Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
(While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to be ongoing, and in its 824th day.)
Since the “ceasefire” began on October 11, Israel has killed at least 451 Palestinians. At least 1,251 have been injured. Death toll figures are tentative.
At least 25 Palestinians in Gaza have died due to the extreme cold, including 21 children, since the start of Israel’s genocidal war in October 2023.
Israel has so far violated the 11 October ceasefire deal in Gaza at least 1,193 times (as of Jan. 9, 2026). More statistics below.
GAZA NEWS & HEADLINES:
(For some basic info on the Palestine-Israel conflict, go here. For more critical context, skim this, this, and this. To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here.)
Israel’s war in Gaza has led to a 41% fall in births in the territory and high numbers of maternal deaths, miscarriages, newborn mortality and premature births, two reports on the impact of the conflict on pregnant women, babies and maternity care reveal.
Mothers in Gaza are forced into unthinkable choices, routinely compromising their own health and survival to meet their children’s most basic needs. With maternal and newborn care dismantled by fuel shortages, blocked medical supplies, mass displacement and relentless bombardment, life in overcrowded tent encampments has become the only remaining option (continue reading here).
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UN’s Albanese: Israel treats storm-hit Palestinians of Gaza as ‘expendable’
Special rapporteur says Israel’s nonresponse to the growing crisis reflects its attitude towards Palestinians: “Israel generally does not care about Palestinian lives. On the contrary, it finds them expendable and [believes they] can be destroyed,” she said. “What more do we need to see? What have we not seen yet?” (continue reading here).
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Founders of deadly GHF* ‘shaping’ new US-backed administration for Gaza: Report
According to a Financial Times report, the Gaza executive committee set to be announced soon – which will operate directly under a Trump-led ‘Board of Peace’ – is being “shaped” by several people close to Israel.
This includes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief military advisor, Roman Gofman, and US-Israeli investor Michael Eisenberg, who has been advising the Israeli premier since the start of the ceasefire, as well as US-Israeli policymaker Aryeh Lightstone and Israeli cybersecurity entrepreneur Liran Tancman, who is Mossad-linked.
All four of these men were involved in the establishment of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The deadly aid scheme resulted in the killing of around 2,000 Palestinians within half a year (continue reading here).
*NOTE: The world has gotten firsthand accounts of Israel’s massacres of Gazans since the first day of GHF’s so-called aid distribution: at least 2,615 Palestinians were killed – by IDF soldiers and GHF personnel – as they sought to secure a box of food or a bag of flour.
Globally recognized human rights organizations warned that the GHF model was deeply flawed and bound to create chaos, and called it a “dangerous, politicized sham.” Countless videos from reporters and aid-seekers, as well as whistleblower testimonies, bore witness to utter mayhem; meanwhile, GHF staged videos in which small, controlled groups of Gazans calmly collected parcels and left without incident.
News reports indicated from early on that the organization was a tool of the Israeli government, allegedly funded by the notorious Israeli Mossad.
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Gaza plan phase two: US to discuss Hamas disarmament*, Israeli withdrawal
Hamas leaders and representatives of other Palestinian factions in Gaza are in the Egyptian capital Cairo for talks on the second phase of the United States-led Gaza ceasefire deal, amid a teetering ceasefire that Israel has repeatedly violated as its genocidal war continues.
The Palestinian group on Thursday welcomed the establishment of a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee that would operate under the overall supervision of a so-called “Board of Peace”, to be chaired by US President Donald Trump.
Deep uncertainty remains over the next steps involving the disarmament of Palestinian armed groups in the Strip, rebuilding and daily governance (continue reading here).
*NOTE: Critically, Hamas has made clear that it will not surrender its weapons as long as the occupation remains in place – a fact that Netanyahu and Trump seem to be ignoring.
RELATED: FACTBOX – 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire agreement begins, outlining political, security steps
WATCH: Gaza’s ceasefire moves to next phase, but is it working?
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Palestinian engineer Ali Shaath tapped to administer devastated Gaza
Gaza native and former Palestinian Authority deputy minister Ali Shaath will head the new technocratic committee set to administer the devastated Gaza Strip, mediating countries announced on Wednesday.
A seasoned civil servant largely unknown to the wider public, Shaath was born in Khan Younis in 1958, later leaving to study civil engineering in Cairo. He worked as Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority’s deputy minister of planning and international cooperation, as well as undersecretary for the ministry of transportation and communications, among other portfolios (continue reading here).
OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM NEWS & HEADLINES:
(Every day, Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem endure dozens of incidents like the ones below, at the hands of Israeli soldiers and/or settlers. For background on the West Bank, read this and this. For information on the significance of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, read this and this.)
Wary of Israeli appropriation, Palestine lists 14 sites with UNESCO
“Palestine is not just a space of political conflict, but a civilization rooted in human history,” Marwa Adwan, acting director-general of World Heritage at the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism, told Al Jazeera (continue reading here).
RELATED: Digging for annexation: How Israel uses archaeology to erase Palestine
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New wall threatens thousands of Palestinian families
The Israeli military is building a 22-kilometer-long wall and a 50-meter-wide, off-limits military-only road deep inside the occupied West Bank – a project that will cut Palestinian landowners off from millions of square meters of their lands, displace Palestinian farming communities whose buildings will be demolished and further sever movement between parts of the northern occupied West Bank.
“The wall will isolate large swathes of privately owned, very fertile land. We are talking about some 190,000-200,000 dunams [190-200 square kilometers] of land that will end up on the other side of the wall,” Abdullah Abu Rahmeh, director general of the Popular Action Department at the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, told The Electronic Intifada (continue reading here).
Israel carries out raids and demolitions, arrests dozens across West Bank
The Israeli military has launched raids and interrogations ensnaring more than 80 people across the occupied West Bank, wounding at least one man and demolishing the home of another as Israel escalates its attacks on the Palestinian territory in tandem with its ongoing genocidal war in Gaza (continue reading here).
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UNRWA condemns Israel’s closure of East Jerusalem health center as breach of international law
Occupation Forces Detonate Detainee’s Home Near Jenin
Israeli Colonizer Attacks Escalate Across the Occupied West Bank
ISRAEL NEWS & HEADLINES:
(Israel is a tiny country, about the size of New Jersey, with a population smaller than the US state of Georgia – about 10 million (of which about 20 percent are Palestinians), yet it is in the news constantly. As has been demonstrated again and again, however, mainstream media rarely covers Israel accurately. IAK passes along only factual reporting.)
Israel expects possible US attack on Iran within days
Israel believes the United States could launch an attack on Iran within the coming days, according to the Hebrew Broadcasting Authority. The report said Israeli estimates suggest Washington would give Tel Aviv a warning several hours before any action (continue reading here).
RELATED: TCN Warns – “ISRAEL FIRST: U.S. May Attack Iran Again”
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Netanyahu’s cynical embrace of Iran’s protesters
Statements like “I stand with the Iranian people” are basically code for “I want regime change to promote Israel’s (and America’s) interests” (continue reading here).
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Palestinian bus drivers are on the front lines of Israeli racial violence
From Jerusalem to Haifa, bus drivers and ticket inspectors are facing an unprecedented surge in attacks — be it from ultra-Orthodox youth or soccer hooligans — forcing many to choose between livelihood and safety (continue reading here).
NEWS FROM ISRAELI MEDIA:
(You can learn a lot about a country from its headlines. Get a glimpse inside this country that is rife with turmoil and contradictions that receives $63 million a day from America.)
US: We’ll withhold Gaza, West Bank funds if Palestine obtains UN seat
The United States announced it will hold back 10% of its funding to the United Nations and UN agencies unless they “take credible steps to combat anti-Israel bias.”
The US stipulated it would also withhold funding if the Palestinians initiate an ICC judicially authorized investigation that subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged crimes (continue reading here).
WATCH: Why Does Israel Still Have a Seat in the UN?
OTHER NEWS & HEADLINES:
Israeli and Arab officials have privately suggested U.S. hold off on Iran strikes
Israeli officials have suggested the Trump administration delay large-scale strikes until the Iranian regime is even more strained, while one Arab official said there is “lack of enthusiasm from the neighborhood” for American military action in Iran right now.
NOTE: Israel has been demonizing Iran and prodding the US toward war with Iran for years, with help from well-placed Washington insiders (both Democrats and Republicans) and mainstream media.
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Three Palestine Action activists end UK hunger strike
Prisoners for Palestine says move comes after subsidiary of Israeli arms manufacturer failed to win UK gov’t contract.
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Has New York really ended Betar’s campaign of Zionist terror?
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
Israeli soldier dances as homes demolished in occupied West Bank
Ben-Gvir switches terrorist execution method to hanging in revised death penalty bill
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – JANUARY 14, 2026*:
- At least 72,544 Palestinians killed, 182,332 injured – including:
- At least 71,441 killed in Gaza (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls)
- At least 1,103 killed in the West Bank (~229 children)
- At least 171,329 injured in Gaza
- About 11,000 injured in the West Bank
*NOTE: Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 10,000 more are still buried under rubble. Additionally, the numbers of injured and starved are very conservative estimates. Only the dead who are brought to hospitals are included in the official fatality count.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – January 14, 2026: ~1,661 – including ~1,139** on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 471 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, about 52 military and civilians (by one count, there have been 59 victims) in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel.
By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 275 Palestinian journalists and media workers; Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (other groups have tallied between 215 and 328 Palestinian journalists killed – depending on the criteria used).
**NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
- Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
- Militant Pro-Israel Group Agrees to Halt Operations in New York
- Israel Has Demolished 2,500 Buildings in Gaza Since Signing Ceasefire Deal
- Iran, Gaza and the politics of counting the dead
- How Israel’s move in Somaliland fits in its broader strategy for regional dominance
- As genocide continues in Gaza, the West Bank is pushed into a new Nakba
- Israeli settlers beat elderly, deaf Palestinian man in West Bank attack, video shows
- U.S. May Bankroll New Israeli Armored Vehicles With Billions of Dollars, Internal Files Reveal
- How Israel and the US are exploiting Iranian protests
- The New Neoconservatives
- The Israeli Influence Operation Aiming to Install Reza Pahlavi as Shah of Iran
- Israel is quietly erasing Palestinian refugee camps from existence in the West Bank
- The “Zionist tint” to the Maduro abduction, if not operational, then normative
- Press association condemns Israel’s continued ban on media access to Gaza
- Israeli Indifference to Palestinian Suffering Is Fertile Ground for the Growth of Sadism
