crimes are rarely solved, and perpetrators rarely brought to justice. - 2025-11-07 - [A new plan threatens to expropriate](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%A9/2025/11/06/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B7-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9) 2,632 dunums (~650 acres) of agricultural land - mostly privately-owned - in the Palestinian city of Tayibe. #arabic --- ##### Israel: - 2025-11-03 - A Knesset committee [has advanced legislation that would instate the death penalty](https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-pms-support-mks-advance-bill-on-death-penalty-for-terrorists-who-kill-israelis/) for "nationalistically motivated murders" of Israeli citizens; it would not apply to an Israeli who killed a Palestinian. - 2025-11-03 - The Israeli police [has arrested several top leaders from the Histadrut](https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-872520) - Israel's top labor union, representing over 800,000 employees - on suspicion of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, money laundering, and tax offenses. - 2025-11-04 - The World Zionist Congress' liberal and religious-Zionist factions [reach a power-sharing agreement](https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2025-11-04/ty-article/.premium/religious-right-liberal-factions-reach-deal-to-rotate-control-of-key-zionist-institutions/0000019a-4ec4-dde2-abbf-6fc4b45b0000) - a move designed to block Netanyahu's son from securing a central post within the World Zionist Organization. - 2025-11-05 - [Lapid announces his party's withdrawal](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/citing-corruption-lapid-says-yesh-atid-to-distance-itself-from-zionist-institutions-push-to-nationalize-kkl-jnf/) from these agreements, over objections to renewed attempts to appoint Netanyahu's son to a top position. - 2025-11-05 - [Cracks are starting to show](https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-11-05/ty-article-live/body-of-fallen-idf-soldier-itay-chen-returned-from-gaza-after-two-years/0000019a-51f8-d2eb-afda-d7f95d930000?liveBlogItemId=823788925&utm_source=site&utm_medium=button&utm_campaign=live_blog_item#823788925) in Netanyahu's coalition. --- ##### MENA + geopolitical: - 2025-11-03 - The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) [expands its campaign eastwards](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/3/thousands-more-flee-as-sudan-conflict-grinds-eastwards) from Darfur, displacing thousands of additional civilians. - 2025-11-03 - Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon [killed two people and wounded seven](https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-forces-kill-3-gaza-latest-ceasefire-violation?blockId=block_65695) today. Israel has recently vowed to escalate its attacks on Lebanon; [top Lebanese officials have said](https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-11-02/ty-article/.premium/lebanese-officials-israel-escalating-strikes-to-pressure-beirut-into-diplomatic-talks/0000019a-451f-d313-af9a-7fdf86d70000) this escalation is a cynical means of pressuring the Lebanese government into diplomatic talks with Israel. - 2025-11-04 - Lebanese President [Joseph Aoun said Lebanon has no option but to engage in negotiations with Israel](https://www.newarab.com/news/lebanon-has-no-option-negotiate-israel-aoun-says), as Israel escalates its attacks in Lebanon. - 2025-11-05 - [At least 40 were killed](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2621487/middle-east) in an attack on a funeral, in the city of El-Obeid, in Sudan’s central Kordofan region. - 2025-11-05 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan [said he held “very constructive” talks](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2621501/middle-east) last week with senior pro-Kurdish DEM Party leaders, and signaled he was open to the idea of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan addressing Turkish lawmakers. Turkish-Kurdish relations continue to thaw - quickly - after [Öcalan called on his organization to disarm](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/27/jailed-pkk-leader-calls-for-end-to-decades-long-conflict-with-turkiye) this past February. The progressive, pro-Kurdish [DEM party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples%27_Equality_and_Democracy_Party) was one of Erdogan's main rivals; if durable, this rapprochement signals a tectonic shift in Turkish electoral politics, let alone Turkish-Kurdish relations. - 2025-11-06 - [The Israeli military launched a wave of air strikes](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/6/israel-ramps-up-lebanon-strikes-as-hezbollah-vows-to-defend-itself) targeting what it says are Hezbollah military sites around the city of Tyre - continuing to escalate its attacks on Lebanon. - 2025-11-06 - Reports that [Kazakhstan might join the Abraham Accords](https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2025-11-06/ty-article/0000019a-5a35-d5d0-a59f-7a7f26ee0000) - a largely symbolic move, as it already has certain diplomatic ties with Israel. #hebrew - 2025-11-06 - [The US is reportedly preparing to establish military presence in Damascus](https://www.newarab.com/news/us-military-establish-presence-damascus-airbase), to help set the ground for a security pact between Syria and Israel. - 2025-11-06 - Iraq continues to stabilize and grow, with [its military proving its ability to independently carry out airstrikes](https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/us-led-coalition-confirms-iraqs-ability-to-independently-manage-combat-strikes/), according to a US task force. - 2025-11-07 - [Turkey issued arrest warrants](https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiye-issues-arrest-warrants-for-netanyahu-36-israeli-officials-215499) for 36 Israeli officials on charges of genocide. The list includes PM Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir.