DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 7, 2025

Israel’s defense chief orders the Israeli military to “destroy and annihilate” all tunnels in Gaza used by Hamas, as daily air strikes and demolitions continue. U.S. President Donald Trump claims an international stabilization force will enter Gaza “very soon.” Israeli forces shoot dead two Palestinians in the village of al-Judeira. October marked the highest monthly number of recorded Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians since the UN began keeping track in 2006. Israel attacks Lebanon with wave of airstrikes in one of its biggest post-ceasefire escalations.

The Genocide in Gaza

• An Israeli drone attack on the neighborhood of Shujaiya in Gaza City on Friday wounded a child, according to Wafa. Meanwhile, Israeli air strikes and artillery continue to pound southern Khan Younis, according to Al Jazeera.
• Israel’s defense minister Israel Katz, ordered the military to “destroy and annihilate” all tunnels in Gaza.. “If there are no tunnels, there is no Hamas,” he wrote in a post on X.
• The UN said on Thursday that Israeli authorities have rejected 107 requests for the entry of crucial aid into the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire went into effect, including items such as blankets, winter clothes, and tools and materials to maintain and operate water, sanitation and hygiene services.
• UNRWA reported that up to 20 percent of children in Gaza are missing essential vaccines in its announcement of a new campaign which aims to reach 44,000 children. This need for preventive medicine is paired with a need for urgent medical treatment, as the WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus estimated today that 16,500 require such care.
• The UN warned on Thursday that Israel continues to detonate residential buildings daily in areas where its troops remain deployed—especially eastern Khan Younis, Gaza City, and Rafah. Air and ground strikes are also ongoing near and east of the “Yellow Line,” killing civilians in Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and Khan Younis.
• U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed that Washington is pressing Israel to allow safe passage for roughly 100-200 Hamas fighters trapped near the Rafah crossing in exchange for their disarmament. He told the audience at a business conference in Miami that he is coordinating with Israeli as well as Turkish diplomats. Israeli diplomats have publicly rejected similar proposals in the past, but officials have said that the Israelis have not ruled it out privately, according to the Times of Israel.
• At a White House event on Thursday, President Trump said that he expects a U.S.-coordinated “international stabilization force” in Gaza. “It’s going to be very soon,” he said. “And Gaza is working out very well.”
• Egypt and Turkey have also voiced concerns on Hamas’s disarmament, according to Middle East Eye. Egypt reportedly fears being drawn into the process of disarming the fighters, with Egypt saying it does not want to “do the job Israel was unable to do.” Meanwhile, Turkish diplomats warned that the draft treats peacekeepers like an occupation force, with them saying it would prefer the “stabilization force” be limited to policing borders and ceasefire enforcement with UN oversight.
• Madleen Kullab, after whom the Freedom Flotilla ship “The Madleen” was named, has recovered the body of her father, tortured while imprisoned by the Israelis, according to Translating Falasteen. Kullab took her father’s place at sea as a fisherwoman when he fell ill. Of the 285 bodies returned by Israeli authorities to Gaza, only 84 (among them, Kullab’s father) have been identified.

West Bank and Israel

• The Israeli military killed two Palestinians near the village of al-Judeira last night whom it claimed threw Molotov cocktails towards a road. Meanwhile, 15 Palestinians were injured when Israeli troops fired live ammunition and tear gas at protesters in the village of Beit Lid, east of Tulkarem according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. The protest was against the theft of land and personal property in the area in recent weeks.
• October 2025 marked the highest monthly number of recorded Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians by UN OCHA since the agency began documenting such incidents in 2006, the group said in its humanitarian update on Thursday. OCHA recorded more than 260 attacks in October resulting in casualties, property damage or both—an average of eight incidents per day. “The surge in October continues a steady upward trend observed throughout the year, with approximately 1,485 settler attacks documented since January 2025,” OCHA wrote, adding that a child represents one in every five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces so far in 2025 across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
• Israel is beginning to decrease the number of reservists it stations on its numerous fronts, according to The Wall Street Journal. The military mobilization has had a considerable negative effect on the country’s economy and society—and follows well-documented difficulties the army had before the ceasefire to get reservists to report for duty—the report states.
• 104 U.S. Representatives have called upon Israel to halt demolitions in the West Bank village of Umm-al-Kheir, the village featured in the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.” Lawmakers involved include Jamie Raskin, Jerrold Nadler, Sara Jacobs, and Dan Goldman. In their letter, lawmakers cited the killing of community leader Awdah Hathaleen and warned that the destruction of 13 homes and a community center leaves families homeless at the onset of winter. They also note that any destruction flagrantly violates international law. The UN joined in this call Friday morning.
• The Israeli Embassy in Washington is circulating a letter making several misleading claims about Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, the 16-year-old American citizen presently in Israeli custody, according to Drop Site Contributor Jasper Nathaniel. For example, the letter cites Ibrahim’s “confession” to throwing rocks at cars, while leaving out his sworn affidavit where he wrote “The interrogator threatened that if I did not comply, he would instruct the soldiers to beat me. Out of sheer fear, I ultimately confessed.” Ibrahim’s next hearing in Israeli court is scheduled for November 9th; a link to calls for action can be found here.

International News

• The Israeli military conducted heavy airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Thursday, according to reporting from Reuters, with at least one person killed. The bombings were accompanied by Israeli evacuation orders telling residents to stay 500 meters away from the targets. Since the ceasefire went into effect a year ago, Israeli military attacks in Lebanon have killed over 270 people and wounded 850, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. No Israelis have been killed since the ceasefire and Hezbollah has claimed only one attack since the agreement took effect. After Israel’s wave of attacks on Thursday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said in a statement “Nearly a year has passed since the ceasefire came into effect, and during that time, Israel has spared no effort to demonstrate its rejection of any negotiated settlement between the two countries,” he said. “Your message has been received.”