Middle East Experience

Palestinian officials said Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians during separate operations in the West Bank on Tuesday, with the military confirming it had targeted militants.Two people were killed in the town of Tammun, said Ahmad Assad, governor of the nearby city of Tubas whose jurisdiction includes Tammun."There is a martyr from the air strike whose body is torn to pieces," he told AFP.The Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah confirmed two men had been killed by Israeli forces in Tammun.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Palestinians say Israeli forces kill 7 in West Bank operations

Reporters' Notebook: This is my second time in Jabalya during the war against Hamas. It’s also the second time in the neighborhood with the IDF’s Multi-Dimensional Unit.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Technology, drones and complexity: The IDF’s battle for Jabalya

Lebanon said Wednesday that it had filed a complaint with the United Nations' labour agency over deadly attacks on communication devices across the country in September, which it blames on Israel.Lebanese Labour Minister Mustafa Bayram called the attack an "egregious war against humanity, against technology, against work", saying his country had filed the complaint with the International Labour Organization in Geneva."It's a very dangerous precedent," he told journalists in the Swiss city at an event organised by the UN correspondents' association ACANU.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Lebanon files UN complaint against Israel over pager attacks

Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday want Donald Trump, who won the US election, to end the war between Israel and Hamas that has devastated their territory.The conflict sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack has taken an appalling human toll in the Gaza Strip, displacing most of its residents, causing widespread hunger and death, and leaving hospitals struggling to cope."We were displaced, killed... there's nothing left for us, we want peace," Mamdouh al-Jadba, who was displaced to Gaza City from Jabalia, told AFP.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: 'Save us': Gazans want Trump to end war with Israel

The failure of the Democratic campaign—based on the delegitimization of Trump and an optimistic outlook without concrete policy proposals—reveals a profound flaw in the Democratic Party’s vision.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: The liberal camp in the US must undertake a deep self-examination

When Donald Trump was last in the White House, he pursued a policy of "maximum pressure" against the Islamic republic of Iran, including punishing sanctions.Now that he is set to begin another term as US president in January, anxiety is mounting in Tehran that more of the same will follow.During Trump's first term, the United States also killed a revered Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general in an air strike on Baghdad airport in Iraq.Such history between the two long-time adversaries casts a dark shadow over the prospect of relations improving.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iranians fear Trump comeback will bring them more pain

Israelis in Jerusalem welcomed Donald Trump's US election triumph on Wednesday, hoping he might help end the wars devastating the region, while some called it "part of God's plan"."I believe in God, so this is part of God's plan," Esther Henderson, 44, a shopper in the ancient city's popular Mahane Yehuda market, told AFP."I feel like this is part of God showing us that the evil side, the more corrupt, the globalism, is starting to fall down," she said."It's not that I love Trump so much," said Henderson. "I just don't like what's been going on in the world lately."
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israelis in Jerusalem see Trump return as 'God's plan'

Cohen emphasized that such an action would clarify to Hezbollah the cost of its attacks and lead to international pressure on Lebanon.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel should target Beirut's airport, in retaliation for hit near Ben-Gurion Airport, expert says

Iranian militias ramp up drone attacks on Israel, await US response post-election.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: How will Iran’s proxies in Iraq respond to US election?

Protesters quickly mobilized Tuesday, with tens of thousands taking to the streets and blocking intersections and highways across the country.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Gallant Night II part II: Israelis call for additional protests after defense minister's dismissal