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 810th day.)
Since the “ceasefire” began on October 11, Israel has killed at least 418 Palestinians. At least 1,142 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 81 days. More statistics below.
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.)
Another Palestinian baby dies of severe cold in Gaza amid shortage of shelters*
Another Palestinian baby, two-month-old Arkan Firas Musleh, lost his life in the Gaza Strip due to severe cold amid a widespread scarcity of shelters, the Health Ministry said on Monday, bringing the death toll of toddlers from cold to three since early December.
25 people, including six children, have died from cold and the collapse of damaged buildings in Gaza amid freezing weather conditions this winter in the war-torn enclave.
90% of tents sheltering displaced civilians were uprooted or flooded in heavy rains and strong winds across Gaza, with thousands of families left without any shelters or any clothes to protect them from the harsh weather.
*NOTE: An UNRWA spokesperson recently stated, “We have sheltering supplies for 1 million people sitting outside the Gaza Strip that we could bring in immediately if we were allowed to. So there’s a political choice [by Israel] to deny us the possibility of bringing that aid in.”
RELATED: Gaza health official says miscarriages surge as births fall by 40%
A cry for help to save Gaza’s healthcare system
On a regular emergency room shift at Al Shifa hospital, there are four to six of us nurses, and up to three doctors – about a third of the staff that the emergency room had before the war. Like many of the other medical staff, I do not get paid for this work.
Out of 29 departments, just three are partially operational at al-Shifa. The health sector is on the brink of collapse; it is barely functioning only because of the volunteer work of countless medical professionals and their sense of moral duty.
Once I am done with my shift, I go back to my bombed-out home, which now has tarpaulins instead of walls. We have no heating, no electricity, and no running water, and we struggle to get adequate food because I bring no income back (continue reading here).
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GAZA HEADLINES:
The Architecture of Extermination: Why the Gaza Genocide Is Premeditated and Repeatable
Gaza races to preserve what remains of its 5,000-year-old archaeological legacy
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.)
‘A gift that cannot be sold’: the Palestinian family fighting* to save their West Bank farm
In 1916, Daher Nassar, a Christian Palestinian farmer living south of Bethlehem bought a 42-hectare stretch of farmland on the slopes and valleys of Wadi Salem, and formally registered the purchase with the ruling Ottoman authorities; later, he re-registered the deed under each successive administration – the British mandate, then the Jordanian government, and finally, after 1967, under Israeli occupation.
Today, that aging, yellowing document is one of the family’s few shields against the loss of their land – a plot that is coveted by settlers and by far-right Israeli ministers eager to see it annexed. In 1991, the Israeli authorities began a legal battle to declare the Nassar family’s farm Israeli “state land”, a precursor to claiming it for occupation (continue reading here).
*NOTE: Israel and/or Israeli settlers take over Palestinian land every day in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. For examples, go here, and see headlines below.
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WEST BANK HEADLINES:
Jewish settlers attack Bedouin community near Jerusalem, destroy olive trees
Israeli court advances eviction of Palestinians for Jewish settlers in Silwan
Israeli forces raid West Bank town, set up checkpoints north of Ramallah
Child, Elderly Man Injured In Colonizer Attack Near Bethlehem
Invasions, Violations And Abductions Across Occupied West Bank
TRUMP / NETANYAHU MEETING
Trump either doesn’t know or doesn’t care that Israel has violated ceasefire agreement ~1,000 times*
In a Monday press conference with Netanyahu, when President Trump was asked whether he was concerned about Israel’s progress towards the implementation of the deal’s second phase, he said he is “not concerned about anything Israel is doing.”
“Israel has lived up to the plan 100%,” Trump stated, adding that he is actually concerned about what other involved parties “are doing or maybe are not doing.”
*NOTE: Israel has failed to uphold major parts of the ceasefire agreement, causing widespread suffering among Gazan civilians: Israel has continued military activity, killing over 400 Palestinians since the ceasefire started on October 10, and withheld medical supplies, food, fuel, and critically, sheltering supplies, leading to at least 25 weather-related deaths.
Moreover, Netanyahu has delayed movement toward the second phase of the ceasefire, in which the Israeli military would withdraw from Gaza.
Critically, Hamas has made clear that it will not surrender its weapons as long as the occupation remains in place – a fact that Netanyahu and Trump seem to be ignoring.
RELATED: Trump Claims Israel Is Complying With Gaza Deal ‘100%’ Despite Constant IDF Ceasefire Violations
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Trump expects Hamas to disarm
The Trump-branded ceasefire plan, which went into effect on 10 October in Gaza, is effectively stalled until – according to the Israelis and Americans – Hamas disarms, per Trump’s 20-point plan.
Hamas is unwilling to disarm, but has already offered to “bury” its weapons in exchange for a guaranteed decade-long truce with Israel that can allow Gaza to rebuild, and for a Palestinian state to be established.
“The idea of total disarmament is unacceptable to the resistance. What is being proposed is a freeze, or storage [of weapons]… to provide guarantees against any military escalation from Gaza with the Israeli occupation,” Hamas senior representative Khaled Meshaal told Al Jazeera earlier this month (continue reading here).
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Trump’s Comments Outside Mar-a-Lago Read Like a Script Direct From Netanyahu
Trump avoided a firm timeline on advancing the Gaza cease-fire, insinuated U.S. involvement in future action against Iran, and invoked a presidential pardon for Netanyahu.
For all the murmurs and leaks about growing U.S. impatience with Israel’s actions in Gaza and concerns about ratcheted-up tensions with Iran that could once again bring the Middle East on the precipice of regional war, in a brief appearance alongside Netanyahu on the steps of Mar-a-Lago, Trump once again demonstrated that he is firmly in Israel’s corner (continue reading here).
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Trump says US would back strikes against Iran’s missile program
United States President Donald Trump has suggested that Washington would consider further military action against Iran if Tehran rebuilds its nuclear program or missile capacity.
“ Iran may be behaving badly. It hasn’t been confirmed. But if it’s confirmed, look, they know the consequences,” he said. “The consequences will be very powerful. Maybe more powerful than the last time” (continue reading here).
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TRUMP / NETANYAHU HEADLINES:
Trump says US, Israel do not agree ‘100%’ on West Bank
President says US and Israel have had a ‘big discussion for a long time’ on the Israeli-occupied territory, adding they will come to a conclusion at ‘an appropriate time.’
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Trump says he hopes Israel’s Netanyahu will “get along” with Syria
‘I hope he’s going to get along with Syria … because the new president of Syria is working very hard to do a good job,’ says US president.
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Despite Arrest Warrant: Netanyahu’s Plane Crosses Airspace of 3 ICC Member States
In a first, President Donald Trump to receive Israel Prize, the country’s top civilian honor
The award “reflects the overwhelming sentiment of Israelis across the spectrum,” the Israeli prime minister said as he met with Trump in Florida.
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Trump claims Herzog said Netanyahu pardon ‘on its way’; Israeli president denies it
OTHER 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 passes along only factual reporting.)
How many countries has Israel attacked in 2025?
In 2025, Israel attacked at least six countries, including Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, and Yemen – more than any other country this year.
It also carried out strikes in Tunisian, Maltese and Greek territorial waters on aid flotillas heading for Gaza.
According to Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), an independent conflict monitor, from January 1 to December 5, Israel carried out at least 10,631 attacks, marking one of the broadest geographic military offensives in a single year (continue reading and view animations here).
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Israel’s Mossad encourages, participates in Iran protests
On Monday, the Mossad (Israel’s CIA) used its Twitter account in Farsi to encourage Iranians to protest against the Iranian regime, telling them that it will join them during the demonstrations.
“Go out together into the streets. The time has come,” the Mossad wrote. “We are with you. Not only from a distance and verbally. We are with you in the field.”
The statement was a rare open acknowledgment from the Mossad regarding ongoing operations in Iran.
In June, the Mossad had hundreds of agents involved in Israel’s 12-day war.
Iranian media reported that strikes and demonstrations on Monday were explicitly political, with crowds shouting slogans such as “death to the dictator” and “Seyyed Ali (Khamenei) will be toppled this year” – a scenario that Netanyahu would like to bring about.
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MORE ISRAEL HEADLINES:
Ben Gvir’s party pushes Israeli bill targeting mosque calls to prayer
In a statement, Ben Gvir said: “The unreasonable noise of the muezzin [Muslim prayer call] harms quality of life.”
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Despite horrors of Gaza genocide, Elon Musk accepts invitation from Netanyahu to visit Israel
Netanyahu faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over atrocities in Gaza.
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Jewish immigration to Israel plummets by one-third in 2025
Israel has faced a worsening migration deficit over the past few years, with record numbers leaving the country due to war and instability.
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‘Temporary’ Israeli Bases in Southern Lebanon Continue to Expand Amid Talk of ‘New’ War
Israeli officials have been calling a new war with Lebanon inevitable, and the situation on the ground suggests Israel is advancing that position.
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Beyond Disarmament: What Israel really wants from Lebanon
Tel Aviv’s goal is not just a demilitarized south Lebanon, but a permanently weakened Lebanese state unable to resist the encroachment of Israeli and western interests.
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.)
Amid threats of fresh bout with Iran, experts warn missile defenses may not be ready
With Tehran rebuilding its arsenal and US interceptor supplies depleted and slow to replenish, analysts say another war may prove more of a challenge to Israel’s home front.
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Far-right Minister Smotrich Calls Supreme Court President ‘Violent Megalomaniac,’ Vows ‘We Will Run Him Over’
Smotrich accused Israel’s top judge of ‘allowing himself to do things that have never been done before.’
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Israeli Military Refuses to Return Palestinian Herd, Despite Telling Top Court It Was Seized Illegally
The IDF admitted to the high court that an order issued by commanders to seize a Palestinian family’s herd of cows was unlawful and is taking disciplinary action against them, but maintains that it has no power to take the herd back from the settlers currently holding it.
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Hundreds of Israeli Cops Raid Bedouin Village; Locals Say Flares and Stun Grenades Fired
Clashes in the Palestinian bedouin village of Tarabin al-Sana began on Friday, when police patrol cars entered the village in search of a stolen horse. Residents said the raid felt like war: ‘There’s a police helicopter here, horses, a water cannon.’
OTHER NEWS:
Over $13 billion in US military aid to Israel improperly tracked*: IG
ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) – A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:
Gaza storm kills Palestinian woman, child drowns
Tucker Carlson Talks Israel and Antisemitism
When Palestinian existence is portrayed as hate
(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – DECEMBER 29, 2025*:
- At least 72,367 Palestinians killed, 182,222 injured – including:
- At least 71,266** killed in Gaza (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls)
- At least 1,101 killed in the West Bank (~229 children)
- At least 171,222 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.
**NOTE: 292 martyrs have been added to the cumulative statistics of martyrs, whose data has been completed and approved by the Martyrs’ Verification Committee, from December 19, 2025 to December 26, 2025.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – December 29, 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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