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 790th day.)
The Gaza health ministry announced that the bodies of five martyrs have also been transferred to the hospital in the past 24 hours. Eleven people have also been injured during this period.
Among the dead Sunday was a 3-year-old girl.
Since the “ceasefire” began on October 11, Israel has killed at least 376 Palestinians. Among the dead are at least 136 children. At least 970 have been injured. Death toll figures are tentative.
Israel has so far violated the 11 October ceasefire deal in Gaza at least 591 times.
GAZA NEWS:
(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.)
Over half of Gaza’s medical stocks are at zero amid healthcare crisis caused by Israeli offensive
The Ministry of Health in war-battered Gaza warned on Sunday that 52 percent of essential medicines are completely out of stock, amid the enclave’s healthcare crisis, which is risking patients’ lives.
The statement was made to address the repercussions of Israel’s violations of the ceasefire in Gaza, which have exacerbated the already-dire healthcare situation.
The ministry added that 71 percent of the full medical supplies list and 70 percent of laboratory supplies are also unavailable to treat Gaza’s population.
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Dozens of Israeli Collaborators Surrender to Hamas after Chief Abu Shabab’s Assassination
Dozens of armed operatives belonging to militia gangs, notorious for their collaboration with the Israeli occupation, have begun voluntarily surrendering to Hamas security agencies across the Gaza Strip.
This wave of surrender follows an announcement by Hamas granting a final, ten-day deadline for anyone affiliated with these militias to turn themselves in and relinquish their weapons (continue reading here).
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Israel army chief says withdrawal line in Gaza is ‘new border’
Israel’s army chief, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir declared Sunday: “We have operational control over extensive parts of the Gaza Strip and we will remain on those defence lines. The yellow line is a new border line – serving as a forward defensive line for our communities and a line of operational activity.”
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US ‘pressuring Israel’ to move onto phase two of Gaza ceasefire, as Egypt says enclave ‘should govern itself’
The US is reportedly ramping up the pressure on Israel to move onto the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire; however, Israel insists that it must receive the last captive body as a condition for such, Israeli media reported on Sunday.
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump’s administration said it is working on a plan that is expected to be unveiled in the coming weeks and which could proceed with or without finding the captive’s body.
This comes as Israel claims that Hamas and other Palestinian groups aren’t making sufficient efforts to locate Ran Gvili’s remains, and progress to the ceasefire’s next stage would make the groups “unwilling” to search for it even more (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.)
Soldiers Kill A Palestinian, Injure One, Near Qalqilia
On Sunday evening, Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a Palestinian vehicle in ‘Ezbet at-Tayyeb, near the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank, killing one Palestinian, Mo’men Nidal Abu Riyash, 19, then confiscating his body.
Bara’ Bilal Issa Qabalan, sustained serious injuries, and was also abducted, while Mohammad Sa’id Taha Hussein was abducted.
The Israeli army claimed that its soldiers opened fire on three Palestinians accused of throwing stones at military vehicles. The army added that “one Palestinian was eliminated,” another was “neutralized” – a deliberately vague term that keeps the family in the dark – and a third was abducted.
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The centuries-old Christian presence in the West Bank is under threat
Rev Dr Fares Abraham writes: I grew up less than a mile from Shepherds’ Field in Beit Sahour in the occupied West Bank – the hillside where, according to the Gospel of Luke, the news of Jesus’s birth was first proclaimed.
For my family, these were not distant biblical landscapes. They were the backdrop of our daily lives: The olive groves we played in, the terraces we tended, the land where our faith and identity were rooted.
Today, for the first time in my life, I felt fear that the community that raised me may not survive (continue reading here).
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Israeli Authorities Issue Demolition Orders In Occupied Jerusalem
On Sunday, Israeli occupation authorities delivered demolition and evacuation notices targeting more than ten Palestinian residential and agricultural structures near the Arab al-Jahhalin community, south-east of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank (continue reading here).
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Israel demands UNRWA cease aid to West Bank camps before displaced Palestinians return: Report
Israel is demanding that UNRWA no longer provide services to West Bank refugee camps as its major condition for the return of residents to their homes, Israel’s Channel 15 reported on 7 December.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is reportedly negotiating with Israel to secure the return of tens of thousands of refugees displaced from their homes in camps in the north of the occupied West Bank, due to Israeli military operations that began early this year.
Israel has set five conditions for the return of the refugees to the camps: the “most important” is that the PA replace UNRWA and international relief organizations as service providers to the camps.
Israel believes that removing UNRWA from the camps will help eliminate Palestinian hopes of realizing the right of return (continue reading here).
WEST BANK HEADLINES:
“You Have Two Days Or Else!”
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.)
Group sounds alarm over deteriorating condition of two Palestinian prisoners
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has warned that the health of Faisal Sabana, 65, from Qabatiya, south of Jenin, and Ali Abu Atiya, 29, from Ramallah, is rapidly deteriorating amid medical neglect in Israeli prisons.
Sabana has been held without charges or trial since October 25, 2023, and had a heart attack on November 1, 2025. He reportedly experienced symptoms days before the attack but was denied medical attention.
Abu Atiya was apprehended on November 4 near his workplace in Ramallah and shot at close range in his left thigh. He underwent two surgeries, and now needs assistance to walk.
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Israeli spying on US staff at Gaza CMCC sparks major diplomatic alarm
Israeli operatives have been conducting extensive surveillance on US personnel and foreign delegates stationed at a newly established American base in southern occupied Palestine, sources briefed on internal disputes over both open and covert recordings of sensitive conversations revealed.
The scope of the intelligence gathering inside the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) became a point of serious tension in recent weeks, prompting the base’s commander, Lt Gen Patrick Frank, to summon an Israeli counterpart and warn that “recording has to stop here,” the sources said.
Staff members and visiting officials from other countries have also voiced alarm about Israeli monitoring inside the facility. Several were advised not to share sensitive information in the building due to fears it could be collected and misused (continue reading here).
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Israeli and US militaries begin joint naval exercise
Israel’s military says on X that “dozens” of soldiers from the Israeli Navy and the US Fifth Fleet began a joint exercise today and will continue through this week.
“The aim of the exercise is to strengthen strategic and operational cooperation between the two navies and practice dealing with various regional threats,” the army said.
The US and Israeli militaries have a long history of close cooperation, from training to intelligence sharing to joint exercises like this one.
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ISRAEL HEADLINES:
The hidden list of Jewish terrorists Israel’s far right wants to free
Tony Blair and Netanyahu Hold Secret Talks on Gaza’s Future
‘Voters will decide’: Netanyahu rules out retirement in exchange for pardon
Only 14 percent of Syrians support normalization with Israel: Poll
HEADLINES FROM ISRAELI MEDIA:
(Get a glimpse inside this country that is rife with turmoil and contradictions that receives $63 million a day from American taxpayers. Israeli media sometimes tells the truth about itself, but often publishes myths, half-truths, and lies as facts.)
Two Palestinians Shot by Israel Police were Victims of Hostile Acts, will be Compensated by State
In one of the incidents, in March, an Israeli police officer shot a 13-year-old girl who was playing on the roof of her home in East Jerusalem, wounding her in the leg. In the other incident, in May 2022, a police officer shot a man of around 50 in the head with a so-called rubber bullet that penetrated his left eye.
For a long time, the police refused to admit in both cases that the shooters were officers (continue reading here).
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HEADLINES FROM ISRAELI MEDIA:
Is the IDF bugging US troops at Gaza aid hub?
Ben-Gvir dons golden noose pin as Knesset advances death penalty for terrorists law
This Is the ‘Crime’ That Got Ms. Rachel Nominated for ‘Antisemite of the Year’
Netanyahu’s Purge of Israel’s Defense Establishment Signals the Nascent Dictatorship Forming Under His Rule
Israeli Forces Raid Inactive UNRWA Offices in East Jerusalem With Debt Collectors After Ban
OTHER HEADLINES:
A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent.
In February 2024, without warning, YouTube deleted the account of independent British journalist Robert Inlakesh.
His YouTube page featured dozens of videos, including numerous livestreams documenting Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank.
In a decade covering Palestine and Israel, he had captured video of Israeli authorities demolishing Palestinian homes, police harassing Palestinian drivers, and Israeli soldiers shooting at Palestinian civilians and journalists during protests in front of illegal Israeli settlements. In an instant, all of that footage was gone (continue reading here).
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Social media users rally around Ms Rachel after spike in threats
The popular American children’s content creator, Ms Rachel, has said that since being shortlisted by a pro-Israel group for “Antisemite of the Year”, there has been a spike in threats towards her and her family.
In a statement posted on Instagram on Thursday, Ms Rachel, also known as Rachel Griffin Accurso, revealed that constant attacks by the pro-Israel group StopAntisemitism had forced her to hire security amid false claims that she supported the Palestinian group Hamas.
“The Stop Antisemitism Now group should not be able to try to ruin people’s lives,” she said in a statement, before adding that the constant attacks had impacted her two young children (continue reading here).
MORE ON MS RACHEL HERE.
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ICC shuns US demands to drop Israel war crimes probe and amend treaty
The oversight body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has shunned US demands for the court to drop its investigation into Israeli war crimes and to amend its founding treaty to prevent the prosecution of nationals from countries that do not recognize the court’s jurisdiction, Middle East Eye can reveal.
In a statement issued on Wednesday after its annual meeting in The Hague earlier this week, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) vowed to uphold the integrity of the Rome Statute and said it was “gravely concerned” by threats and coercive measures targeting the court.
The meeting took place in the shadow of US sanctions already imposed against a number of ICC senior officials, including judges and the chief prosecutor, Karim Khan (continue reading here).
RELATED: Spying & threats: Israel spent 9 years trying to keep the ICC off the trail of Israel’s war crimes.
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Israel hasnt been suspended from the UN, other in’l fora, UEFA, FIFA, FIBA or cultural events. Genocide continues because it is normalised.
And then, just like that, accountability in the form of a European boycott begins. Eurovicious no more!
🔗https://t.co/R2dcGqNCnp by @ASE pic.twitter.com/4O6gmRtdPk— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) December 7, 2025
MORE HEADLINES:
After Trump Vow to Intervene, Kushner Linked to Paramount’s Hostile Bid for Warner Bros.
ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) – A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
Israeli drone chases and kills elderly woman in Gaza as attacks continue
Israeli Soldiers Kill Two Palestinians in Hebron
Yasser Abu Shabab’s Killing Proves Israel’s Failure in Gaza
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – DECEMBER 7, 2025*:
- At least 71,452 Palestinians killed, 181,047 injured – including:
- At least 70,365 killed in Gaza (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls)
- At least 1,093 killed in the West Bank (~223 children)
- At least 171,058 injured in Gaza
- About 11,000 injured in the West Bank
- At least 482 have died from malnutrition in Gaza, including 160 children
*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 7, 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 327 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
- Guns, cash and American aid: Investigation reveals Israel’s support for Gaza militia
- The hunger strike is not being televised – nor will the last gasps of our dying freedoms
- No more fear: ‘Track AIPAC’ website, a sign of rapidly changing US public positions on Palestine and Israel
- Bethlehem’s Christmas tree rises after two silent years amid Gaza’s genocide and West Bank violence
- WATCH: Israel Is Behind Trump’s Escalation on Venezuela – Col. Wilkerson
- Israel used bulldozers to bury Palestinians in shallow, unmarked graves, CNN reveals
- Legislating apartheid: How Israel entrenched unequal rule during Gaza war
- The Israel lobby is melting down before our eyes
- Inside Israel’s shadow campaign to win over American media
- Stop Anti-Semitism Lists Ms. Rachel, Tucker Carlson as Finalists for ‘Antisemite of the Year’
- IDF whistleblower testimonies appear to confirm claims of Israeli war crimes in Gaza
- Why Rachel Maddow and Bill Kristol Attended Cheney’s Funeral
- Pregnant women in Gaza face catastrophic scenarios
- Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely
