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 874th day.)
Seven Palestinians were killed and seventeen others wounded across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.
Since the “ceasefire” began on October 11, Israel has killed at least 649 Palestinians. Over 1,711 have been injured. Death toll figures are tentative.
Israel has so far violated the 11 October ceasefire deal in Gaza at least 1,620 times (as of Feb. 1, 2026). More statistics below.
WAR ON IRAN NEWS & HEADLINES:
Why is If Americans Knew covering the war on Iran? It can not be overemphasized that Israel has been the impetus behind US policies and actions vis-a-vis Iran for years. This is especially true right now, under Donald Trump. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing the US to attack Iran for decades.
The American people have made clear that they do not want to go to war with Iran, but Israel partisans and the Israel lobby use their massive political clout to bring about whatever is beneficial to Israel – including putting the US military in harm’s way. For more background on Israel’s role in American wars, watch IAK’s short film, “The Israeli Hit List.”
Death toll (all numbers are tentative):
- Seven US troops have been killed since the war on Iran began, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM).
- In Israel, 13 people have been killed and 1,929 injured, the majority with minor injuries.
- In Iran, 1,348 people have reportedly been killed since the conflict began, the head of Iran’s National Emergency Organization reported.
- In Lebanon, at least 486 people have been killed (at least 83 of them children).
- In other Arab states, at least 19 people have been killed.
IRAN:
Around 40 killed in US-Israeli attack on residential blocks in Iran’s capital
Video Captures Apparent Strike Near Boys’ School in Iran: A communications tower seemed to be the intended target, according to satellite imagery analysis. Iranian state media reported that a boy had been killed in the explosion. No side has taken responsibility for that strike so far.
Iran’s foreign minister rules out negotiations with US after ‘very bitter experience’: ‘I don’t think the question of talking with Americans or negotiation with Americans once again would be on the table,’ Abbas Araghchi tells PBS News.
Iran’s Larijani threatens Trump with assassination: Head of Iran’s National Security Council Ali Larijani warned Trump on social media, “The freedom-loving nation of Iran is not afraid of your hollow threats. Even those who were mightier than you have failed to destroy the Iranian nation. Watch yourself – or you’ll be eliminated.”
Iran says it will no longer launch missiles with warheads under 1 ton at US, Israeli targets: Missile attacks on Israeli and US targets are expected to intensify further, says commander of IRGC’s Aerospace Force.
WHO warns ‘black rain’ in Iran after oil strikes could cause respiratory problems: The UN health agency, which has an office in Iran and works with authorities on health emergencies, said it has received multiple reports of oil-laden rain this week.
U.S./TRUMP ADMINISTRATION:
U.S. Military Refuses to Endorse Trump Claim That Iran Bombed Girls’ School: Trump claimed that Iran, not the U.S., struck an elementary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab. Defense officials, however, pushed back on his claims. Even his own Pentagon chief, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, refused to back him up.
The Pentagon burned through $5.6 billion worth of munitions during the first two days of its military assault on Iran, according to three U.S. officials, a figure that underscores the deepening alarm among some on Capitol Hill over the speed at which U.S. forces have eaten into the scarce supply of America’s most advanced weaponry.
Trump says war with Iran is finished, Israel says it’s not: On Monday, Trump told CBS News the war was nearly over: “I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no Air Force.” Later, a senior Israeli official criticized Trump’s statement, saying, “Nothing has been completed yet. Our initial assessment was that the battle would take about two weeks.”
Trump would support killing Iran’s new supreme leader if he defies US demands: Report: White House declines to comment on report; US president has publicly called appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei ‘a big mistake.’
Trump says he has ‘a plan’ to address surging oil prices caused by Iran war: Report: “I have a plan for everything. You’ll be very happy,” he told the New York Post. Elsewhere, Trump said the US-Israeli campaign is “very far ahead of schedule” and that he thinks the war is “very complete, pretty much.”
US campaign against Iran ‘just the beginning’: Defense secretary: Pete Hegseth said Iran’s ability to project power in the region is “diminishing and will be increasingly diminished…this is only just the beginning.” He continued, “the president’s been right to say there will be casualties… There will be more casualties,” adding that such losses “stiffen our spine and our resolve to say this is a fight we will finish.”
Pete Hegseth: Israeli attacks on Iran fuel depots ‘not our strikes, not our objective’: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Israel’s strikes on oil facilities across Iran were “not our objective,” adding, “Israel’s been a really strong partner in this effort…where they have had different objectives, they’ve pursued them. Ultimately we stayed focused on ours.”
Lindsey Graham Says $1B a Day on Iran War Is “Best Money Ever Spent”
Tehran warns US forces launching attacks from ‘civilian areas’ in Gulf nations: “Missiles are being launched at Iran from residential areas in the territory of neighboring countries, and US fighters are using the airspace of neighboring states to attack Iran, all putting regional security at risk,” wrote Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman.
ISRAEL:
Israel’s goal in Iran is not just regime change, but complete collapse: For Israel, a failed Iranian state fractured by civil war is preferable to any other outcome. They don’t want to just change the regime in Iran, they want to collapse the state itself.
Israeli army admits difficulty intercepting Hezbollah drones: Military sources describe the success rate of interception operations as “very low”.
LEBANON & THE MIDDLE EAST:
Nearly 700,000 displaced in Lebanon
Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest killed by Israeli tank fire in southern Lebanon
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM GAZA
(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.
Journalist killed in Gaza, bringing total to at least 261
Medical sources reported that Emad Filfil, 30, was killed on Monday evening when an Israeli quadcopter drone dropped an explosive device on displaced civilians near Kashko Street in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City. Al-Shamali worked as a correspondent for Qatar Radio.
Trump’s war on Iran ‘stalls’ plans for Gaza
Before the outbreak of the Iran war, Gulf countries had committed billions of dollars toward the reconstruction of the devastated enclave, but Iranian attacks have forced the Gulf states to drastically scale back oil and gas production, causing steep economic losses.
Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Roads and Transit. Now, We Walk Everywhere.
Approximately 70 percent of registered vehicles have been destroyed or rendered unusable. Between 68 and 85 percent of the road network suffered damage or total destruction.
Three coffins in one photo: a journalist, a mother, and a child.
They were among displaced families in tents when Israeli artillery struck Al-Sawariha, central Gaza, killing:
• Amal Mohammed Shamali, 46, journalist
• Nour Saleh Al-Shallafah, 30
• Salsabeel Anwar Faraj, 12… pic.twitter.com/1IEmjCFU95— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) March 9, 2026
NEWS & HEADLINES FROM THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM
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.)
Israeli Troops Intensify West Bank Invasions, Abductions
Colonizers Injure Several Palestinians in Tubas, Nablus, Hebron
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 gets the facts – sometimes from Israeli media sites, where we can get a glimpse inside this country that is rife with turmoil and contradictions, and that receives $63 million a day from America.)
Ha’aretz: Ben-Gvir’s Gung-ho Gun Distribution Campaign Is an Admission of Failure
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced Monday that all Jerusalem residents will be eligible for a permit to possess a weapon. This is just because they live in Jerusalem. Ben-Gvir made sure to note that only residents of the city’s Jewish neighborhoods will be entitled to defend themselves. This is happening against the backdrop of people’s fears and a continued crime rampage on our streets.
MORE NEWS & HEADLINES:
How Israel and the FBI manipulated assassination plots to goad Trump into Iran war
The FBI manufactured plots to convince Trump that Iran sought to kill him, while Israel and its administration allies exploited the president’s deepest fear – assassination – to keep him on the war path.
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The Fight to Defend Pro-Palestine Speech on Campus Isn’t Over
It has been more than a year since the tents and banners of 2024’s pro-Palestine student encampments came down. But dozens of faculty members, staff, and students nationwide are still navigating the backlash that followed, fighting continued campus repression.
ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
Seventh US soldier confirmed killed in the Gulf region
Trump on rising gas prices during Iran operation: ‘If they rise, they rise’
‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war
‘As if the border never reopened’: Gaza patients die waiting under Israeli siege
Israeli settlers kill three Palestinians as attacks surge amid Iran war
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – MARCH 9, 2026*:
- At least 73,256 Palestinians killed, 183,828 injured – including:
- At least 72,134 killed, 172,828 injured in Gaza (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls)
- At least 1,122 killed, 11,000 injured in the West Bank (~232 children)
*NOTE: Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 8,000 more are still buried under rubble (some sources put the number of missing as high as 14,000); 3,000 more are reportedly missing.
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.
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. At least 11 Palestinian children have died of extreme cold this winter (2025-26).
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – March 9, 2026: ~1,661 – including ~1,139** on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 472 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 (these numbers do not include deaths from the conflict with Lebanon or the war with Iran).
By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 281 Palestinian journalists and media workers (as of Jan. 21, 2026); Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (other groups have tallied between 215 and 333 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)
- Lebanon: Israel’s White Phosphorous Use Risks Civilian Harm
- Corporate Media Go All Out To Support The US-Israeli War On Iran
- US-Israel war on Iran is creating a steady growing number of amputees
- Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen
- The wrong question about the war in Iran
- ‘Your Tax Dollars Being Used to Raise Your Gas Prices’: US-Israel Bomb Major Iranian Oil Depots
- ‘Bogus Evidence’: Former Nuclear Watchdog Head Debunks US Justification for Iran War
- EXPLAINER – Dimona: What to know about Israel’s nuclear site
- Israel is using the ‘Gaza doctrine’ in Lebanon and Iran
- Saudi journalist says ‘not all attacks’ on Gulf coming from Iran, fears US-Israel dragging monarchies into war
- Iranian officials say Israel carried out some of the drone strikes on Gulf energy sites
- US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges
- ‘Dirty Work’ :The truth about how Israel was founded
- Mass Expulsion in Lebanon as Israel Expands War: “We Don’t Know Where to Go”
