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 796th day.)
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Sunday that hospitals admitted nine Palestinians in the preceding 24 hours, including five newly killed and four bodies retrieved from rubble, alongside 45 injuries.
Since the “ceasefire” began on October 11, Israel has killed at least 391 Palestinians. Among the dead are at least 136 children. At least 1,063 have been injured. Death toll figures are tentative. More statistics below.
Israel has so far violated the 11 October ceasefire deal in Gaza at least 738 times in 66 days.
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.)
GAZA HEADLINES:
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.)
Hebron: Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian*, Seize Body, Invade Family Home
On Sunday evening, 23 year old Mohammad Wael al-Sharouf was shot in the head and killed by Israeli occupation forces at the northern entrance of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank.
Ambulance crews were prevented from reaching him, and his body was confiscated.
Later, Israeli forces invaded his family home in the town of Nuba, west of Hebron, intensifying the grief and anger of residents.
Israeli military spokespeople claimed al Sharouf attempted a stabbing attack, but provided no evidence; no injuries were reported among the soldiers.
*NOTE: Since the beginning of the Israeli military aggression against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, occupation forces have killed 1097 Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, including 226 children and 24 women.
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Israel Orders Demolition* of 25 Buildings in Nur Shams
Israeli occupation forces issued a military order on Sunday to demolish twenty‑five new buildings in the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank.
The military order has been described as a continuation of Israel’s systematic campaign of demolition and collective punishment against the residents of Tulkarem and Nur Shams, and represents a flagrant violation of international law, humanitarian conventions, and human rights treaties.
Nur Shams has been under siege for 309 consecutive days, while Tulkarem city and Tulkarem refugee camp have been under siege for 322 days.
More than five thousand families, amounting to over twenty‑five thousand residents, have been displaced from the two refugee camps.
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*NOTE: Most home demolitions undertaken by Israel are due to Palestinians’ “building without a permit.” Israel admits that its construction permit system is highly discriminatory. Between 2016 and 2020, 99.1 percent of Palestinian requests for building permits were rejected, according to data provided by the IDF’s Civil Administration.
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NEW | US activists Irene Cho and Trudi Frost were abducted by Israeli occupation forces on December 12 in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyer while protecting the Abu Hamam family from forced displacement.
Their permits were revoked without proper legal review, and they were… pic.twitter.com/KQJkA5v4cc
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 15, 2025
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WEST BANK HEADLINES:
Israeli Forces Intensify Attacks Across the Occupied West Bank
Forced evictions in Silwan include man in a coma, disabled woman
Colonizers March In Hebron, Army Isolates Palestinians
Illegal Israeli settlers destroy dozens of olive trees near occupied East Jerusalem
NEWS & HEADLINES ABOUT ISRAEL:
(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.)
Benjamin Netanyahu blames Anthony Albanese for Bondi beach terror attack, as world leaders express horror
Leaders around the world expressed their horror at Sunday’s terrorist attack on Bondi beach, in which at least 16 people died, mixed in some cases with harsh words for the Australian government for alleged shortcomings in tackling antisemitism over the past two years.
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he had written to his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, in August, warning that the government’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state “pours fuel on the antisemitic* fire … emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets”.
He claimed Albanese had “replaced weakness with weakness and appeasement with more appeasement” (continue reading here).
*NOTE: Netanyahu is taking full advantage here of a yearslong program of indoctrination by pro-Israel organizations that has given the word “antisemitism” a new, distorted meaning. This usage incorrectly characterizes nearly all criticism of Israel as “antisemitic” simply because Israel is the self-proclaimed “Jewish State.”
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Human Rights Watch says Israel has unlawfully destroyed reconstruction equipment in southern Lebanon, adding that it found no evidence of military targets at the sites that were attacked.
In a report today, it said the Israeli military’s repeated attacks on… pic.twitter.com/OGqrkM0EQU
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 15, 2025
Deadly Israeli strikes hit south Lebanon, killing 3, despite ceasefire
Israeli patrol raids southwestern Syrian village, sets up checkpoint
HEADLINES FROM ISRAELI MEDIA:
(Get a glimpse inside this country that is rife with turmoil and contradictions that receives $63 million a day from America.)
Netanyahu gov’t approves directing $31 million from Arab social programs to Shin Bet
Netanyahu’s Support for Settlements Is Sabotaging Trump’s Plan for a Stable Middle East
OTHER NEWS & HEADLINES:
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
Trump administration insiders and well-connected Republican businesses have been jostling to dominate pending humanitarian aid and reconstruction logistics in the shattered Gaza Strip, according to sources and documents reviewed by the Guardian.
With three-quarters of Gaza’s structures damaged or destroyed by two years of Israeli strikes, the rebuilding effort to come – estimated at $70bn by the United Nations – could be a rich prize for companies that specialize in construction, demolition, transportation and logistics.
But there’s no way to issue long-term contracts for reconstruction or humanitarian aid yet: a Board of Peace, chaired by Donald Trump, was endorsed by the United Nations to administer the territory but is not yet in operation. And the mandate of the new Civil-Military Coordination Center is limited (continue reading here).
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What are Israel Bonds, and why have they become a target for the BDS* movement?
Last month, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) announced that it will invest an additional $5 million in Israel Bonds, making the school the largest Israeli bondholder among universities worldwide.
“This is a sound financial decision — but equally important, it is a statement of solidarity that reflects our vision for the future,” declared FAU president Adam Hasner in a press release. “As a leading university and a member of the South Florida community, we cannot ignore what is happening to Jewish students across the country, and we are proud of the steps we are taking to become the safest and most welcoming university for Jewish life in America.”
The announcement comes amid growing protests over the issue, as multiple states have divested from the bonds in recent weeks after pressure campaigns from activists (continue reading here).
*NOTE: BDS, the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement, is a is a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. BDS upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity.
Israel is occupying and colonizing Palestinian land, discriminating against Palestinian citizens of Israel, and denying Palestinian refugees the right to return to their homes. Inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement, the BDS call urges action to pressure Israel to comply with international law.
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US presses 70 countries to join Intl Stabilization Force in Gaza, as Israel violates truce
The US State Department is seeking to assemble a multinational force of around 10,000 soldiers from dozens of countries as part of its International Stabilization Force (ISF), aimed at overseeing Gaza as part of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan.
Washington has reportedly sent formal requests to around 70 nations it hopes to recruit troops from, but so far has had little success. Officials are hoping to recruit 10,000 by the end of 2026, but some others said that Washington is unlikely to recruit more than 8,000 army personnel.
The ISF is a peacekeeping force outlined in the US peace plan for Gaza, tasked with helping security, training a Palestinian police force, and overseeing the re-development of the Gaza Strip, battered by over two years of Israeli onslaught. It remains a key part of phase two of Trump’s peace plan.
ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) – A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
The agonizing death of children doesn’t contribute a thing to Israel’s security
Occupation Forces Kill a Palestinian Teen Near Jenin
Another Palestinian Hostage Dies in Israeli Custody
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – DECEMBER 14, 2025*:
- At least 71,758 Palestinians killed, 182,139 injured – including:
- At least 70,663 killed in Gaza (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls)
- At least 1,097 killed in the West Bank (~226 children)
- At least 171,139 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 – December 14, 2025: ~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 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.
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