Israel’s madness is palpable in Gaza, West Bank – Not a Ceasefire Day 39

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Israel’s madness is palpable in Gaza, West Bank – Not a Ceasefire Day 39
Palestinians who lost their homes in two years of Israeli attacks continue to live among the rubble of destroyed buildings in northern Gaza’s Jabalia Camp, struggling to meet basic needs and cope with cold weather conditions, on November 16, 2025. (Saeed M. M. T. Jaras – Anadolu Agency)

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 771st day.)

Since the “ceasefire” began on October 11, Israel has killed at least 266 and injured 635. Death toll figures are tentative.

Israel has so far violated the 11 October ceasefire deal in Gaza at least 282 times.

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 policy on medical evacuation from Gaza is killing Palestinians

More than 900 Palestinians from Gaza died while waiting for medical evacuation permits from Israel, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Around 16,500 patients – 4,000 of them children – are still awaiting evacuation from the war-battered enclave, but continue to face Israeli delays (continue reading here).

Doctors say that the Shorbasi twins have life-threatening injuries including a lost hand, a hole in the bowel, broken bones and potential loss of a leg
Doctors say that the Shorbasi twins, who picked up a bomb thinking it was a ball, have life-threatening injuries including a lost hand, a hole in the bowel, broken bones and potential loss of a leg ([file photo])

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Hamas receives list of around 1,500 Gazan detainees held by Israel

The Palestinian group Hamas said Sunday that it has received from Israel a list containing the names of 1,468 Palestinian detainees arrested from the Gaza Strip during Israel’s genocide of the people of Gaza, the first time such a list has been provided.

Hamas said the list is incomplete, and Israel has refused to disclose the fate of other detainees, adding that Israel is “fully responsible for the lives of all detainees held in its custody and for any manipulation or discrepancies in the list handed over.”

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In Gaza, it is a ‘luxury’ to spend a night in a dry place

‘Profound despair’ driving Palestinians to seek a safe haven outside Gaza

 
 
 
 
 
 
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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.)

Jadallah Jad Jom’a Jadallah, age 15, killed by Israeli forces on Nov. 16, 2025
Jadallah Jad Jom’a Jadallah, age 15, killed by Israeli forces on Nov. 16, 2025 (IMEMC)

Israeli Soldiers Kill A Child, injure 2 Palestinians In Tubas

On Sunday evening, Israeli forces fatally shoot 15-year-old Jadallah Jad Jom’a Jadallah, and injured 2 Palestinians, in Al-Far’a refugee camp near Tubas in the northeastern West Bank.

The slain child, a ninth-grade student at Al-Far’a Boys’ Basic School, run by UNRWA in the refugee camp.

Jadallah was struck by live fire and left without medical assistance, as Israeli troops obstructed ambulance crews from reaching him. His death was confirmed shortly afterward, and his body remains in Israeli custody.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its teams treated two additional casualties during the invasions: a 16-year-old boy wounded by shrapnel in the abdomen and an 18-year-old youth with injuries to his lower limbs.

At least 1,076 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank (~218 children) since October 2023.

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WEST BANK HEADLINES:

Israeli forces uproot 135 olive trees in occupied West Bank

Israeli Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian Worker Near Jerusalem

Israeli Jeeps Rams Car, Injuring 2 Palestinians In Jenin

Army Abducts Five Palestinians In Bethlehem

Colonizers Damage Vehicles, Steal Farm Equipment, Near Ramallah

Sunday: More Invasions, Abductions And Violations In West Bank

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.)

Israel pushes US to close door on Palestinian statehood before UNSC vote

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that his opposition to a Palestinian state had “not changed one bit”, one day before the UNSC votes on the US-drafted resolution, which would mandate a transitional administration and an international stabilization force (ISF) in Gaza – a plan that Hamas and other Palestinian resistance factions have rejected.

The US had changed the wording to include more defined language about Palestinian self-determination, under pressure from Arab and Muslim countries expected to contribute troops to the ISF. The draft now says that “conditions may be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood” after reforms to the Palestinian Authority are “faithfully carried out and Gaza redevelopment has advanced” (continue reading here).

RELATED: Ben-Gvir calls to assassinate PA officials, arrest Abbas if UNSC approves Gaza resolution

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Report: Majority of Palestinians who died in Israeli custody were civilians

At least 98 Palestinians have died in custody since October 2023, in many cases seemingly as a direct result of torture, medical neglect, and starvation, according to Israeli data obtained by the Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHRI).

The real death toll of Palestinians in Israeli jails is likely to be substantially higher because hundreds of people detained in Gaza are missing, an Israel-based human rights group has said.

In its own reports, the Israeli army classified less than one-third of those Palestinians detained from Gaza as militants, the investigation found.

Recently released Palestinian prisoners show signs of malnutrition, medical negligence, and torture. Many reportedly had their legs bound to tightly for so long, that they got gangrene, and were subject to amputations (without anesthesia) while in prison.
Recently released Palestinian prisoners show signs of malnutrition, medical negligence, and torture. Many reportedly had their legs bound to tightly for so long, that they got gangrene, and were subject to amputations (without anesthesia) while in prison. (IAK)

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Israel says* its soldiers fired on UN peacekeepers due to ‘poor weather conditions’

Israeli soldiers fired at UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Sunday, then claimed in a statement, “two suspects were identified…[Israeli] forces fired shots to disperse them and the suspects fled, without any casualties.”

“After an investigation, it emerged that the suspects were UN soldiers who were patrolling the area and were classified as suspects due to poor weather conditions. The incident is being investigated*.”

*NOTE: Israel’s self-investigations – on the rare occasions when they do take place – consistently whitewash its crimes and fail to appropriately punish the perpetrators and tend to focus on individuals and individual incidents, ignoring the dangerous, far-reaching policies and assumptions rampant in Israeli thinking: impunity, lethality, and dehumanization.

Human rights groups have documented Israel’s lack of integrity when reporting on its own behavior toward Palestinians. Israeli sources, including the government itself, have a long track record of lying.

ISRAEL HEADLINES:

More details emerge of Israel’s ‘brutal’ treatment of Palestinian detainees

Israel deports Gaza patients from Jerusalem hospitals back to war-torn strip

Israeli army chief warns of rapid shift toward expanded aggression on Gaza

Israeli forces raid Quneitra countryside in latest violation of Syria’s sovereignty

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 and lies as facts.)

The billion-dollar bill for Israel’s Iran strategy without diplomacy

Palestinian prisoner deaths spike amid systematic abuse, neglect, rights group finds

Police officer charged with forging Israeli entry permits and selling them to Palestinians

Germany to resume arms exports to Israel next week; FM Sa’ar urges others to follow

OTHER NEWS & HEADLINES:

‘I served you as the mayor’: Outgoing NYC mayor tells Israeli Jews 

France allows Israeli firms to exhibit at major international security fair

Displaced Palestinians try to protect their belongings from damage after heavy rain in the Austrian Quarter of Khan Younis, Gaza on November 16, 2025.
Displaced Palestinians try to protect their belongings from damage after heavy rain in the Austrian Quarter of Khan Younis, Gaza on November 16, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency)

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