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 814th day.)
Since the “ceasefire” began on October 11, Israel has killed at least 418 Palestinians. At least 1,171 have been injured. Death toll figures are tentative.
Israel has so far violated the 11 October ceasefire deal in Gaza at least 969 times in 84 days. 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.)
More flash flooding* may be on the way to Gaza
The Palestinian Meteorological Department has warned of very cold and unsettled weather across Palestine, with a risk of flash flooding in some areas, as hundreds of thousands across Gaza are trying to survive in makeshift tents with no electricity or heating.
*NOTE: This is the 3rd winter of the genocide on Gaza. Israel is blocking the entry of humanitarian aid supplies – as it has done for years, and especially during the war – imposing intolerable conditions and keeping the people on the edge of famine and in some areas, in actual famine.
As a de facto occupier of Gaza, the law of armed conflict obligates Israel to provide accommodations for people temporarily evacuated from their homes, ensure that the civilian population is provided with supplies essential to their survival, including basic food and medical supplies as well as clothing, bedding, and means of shelter.
Humanitarian agencies have repeatedly stated that they have large quantities of sheltering materials, food, and medical supplies waiting just outside the border, but Israel does not allow them into the Strip.
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Medical charity MSF says Israel ignored meeting requests over registration issue
Claire San Filippo, Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF’s) emergency coordinator for Palestine, has said Israel’s move to ban dozens of international aid organizations from operating in Gaza under new registration requirements is a “cynical and calculated attempt” to block humanitarian assistance at a time of immense need.
“Conditioning access to a territory on the submission of staff lists is outrageous, is an outrageous overreach,” she added. “Allowing humanitarian aid is not a luxury or a favor. It is an obligation under international humanitarian law.”
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OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM 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.)
2025: Illegal Israeli settlement* expansion in occupied West Bank hits record high
Israel’s far-right coalition approved an unprecedented number of new settlements and housing projects – a push rights groups say is aimed at annexing the territory and blocking Palestinian statehood.
*NOTE: Israel has illegally built around 280 settlements on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, which are home to more than 700,000 illegal settlers. Some settler groups have a history of violence against Palestinians, often with the assistance of Israeli military forces (a phenomenon that has grown significantly worse since October 7th, 2023).
In a landmark advisory opinion on July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land “illegal” and demanded the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Israeli Settlers Attack, Injure Palestinians in the West Bank
Israeli forces bulldoze land and uproot olive trees in Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah
Israeli forces obstruct Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance in Jenin
ISRAEL 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.)
Former Israeli prime minister accuses gov’t of backing ‘murderous’ settler violence*
Ehud Olmert says ‘Jewish terrorists’, who are waging a ‘war’ against West Bank Palestinians, are backed by Israeli officials, the police and the army. (*NOTE: Learn about Israeli settler violence here and here.)
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UN peacekeepers* report Israeli gunfire near Blue Line in southern Lebanon
‘Incidents like these are happening on a too-regular basis, and becoming a concerning trend,’ says UNIFIL. (*NOTE: Read about UNIFIL, the UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, here.)
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Israel launches fresh airstrikes in southern Lebanon* despite ceasefire
Israeli army claims attacks targeted Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon. (*NOTE: Israel has attacked Lebanon almost every day since the ceasefire was reached on 27 November 2024. committing over 10,000 air and ground violations.)
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Israeli gunfire hits farmland in southern Syria*, killing livestock
The state-run channel Al-Ikhbariya reported that Israeli troops fired at flocks of sheep in the village, which lies adjacent to the ceasefire line, resulting in the death of several animals. (*NOTE: The Israeli army has carried out over 1,000 airstrikes and 400 cross-border raids on Syria since December 2024.
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Complaint filed in Czech Republic against Israeli soldier for ‘genocide, war crimes’*
‘With this third filing, HRF is no longer testing legal theory. It is testing state practice,’ says Hind Rajab Foundation*. (*NOTE: Read about the the effort to hold Israeli soldiers accountable here; find out who Hind Rajab was here.)
HEADLINES 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.)
I Posted Links for Donations to Families in Gaza. Israelis Didn’t Like It.
You’d think all the killing, starving and displacing would dull the hate a little, allay the lust for revenge and even stoke some compassion for the freezing babies and frightened children.
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22 Israeli Soldiers Died by Suicide in 2025, the Highest Number in 15 Years
According to IDF data, the number of soldier suicides in 2025 was second only to 2010’s figure, the year after Operation Cast Lead*. Army officials warn that the upcoming ‘post-war’ year will be challenging for the mental health of military personnel. (*NOTE: read about Operation Cast Lead here.)
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Netanyahu or Bennett? The quiet battle inside the White House
Witkoff and Kushner on one side, Rubio and Huckabee on the other: beneath the surface, the US administration is divided over who should be Israel’s next prime minister.
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Israel Prison Service officers sent to crocodile farm to review plan for croc-surrounded prison
The concept, intended for terrorist* prisoners, is meant to reduce escape attempts and save millions of shekels annually in personnel costs. (*NOTE: The use of the word “terrorist” for an individual or group that resists occupation and oppression is a political, not fact-based choice. In reality, international law supports the efforts of resistance groups against an occupying power, the UN extending that right to the point of armed resistance.)
OTHER NEWS & HEADLINES:
Israel Accuses Zohran Mamdani of Antisemitism for Reversing Orders Adams Gave Under Indictment
The Israeli government and its allies are coming for the new Mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, after he revoked all executive orders issued by Adams after his federal indictment on September 26, 2024, including two executive orders related to Israel.
“That was a date that marked a moment when many New Yorkers decided politics held nothing for them,” said Mamdani on Thursday, alluding to accusations that Adams’ administration was tainted by his efforts to cozy up to President Donald Trump to avoid prosecution (continue reading here).
*NOTE: In condemning Zohran Mamdani, Israel is ignoring its embrace of the abhorrent policies of apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. When pro-Israel organizations, billionaires, and leaders pour massive effort and huge sums into propaganda; when they assemble media conglomerates and thought leaders to control the narrative, and affix the “antisemite” label to advocates of Palestinian rights – all in an attempt to renovate Israel’s reputation – they are misdirecting their effort. When Israel dismantles its apartheid and adopts equal rights for all, when it ends its 77-year war against Palestinian existence – then it might expect to enjoy support again.
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MORE HEADLINES:
From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning
Belfast rallies for Palestine hunger strikers as memories of 1981 return
ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) – A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
Deaths on New Year’s Day in Gaza – mostly children
Critical context: The real reason for the NGO ban, and Israel’s lies
Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in West Bank
Palestinian Detainee from Rahat Dies in Israeli Prison
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – JANUARY 2, 2026*:
- At least 72,367 Palestinians killed, 182,222 injured – including:
- At least 71,384** killed in Gaza (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls)
- At least 1,103 killed in the West Bank (~229 children)
- At least 171,251 injured in Gaza
- About11,000 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.
**NOTE: 110 slain Palestinians were added to the cumulative toll after their records were finalized and formally approved by the committee responsible for verifying those killed, covering the period from December 26, 2025, to January 2, 2026.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – January 2, 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 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
- Controlled Dissent: The Hidden System That Broke Charlie Kirk
- Four major dynamics in Gaza War that will impact 2026
- Stunning Victories and Rising Repression: a look back at the global student movement for Palestine in 2025
- Ha’aretz: Israel Blocked 37 Aid Groups From Gaza – and Then Claimed Credit for Their Work
- In occupied West Bank, Israel is seizing Palestinian homes and transforming them into military outposts
- World Council of Churches calls for sanctions on Israel
- Tikvah Fund Secures $10.4M Grant From Trump, Pushes for Censorship to Advance Zionism
- Did Netanyahu just ask Trump for another war — and get it?
- Israel suspends operations of multiple humanitarian organizations in Gaza, including Doctors Without Borders
- Cold kills another Palestinian baby in Gaza as Israel continues to block shelter aid
- AIPAC Is Retreating From Endorsements and Election Spending. It Won’t Give Up Its Influence.
- TCN Warns – “ISRAEL FIRST: U.S. May Attack Iran Again”
- Hamas calls on Israel to allow impartial investigation into 7 October attacks
- Indiegogo Withholds $51K In Donations From MintPress in Financial Censorship Crackdown
