Violence against hundreds of Gazan remains to find one Israeli – Not a ceasefire Day 109

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Violence against hundreds of Gazan remains to find one Israeli – Not a ceasefire Day 109
The IDF said the recovery of Ran Gvili's remains was a significant effort that included the use of special capabilities, cameras and advanced surveillance equipment. (IDF Spokesperson)

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 836th day.)

Israeli forces killed at least 4 Palestinians in Gaza on Monday.

Since the “ceasefire” began on October 11, Israel has killed at least 488 Palestinians. At least 1,350 have been injured. Death toll figures are tentative. 

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.

Israel has so far violated the 11 October ceasefire deal in Gaza at least 1,300 times (as of Jan. 15, 2026). More statistics below.

Displaced Palestinian families living in makeshift tents near the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip face increasingly dire living conditions due to adverse weather and inadequate shelter, on November 17, 2025.
Displaced Palestinian families living in makeshift tents near the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip face increasingly dire living conditions due to adverse weather and inadequate shelter, on November 17, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency)

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.

Following receipt of last hostage’s remains, Hamas expects Israel’s full adherence to its ceasefire obligations*

Hamas said on Monday that the group had “fulfilled all its obligations in a clear and responsible manner,” and now Israel must do its part “without any deduction or delay”.

“Especially the opening of the Rafah crossing in both directions without restrictions, the entry of the Gaza Strip’s needs in the required quantities, the lifting of the ban on any of them, the complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and facilitating the work of the National Committee for the management of the Gaza Strip,” the group said.

*NOTE: After imposing severe restrictions on aid to Gaza for months and causing widespread hunger and hundreds of deaths due to starvation, the ceasefire terms required Israel to surge massive quantities of aid into Gaza (600 trucks a day – actually a modest amount given the circumstances). 108 days into the ceasefire, the crossing was still closed, and the entry of aid was well below the amount agreed upon.

According to Doctors Without Borders, over 18,000 Gazans are in need of medical evacuation (through the Rafah crossing) – over 1,000 have died already due to the crossing closure.

In fact, Israel has violated most or all of the terms of the ceasefire: On October 11, 2025, all military operations were supposed to be suspended, but Israel has continued them, killing 486 Palestinians since the ceasefire began; rehabilitation of infrastructure, hospitals, and bakeries was supposed to begin, and Israel was supposed to allow entry of necessary equipment to remove rubble and open roads – none of these commitments have been fulfilled.

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Israeli forces desecrated/exhumed over 200 Palestinian graves in search for body of last Israeli captive

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor’s statement: Israel’s search for the body of its last captive in Gaza does not justify expanding the exhumation of Palestinian graves or violating the dignity of the dead.

During the genocide, the Israeli army systematically destroyed more than one‑third of Gaza’s cemeteries, exhumed graves, desecrated the remains of the dead, and stole dozens of bodies. These practices not only violate the dignity of the dead, but also inflict severe psychological harm on their families.

Any claimed search operations should be subject to strict limitations, precisely defining their scope, ensuring minimal interference, and conducted in the presence of a neutral body.

NOTE: Israel is expected to hand over the bodies of at least 15 deceased Palestinians in exchange.

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Islamic Jihad: We provided information on Gvili’s location weeks ago, IDF delayed search

The spokesperson for the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, said that it “provided the information about the location of the body of the Gvili three weeks ago, and the enemy intended to buy time and delay coordination and searches.”

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‘Wet tent syndrome’ is killing Gaza’s infants

Israel’s restrictions on shelter and medicine have left displaced families helpless as newborns succumb to exposure and preventable disease.

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Investigation reveals Israeli campaign to flatten Gaza town of Beit Hanoon

Al Jazeera’s Sanad unit analysed satellite images, finding that Israel razed homes in the weeks since the ceasefire began.

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Israel Will Not Allow Gaza Residents to Receive Medical Treatment in West Bank, East Jerusalem Due to ‘Security Risks’

In response to High Court petitions, the government stated that medical treatment could be exploited to help ‘establish ties with terrorist activity, including recruitment, transfer of information and the establishment of terrorist infrastructure.’

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Leaked “Board of Peace” Resolution Outlines U.S.-Led Plan to Rule Over Gaza

The draft framework, obtained by Drop Site, would bestow sweeping authority on Trump to determine all aspects of Gaza’s governance and future.

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WATCH: ‘The Intent of Genocide’: 2,700 Gaza Families Entirely Wiped Out by Israeli Attacks

IRAN NEWS AND HEADLINES:

USS Abraham Lincoln reaches West Asia as Trump escalates threats on Iran

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided-missile destroyers have crossed into West Asia, the region for which the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) is responsible, the officials stated. The Pentagon is also moving fighter jets and air-defense systems to the region.

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US weighs ‘precision strikes’ on Iranian officials as military build-up surges, sources say

The strikes could come as early as this week, but that timeline could shift, Middle East Eye was told on Monday.

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Jordan, UAE, UK to assist Washington in ‘strong attack’ against Iran

Top officials in US President Donald Trump’s government are reportedly pushing for a “strong attack” against Iran, which would come as a “fundamental strategic move.”

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As US ‘armada’ approaches, Iran warns of dire consequences if attacked

Top Iranian military figures on Monday reiterated Iran’s readiness to engage in another war with Israel and the US in the case of an attack similar to last year’s 12-day conflict, while the Foreign Ministry promised a “comprehensive and regret-inducing response”.

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Israeli Media: US and Israel agree on fast and strong strikes against Iran – if needed

US officials also believe that changing the current regime is a key necessity. If an attack were to take place, it is expected to focus on those responsible for harming civilians and protesters.

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An American Attack on Iran Won’t Guarantee Regime Change – and Could Spark Chaos

Trump’s confrontational approach rests on the assumption that force can reshape Iran’s political order. But with no international coalition, a divided opposition and entrenched security forces, war may fuel instability rather than produce lasting change.

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.)

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A Palestinian neighborhood’s last stand against Israeli settler takeover in Jerusalem

The town of Silwan is part of East Jerusalem and is located in the Wadi Hilweh valley, just south of Jerusalem’s Old City walls, with an estimated population of 55,000. Over the years, Silwan has been targeted by Israeli settlement projects, and has seen some 65 locations in the town taken over by Israeli settlers, and a biblical park called ‘the city of David’, run by religious settlers, built in the place of Palestinian homes.

But since December, a particular part of Silwan has been at the center of news in Palestine: the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, where dozens of Palestinian homes have been the target of Israeli settlers for years (continue reading here).
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WATCH: How Israel is planning to build an ‘apartheid road’

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK: MORE ISRAELI OCCUPATION ACTIONS ON MONDAY:

Widespread West Bank Violations, Abductions, and Demolitions

Palestinian Forced To Demolish His Home In Silwan 

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.)

Thirteen Israeli NGOs publish brutal State of the Occupation Report 2025

The groups write:

The information presented in this report has been rigorously collected, verified, and cross-referenced through sustained efforts. It is difficult to read and absorb. Still, we, the signatory organizations, hope you will engage with it and join us in calling for action and for the redress of the injustices it exposes. 

Fundamental values such as the sanctity of life, universal human rights, respect for the rule of law and the laws of war, and accountability for violations, have been compromised to a degree that cannot be rectified without thorough investigations and genuine acceptance of responsibility (read the full report here).

Participating Israeli NGOs for Human Rights:

  • The Association for Civil Rights in Israel;
  • Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights;
  • Breaking the Silence;
  • Combatants for Peace;
  • Emek Shaveh;
  • Gisha –Legal Center for Freedom of Movement;
  • HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual;
  • Ir Amim;
  • MachsomWatch;
  • Physicians for Human Rights Israel;
  • The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel;
  • Torah of Justice;
  • Yesh Din
Israeli military forces launch a raid as reinforcement units patrol streets and establish checkpoints throughout the area in Nablus, West Bank on January 22, 2026.
Israeli military forces launch a raid as reinforcement units patrol streets and establish checkpoints throughout the area in Nablus, West Bank on January 22, 2026. (Nedal Eshtayah – Anadolu Agency)

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Israeli creators expand their presence in Hollywood*

Leading Israeli television creators met this week with senior figures in the global entertainment industry in a first-of-its-kind initiative to promote Israeli culture by selling Israeli content to American television. Participants met with major companies, including Fox, Mattel, Disney, and Hulu, as well as senior figures from Sony, WME, CAA, and many others.

The project, titled “Yetzira” (“Creation”) and financed by the Culture Ministry of Israel, connected Israeli creators with presidents and senior executives of the world’s leading entertainment companies. After two years marked by closed doors and informal boycotts, a group of 20 of Israel’s top television creators took part in this first-of-its-kind initiative (continue reading here).

*NOTE: American television and social media are already aggressively presenting the Israeli narrative on a daily basis.

RELATED: Paramount blacklists pro-Palestine voices under new pro-Israel leadership

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Lebanon files UN complaint against Israel’s daily ceasefire violations*

Lebanon has filed a complaint with the United Nations about repeated Israeli violations of a November 2024 ceasefire, calling on the Security Council to push Israel to end its attacks and fully withdraw from the country.

In addition to thousands of ceasefire violations, Israel also continues to occupy five points within Lebanese territory as it blocks the reconstruction of several border villages that it leveled to the ground, preventing tens of thousands of displaced people from returning to their homes (continue reading here).

*NOTE: Although Israel signed a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon in November 2024, Israel has attacked Lebanon almost every day since, committing over 10,000 air and ground violations, and killing over 300.

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TV presenter killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon

The killing on Monday of presenter Ali Nour al-Din, who worked for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar, portends “the danger of Israel’s extended escalations [in Lebanon] to include the media community”, Hezbollah said in a statement.

A vehicle burns following an airstrike by the Israeli army, violating the ceasefire agreement, in the Burj el-Shamali area, Tyre, Lebanon, on January 26, 2026.
A vehicle burns following an airstrike by the Israeli army, violating the ceasefire agreement, in the Burj el-Shamali area, Tyre, Lebanon, on January 26, 2026. (Mohamad Zanaty – Anadolu Agency)

 

NEWS & 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.)

Israel Government: Opening of Gaza Border Crossing Will Not Guarantee Entry of Journalists

The Gaza side of the Rafah crossing has been under Israeli military control since 2024 and is expected to open to traffic between Gaza and Egypt in the coming days. The lawyer representing the state said letting journalists into Gaza isn’t an Israeli obligation.

OTHER NEWS & HEADLINES:

CNN: Unsealed court documents indicate Trump admin detained Tufts student for writing op-ed critical of Israel

Documents on the Rümeysa Öztürk case, as well as those of Mahmoud Khalil and others, show that the Trump administration made its recommendations to revoke visas based on the students’ involvement in protests criticizing Israel’s war in Gaza, despite arguments from the administration of antisemitism and support for terrorism. The administration also acknowledged it would likely face scrutiny in court given the protections granted by the First Amendment (continue reading here).
 

NOTE: Pro-Palestine demonstrations on college campuses, like the op-eds in school newspapers, have been overall peaceful and non-confrontational, and have notably included a significant number of Jewish students. When there has been violence, it has generally come from pro-Israel counter-protesters and police.

RELATED: Mahmoud Khalil vows to oppose Trump efforts to deport him to Algeria over pro-Palestine speech

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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?

Israel seeks to demolish the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA in the occupied territories, in the war against the poorest in the Global South.

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Florida seeks to ban ‘West Bank’ from official vocabulary

A measure is being advanced in the Florida legislature to officially recognize the term “Judea and Samaria” and ban “West Bank” in official state documents.

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UK: Pro-Palestine protesters charged with calling for ‘intifada*’

In December, the Metropolitan and Greater Manchester police forces announced they would arrest people for chanting ‘globalize the intifada.’

*NOTE: Rouand X, an Afro-Palestinian, explains: At its core, “globalize the intifada” captures the idea that the Palestinian Intifada  — the term Palestinians popularized during their grassroots uprising against the occupation back in 1987, and which means to “shake off” and “rise up” —  was never just a local uprising confined to the streets of Gaza or the alleyways of the West Bank.

It was, instead, a model of struggle that revealed how ordinary people could resist a system of domination with nothing but their own bodies, voices, and determination. To globalize the Intifada means to recognize that this form of resistance — decentralized, popular, and rooted in everyday life — carries lessons for oppressed peoples everywhere (continue readinghere).

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ICYMI, A SELECTION OF YESTERDAY’S HEADLINES:

Netanyahu says Rafah crossing will be pedestrian-only

West Bank: Palestinian killed near Ramallah

“CBS Evening News” With Tony Dokoupil Is a Pro-Israel Right-Wing Show for Absolutely No One

(Read yesterday’s daily update here.)

Most of the two million people living in Gaza are sheltering in makeshift tents amid the ruins of Israel's devastating genocide.
Most of the two million people living in Gaza are sheltering in makeshift tents amid the ruins of Israel’s devastating genocide. (screenshot)

STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – JANUARY 26, 2026*:

  • At least 72,770 Palestinians killed, 182,428 injured – including:
  • At least 71,662 killed in Gaza (~22,000 children, 33,000 women and girls)
  • At least 1,108 killed in the West Bank (~230 children)
  • At least 171,428 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.

Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – January 26, 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 (by one count, there have been 59 victims) in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel. 

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.

Hover over each bar for exact numbers. Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org

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