### Under-reported news from Israel, Palestine, the Middle East and North Africa: November 14, 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**: Israel continues to violate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon; Al Jazeera reports at least 282 violations in Gaza alone. A BBC report reveals a massive demolition campaign in the Israel-controlled side of the Gaza "yellow line", cementing ethnic cleansing in those areas. Settler violence increased even further in the West Bank, with armed gangs running rampant - backed and aided by the Israeli military. Within Israel, Palestinian citizens continue to face repression, home demolitions, and systemic neglect. Trump asks Israel's president to pardon PM Netanyahu. Iraq and Egypt held parliamentary elections; in Iraq, PM al-Sudani is likely to hold on to his seat. ==*P.S - I am taking a break for the holidays. Roundups will return in early January!*== --- ##### The Gaza Strip: - 2025-11-10 - Israeli strikes [kill two Palestinians](https://aje.io/hwfftd?update=4097002), including a child, in Gaza today. - [More than 200 Palestinians have been killed](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/11/how-many-times-has-israel-violated-the-gaza-ceasefire-here-are-the-numbers) in Israeli attacks since the start of the ceasefire in early October. - 2025-11-10 - Read [Ori Goldberg's excellent analysis](https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-shape-of-gazas-future/) of the political reality after the Gaza ceasefire. - 2025-11-11 - Israeli strikes [killed three Palestinians](https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-strikes-khan-younis-areas-blows-homes-jabalia?blockId=block_66161) in Gaza today. - 2025-11-11 - New evidence emerges of [systematic torture](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/systematic-practice-sexual-torture-israeli-prisons-rights-group-says) of Palestinians in Israeli prisons. - 2025-11-12 - [A BBC analysis has shown](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mxylxw48yo) Israel destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas beyond the "[yellow line](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/45ff/live/93940380-bfa7-11f0-8669-5560f5c90fbe.png.webp)", designated under its control in the ceasefire agreement, cementing ethnic cleansing in those areas of the Gaza Strip. - 2025-11-12 - Bodies [continue to be pulled from under the rubble](https://aje.io/tpvw2q?update=4101792) in Gaza City, on a daily basis. - 2025-11-12 - A ship carrying 800 tons of aid, organized by the Turkish Red Crescent, [has set sail](https://alquds.com/ar/posts/207499) to Egypt, en route to Gaza. #arabic - 2025-11-12 - [Israel and US reach a deal to deport 200 Hamas members](https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-873518), trapped on the wrong side of the "[yellow line](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/45ff/live/93940380-bfa7-11f0-8669-5560f5c90fbe.png.webp)". - 2025-11-13 - [Al Jazeera reports](https://aje.io/f6lizq?update=4104314) that Israel has violated the ceasefire on at least 282 occasions, from October 10 to November 10. - 2025-11-14 - [Winter rains flooded hundreds of displaced persons' tents in Gaza](https://www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11-14/ty-article/.premium/rain-in-gaza-experts-say-flooding-could-lead-to-disease-as-nearly-all-tents-uninhabitable/0000019a-829a-dc34-afbf-fa9fb4800000); experts warn this could lead to an increase in disease transmission. - 2025-11-14 - [A Palestinian woman was killed in an Israeli drone strike](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164382) northwest of Gaza City. ---- ##### The West Bank, inc. East Jerusalem: - 2025-11-10 - Israeli settlers [attacked Palestinian shepherds](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164248) near Nablus. - 2025-11-10 - Israeli settlers [vandalized graves near Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164262). - 2025-11-10 - Israeli forces [uprooted olive trees](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164266) near Nablus. - 2025-11-11 - Israeli settlers [set fire to two Palestinian-owned cars](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164288) near Jerusalem. - 2025-11-11 - A group of Israeli settlers [carried out a large-scale attack](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164310) near Tulkarm, setting fire to land and property, and injuring at least two people. - Though such attacks are daily, and usually backed by Israeli soldiers, this one was unusually large. Of the "around 100" attackers, [only four were arrested](https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-873619). Three had already been released. - 2025-11-12 - The New Arab [has aggregated and contextualized the recent escalation in settler and military violence](https://www.newarab.com/news/west-bank-settler-violence-continues-boy-dies-gas-injuries) across the West Bank. - 2025-11-12 - A 25-year old Palestinian man [was shot by Israeli forces](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164345) during a settler attack on a village near Bethlehem, sustaining injuries. - 2025-11-12 - [A Palestinian man sustained "serious" injuries](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164348) in a settler attack near Jericho. - 2025-11-13 - [Settler violence continues to escalate](https://www.newarab.com/news/west-bank-settlers-torch-mosque-attack-palestinian-farms): Israeli settlers [set a mosque on fire today](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2622467/middle-east), drawing more international attention. - 2025-11-13 - Israeli settlers [raided a Palestinian community](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164366) near Jerusalem. - 2025-11-13 - Israel [announced plans for over 26,000 new settlement units](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164371) in the West Bank so far this year. - 2025-11-13 - Israeli forces [shot, killed, and took the bodies of two Palestinians](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164373) in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron. - 2025-11-13 - Israeli forces [demolished a building](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164361), home to a Palestinian family of five, near Nablus. - 2025-11-13 - Israeli settlers [attacked Palestinian olive-harvesters](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164364) near Nablus. - 2025-11-14 - [An important report by +972](https://projects.972mag.com/portraits-settler-violence/) highlighting the consequences of state-backed, settler violence. - 2025-11-14 - Israeli forces [detained nine Palestinians](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164379) across the West Bank. - 2025-11-14 - Settlers [prevented Palestinians from plowing their land](https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164381) in the northern Jordan Valley. ---- ##### Palestinian citizens of Israel ('48 Palestinians): - 2025-11-10 - Israeli police forces [arrested a Palestinian school principal](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%A9/2025/11/09/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%85-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A), at school, in front of students. He was investigated over his work with a humanitarian relief organization, and was forced to sign a pledge not to support what they described as terrorism. #arabic - 2025-11-10 - 96% of all incitement cases which were opened under Ben Gvir's tenure as Minister of National Security [were against Palestinian citizens](https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/law/2025-11-10/ty-article/.premium/0000019a-6a06-d218-a5be-7aeffb840000). #hebrew - 2025-11-11 - [Israeli authorities demolished](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%A9/2025/11/11/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A8) 10 commercial shops in the Bedouin town of [Lakiya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakiya), near Beersheba. #arabic - [This is a systemic problem](https://www.sikkuy-aufoq.org.il/en/departments/equality-policy-department/housing-arab-towns/): Palestinian towns and cities within Israel are prevented from expanding by Israel’s various (local and national) Planning and Building Commissions for (Khalaily & Shani, 2020). Thus, Palestinian citizens are forced to build illegally, without permits and under threat of demolition. - 2025-11-12 - A 14 year old, autistic teenager - a Palestinian citizen of Israel, who is accused of security-related offenses - [was sexually assaulted by his cellmates](https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/law/2025-11-12/ty-article/.premium/0000019a-77fa-d6d8-af9b-77ff281e0000). He was kept in the same cell with his attackers, even after complaining - only recently being transferred to solitary confinement. #hebrew - 2025-11-13 - The Israeli Supreme Court [approved the displacement](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%A9/2025/11/13/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%82-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A8) of the village of Ras Jarabah, in the Negev, to expand the nearby Jewish city of [Dimona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimona). The village's 500 residents [will be removed within 90 days](https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/2025-11-13/ty-article/.premium/0000019a-79bf-d6d8-af9b-7fff154f0000). #arabic #hebrew - 2025-11-14 - The [High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/election-body-representing-palestinian-citizens-israel-sparks-reform-calls) - the '48 Palestinian community's largest and most important umbrella organization - is electing a new leader, this weekend. [Here's everything you need to know about it](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/election-body-representing-palestinian-citizens-israel-sparks-reform-calls). --- ##### Israel: - 2025-11-11 - [New data on Israel's immigration deficit](https://www.themarker.com/allnews/2025-11-11/ty-article/0000019a-72ab-de53-ab9a-7eaf9e2d0000): according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the number of Israel-born citizens that left the country has increased by 50% between 2022-2024. The number is even higher when including Israeli citizens that were born elsewhere; most likely, this is due to Russian and Ukrainian immigrants, who came to Israel following the Ukraine War, and left after the start of the Gaza War. #hebrew - 2025-11-12 - Trump [has asked](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-sends-israeli-president-letter-calling-him-pardon-netanyahu) Israel's president, [Isaac Herzog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Herzog), to pardon Israeli prime minister, Netanyahu. The latter faces charges of corruption, but has not been convicted of a crime yet (there is nothing to pardon). - In Israel, [the president plays a largely ceremonial role](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Israel), but has the power to pardon convicted criminals. - 2025-11-13 - Escalating settler violence in the West Bank broke through Israeli media barriers, prompting opposition leaders to take a stance. [Yair Golan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yair_Golan), ex-general and prominent opposition figure, [called the settlers "terrorists"](https://www.newarab.com/news/hamas-pij-return-israeli-captives-remains-within-hours?blockId=block_66291). - 2025-11-14 - [Interesting, insightful analysis](https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/genocidal-society-israels-crisis-runs-deeper-courts) connecting between Israel's anti-democratic legislation, internal political frictions, and the genocide in Gaza. --- ##### MENA + geopolitical: - 2025-11-10 - The [IDF claims to have killed](https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-11-10/ty-article-live/jared-kushner-lands-in-israel-for-talks-on-gaza-with-netanyahu-official-says/0000019a-6b74-dd82-a59a-fbf45a140000?liveBlogItemId=873835901#873835901) 12 Hezbollah militants in November so far. - 2025-11-10 - Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa' [will make history today](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/meeting-message-syrias-sharaa-eyes-boost-against-israel-sdf-and-sanctions-us-visit), becoming the first Syrian leader to ever visit the White House. - 2025-11-10 - [An interesting analysis](https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-egypts-parliamentary-elections-are-carefully-choreographed-sham) of Egypt's parliamentary elections, which are being held today and tomorrow. Spoilers: they're rigged. - 2025-11-10 - [Elections are also scheduled for tomorrow in Iraq](https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraqs-sixth-election-since-saddam-highlights-enduring-power-struggles/). Current Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, elected in 2022 and backed by pro-Iranian parties, "is expected to secure a sizable bloc". - 2025-11-12 - Turnout was 56%. [Looks like al-Sudani will be able to form a coalition](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2622318/middle-east), to serve a second term as Iraq's prime minister. - 2025-11-12 - According to the UN, [42 migrants are missing, presumed dead](https://en.hespress.com/125358-42-feared-dead-in-migrant-shipwreck-off-libya-un.html) after a rubber boat capsized off the Libyan coast last week. More than 1,000 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean this year alone. - 2025-11-13 - Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [appear to be falling out](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-expected-lobby-trump-against-uae-arming-sudan-rsf) over Sudan. The UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have carried out mass murders and rape in North Darfur. - 2025-11-13 - Israeli forces [continue their incursions into Syrian territory](https://www.newarab.com/news/hamas-pij-return-israeli-captives-remains-within-hours?blockId=block_66287). - 2025-11-13 - US special envoy Tom Barrack [said Syria will play a role fighting Iran-backed armed groups](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2622458/middle-east) on the US' behalf. Coming days after Syrian president al-Sharaa's historic visit to the White House, Barrack's statement serves as another sign of Syria's realignment toward the US and its allies in the region. - 2025-11-13 - In a joint press conference with [Cyprus' newly-elected president](https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/main-opposition-leader-erhurman-wins-turkish-cyprus-election-according-to-unofficial-results-214822), Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated his country's support for a two-state solution to the Cyprus conflict. This, in contrast with Cyprus' president-elect Tufan Erhürman, who supports a Turkish-Greek federation. - 2025-11-14 - A [detailed report](https://www.merip.org/2025/11/we-want-to-breathe-dispatch-from-gabes-tunisia/) on Tunisia's recent anti-pollution protests. - 2025-11-14 - Worth reading [this report](https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/bassem-youssef-return-egypt-tv-safe-advocate-palestine-not-other-arabs), on comedian Bassem Youssef's return to Egypt, what it says about Egyptian censorship and repression (slightly loosening, but still harsh), and what the price he had to pay (keeping silent on a-Sisi). - 2025-11-14 - According to a US official, [Iran has seized an oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2622602/middle-east)c, turning it into Iranian territorial waters