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VIDEO | Initial footage showing the aftermath of a Saudi attack targeting a residential building in the Al-Faza area of Al-Tuhayta district, in Yemen's Hodeidah governorate.

❗️'Threatening' leaflets discovered in Tel Aviv mailboxes linked to Iranian-backed cyber unit Leaflets containing embedded QR codes directing residents to psychological warfare and threat messages appeared across residential mailboxes in northern Tel Aviv today, triggering an immediate security investigation by Israeli police and the Shin Bet. According to local reports published by Channel 12, residents alerted law enforcement after discovering red flyers emblazoned with the Hebrew slogans "Without Electricity" and "Without Water." Scanning the embedded QR code directed users to a domain managed by the Iranian-linked cyber group Handala, which contained threats to target Israeli energy, water desalination, and power generation infrastructure. The Israeli Police Spokesperson's Unit confirmed that officers launched an investigation into the psychological operation, urging citizens who encounter the printed flyers not to scan the malicious QR code and to immediately report any physical distributions to local police stations. Security analysts emphasize that the physical distribution of cyber-linked psychological operations highlights attempts by regional cyber units to bypass digital censorship, attempting direct psychological warfare targeting civilian populations amidst the ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran.

Israel expands ground brigades, prepares for new assaults on Iran and Lebanon Israel is preparing for a possible invasion of Lebanon to bring the war on the Lebanese resistance to a 'conclusion' if the US war on Iran resumes

❗️Investigation exposes Israeli-linked digital campaign weaponizing British royal imagery to fuel anti-Muslim hostility An covert digital advertising operation traced directly to Israel weaponized images of Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, without authorization as part of a multi-year effort to amplify far-right narratives and ignite anti-Muslim hostility across Britain. According to a recent investigation published by independent outlet The Nerve, authored by disinformation researchers Marc Owen Jones and Sohan Dsouza, the clandestine network deployed unauthorized photos of the royal family across Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok. The targeted ad campaign was timed to influence the UK general election and exploit domestic friction surrounding the Southport riots. The reporting revealed that production infrastructure and financial trails for the multi-million-pound operation trace back to Israeli actors seeking to bolster western far-right political factions, inflame Islamophobic sentiment, and undermine public support for Palestine. Digital platforms Meta, Google, and TikTok face growing scrutiny over their direct role in monetizing the covert campaign. Tech giants accepted millions of dollars to run sponsored content promoting far-right conspiracy theories to hundreds of millions of users with minimal regulatory moderation. Media analysts noted that while online commentary pushed sensational claims twisting the findings to allege intelligence connections, researchers firmly rejected those spin efforts, emphasizing instead that the covert campaign exploited public figures to manipulate western political discourse.

⭕️ Several injured Palestinians have arrived at the American field hospital west of Jabalia refugee camp after Israeli reconnaissance drones targeted a group of civilians near Abu Sharkh Roundabout, west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, according to Gaza-based journalist Yousef Fares.

❗️The Iranian Navy reveals that its forces have engaged and disabled at least 11 commercial tankers attempting unauthorized transit through the Strait of Hormuz over the past ten days. Reporting on the naval operations, Tasnim confirmed that Iranian forces rendered the energy tankers and their electronic navigation systems completely operational-disabled. The statement follows reports from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) detailing severe blazes and explosions aboard multiple non-compliant vessels operating within the waterway, including three targeted on Sunday after attempting to bypass Persian Gulf maritime protocols.

❗️Turkish intelligence chief warns Washington against joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran Ibrahim Kalin, head of Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT), has warned against renewed military strikes on Iran by the US or Israeli occupation forces, emphasizing that a diplomatic resolution currently on the table offers a "fair" path forward for both sides. Speaking at a conference in Ankara organized by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM) and Oxford University, Kalin highlighted that diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Tehran are making tangible progress, but warned that additional military escalation risks triggering another regional spiral. "The Iran issue remains very sensitive for everybody – for the whole region. We’re trying very hard these days to stop another attack on Iran by either the US or US combined with Israel," Kalin stated, according to operational transcriptions. The intelligence chief revealed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally communicated Ankara's stance directly to US President Donald Trump during a phone call two days prior, urging the White House to refrain from launch orders. "Our president spoke to President Trump just two days ago about this issue, and he urged him again not to go for a strike," Kalin added. "This will complicate things because if the US by itself or together with Israel attacks Iran again, we will go back to that vicious cycle."

VIDEO | The Al-Aboudiyeh border crossing between Lebanon and Syria has officially reopened following nearly two years of closure after being targeted by Israeli airstrikes.

❗️Israeli occupation forces mounted another incursion into southern Syria this morning, establishing a military checkpoint at the Rasm al-Halabi junction in central Quneitra province to search passing civilians, according to Levant24.

❗️Israeli authorities issue tenders for over 700 settlement units near occupied Bethlehem Israeli authorities published land tenders on Sunday to construct 732 new housing units in the illegal Gvaot settlement west of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank. According to official data released today by the Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, the tenders represent the initial phase of a broader expansion plan targeting the Bethlehem governorate. Published via official records of the Israel Land Authority, the project includes multi-story residential blocks, commercial complexes, and public facilities. The commission confirmed that bidding for the contracts is scheduled to open on 1 December, with a submission deadline set for 28 December. A secondary tender was simultaneously issued for adjacent land designated for employment facilities and commercial services, signaling an aggressive push to integrate economic hubs into the settlement structure.The latest move advances a relentless campaign of territorial expropriation across the region. Commission records reveal that between early 2026 and 8 November, Israeli authorities issued at least 28 land tenders across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Eighteen of those tenders cover 7,815 residential units, while ten others target non-residential infrastructure. Over 770,000 Israeli occupiers currently reside across hundreds of illegal settlements and outposts throughout the West Bank, including 250,000 in occupied East Jerusalem. UN Security Council Resolution 2334 affirms that all Israeli settlement activities established in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 carry no legal validity and constitute flagrant violations of international law.

Shin Bet fails to back up claims of ‘interference’ in Israeli election: Report Sources told Israeli media that the claims touted by Netanyahu and the Likud party have ‘no real foundation’

❗️Hezbollah MP declares resistance and Lebanese Army essential guarantees for national liberation Lebanese MP Hassan Fadlallah, member of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, says that the resistance and the Lebanese Army represent the twin guarantees for liberating occupied territory and protecting national stability amid ongoing Israeli aggression. Addressing regional political developments, Fadlallah emphasized that the Lebanese resistance never gambled on political shifts in Washington or within Tel Aviv, noting that Western policy remains uniformly hostile to regional sovereign causes. He added that domestic political factions who staked their choices on the Trump administration, economic sanctions, and Israeli military pressure have seen their bets fail following the US midterm election results. "The US election outcome was a vote against war," Fadlallah stated. "Had the Trump administration achieved victory in its war on Iran, the results would have been entirely different. This itself marks a shift in the balance of power being established by Tehran, and Lebanon is naturally affected by regional developments." Outlining three core principles for confronting the current situation in southern Lebanon, Fadlallah called for steadfast commitment to resistance capabilities as the primary means to liberate land and protect national dignity. He urged the Lebanese authority to abandon its current political trajectory, rebuild a cohesive national framework based on internal strengths, and join the "Islamabad track" for regional diplomacy, noting that Iran insists on prioritizing Lebanon in any regional agreement. Fadlallah strongly condemned sectarian campaigns targeting both the resistance and the Lebanese Army, warning against divisive rhetoric intended to create sectarian cantons in service of Israeli fragmentation schemes. He reaffirmed that Hezbollah remains committed to preserving internal cohesion, civil peace, and national unity against foreign interference.

❗️️️️️️️Israeli military expands ground forces, prepares for new assaults on Iran and Lebanon The Israeli military is expanding its infantry brigades with additional combat engineering and reconnaissance and attack battalions, following lessons drawn from its recent wars, Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on 9 November. Combat Engineering Battalion 607 has begun operating under the Givati Brigade, while Battalion 609 will join the Nahal Brigade after its first training cycle. Another engineering battalion is planned for the Kfir Brigade. Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has also approved the establishment of two specialized infantry battalions, Alon (11) in the Golani Brigade and Nofekh (935) in the Nahal Brigade. The units will specialize in drones, robotics, surveillance systems, advanced weapons, and precision-guided munitions to enhance battlefield detection and attack capabilities. The military said the battalions remain under development, with some organizational details yet to be finalized. Meanwhile, Israeli fighter jets conducted an unusually extensive low-altitude training exercise over Nahariya and the western occupied Galilee on Monday, involving the air force, Northern Command, and the 91st Division. An Israeli military source told Maariv that the exercise simulated a large-scale ground incursion, with fighter jets flying low and fast to disrupt an attack, including through the potential use of sonic booms, even without dropping munitions. According to Maariv, the military preparations come amid growing tensions over a possible renewal of aggression on Iran, despite US President Donald Trump's stated alleged preference for diplomacy. The report added that Israeli security officials anticipate immediately mobilizing all reserve divisions in the event of war with Iran, deploying most forces northward with the aim of conducting a forceful military campaign in Lebanon against Hezbollah.

❗️US demands Iraq shut all but two border crossings with Iran The US Treasury formally requested on Sunday that the Iraqi government shut down all but two of its border crossings with Iran as Washington ramps up its economic siege against Tehran. Speaking in an interview with Al Jazeera, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein confirmed that Washington is demanding Baghdad restrict all overland commercial and passenger transit to just two designated checkpoints—one in the Iraqi Kurdistan region and another elsewhere along the shared 1,600-kilometer frontier. "Closing the border crossings could be a punishment for Iran, but it would also hurt Iraq," Hussein warned, emphasizing that bilateral trade and movement would grind to a halt. "Trade would stop, movement would stop, and that would affect us economically. The Americans are still asking for the crossings to be closed, and we are in talks with them." The diplomatic pressure coincides with CENTCOM's announcement of Task Force Iron Gate, a Tampa-based interagency unit tasked with enforcing an overland blockade across Iran's land borders and Caspian Sea shipping lanes. Hussein also detailed the severe economic fallout of the regional crisis, revealing that Baghdad has lost approximately $60 billion after energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz were disrupted during the first four months of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Prior to the maritime blockades, Iraq exported between 3.3 and 3.4 million barrels of crude daily through the Persian Gulf corridor. Addressing ongoing security initiatives, the foreign minister reiterated Baghdad's firm opposition to foreign forces utilizing Iraqi territory to stage attacks against neighboring states. Hussein noted that Iraqi prime ministerial negotiators have reached preliminary understandings with four armed factions to consolidate weapons under state authority, while dialogue continues with two remaining groups.

❗️US airstrikes damage 23 Iranian pharmaceutical and distribution firms in recent raids Recent US air strikes against Iran, executed during overnight bombardments over the past several days, damaged 23 pharmaceutical facilities, disrupting domestic medicine production and threatening essential healthcare supply chains, according to Iran’s Food and Drug Administration. In a statement carried by Tasnim, a spokesperson for the regulatory agency confirmed that the latest wave of US aerial strikes targeted 15 drug-manufacturing complexes and eight major medical distribution companies. The official warned that the recent destruction of industrial infrastructure has created immediate procurement bottlenecks for 37 essential medicines out of roughly 700 vital pharmaceutical products mandated for national healthcare delivery. Health authorities highlighted that ongoing strikes against specialized facilities threaten to sever supply chains for critical raw materials required in domestic drug synthesis. Washington's campaign against Iranian industrial assets increasingly targets civilian supply lines and medical infrastructure, exacerbating public health risks across the country under the guise of military operations.

VIDEO | Israeli settlers filmed stealing a puppy from a Palestinian home in Khirbet al-Marajim near the village of Duma, in the occupied West Bank.

❗️Iranian general confirms reverse-engineering of captured US weapons The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force announced on Monday that Iranian defense specialists are actively reverse-engineering captured US military equipment to further expand domestic arms production. Speaking to Press TV, Brigadier General Ali Balali, an adviser to the IRGC’s Aerospace Force, dismissed joint US-Israeli claims that Iranian defensive capabilities have been weakened as baseless "propaganda and psychological warfare." "Various pieces of equipment and a range of assets have been captured from the enemy, and Iran's defense industry specialists are currently reverse-engineering them," Balali stated, highlighting that Tehran's military posture and material resources have grown significantly since the start of the imposed war. Balali emphasized Tehran's self-reliant defense doctrine, contrasting it with regional regimes dependent on western protection. "Unlike some countries that rely on foreign sources for their security, the Islamic Republic of Iran is not seeking imported security," he affirmed, adding that long-term munitions stockpiles needed to defend national sovereignty remain fully secured. Warning Washington and Tel Aviv against further escalation along Iran's borders, the IRGC general asserted that the armed forces stand fully prepared with their "fingers on the trigger" to deliver a "severe and devastating" response to any future miscalculations or hostile aggression.

❗️Drone strike disables Iraq's Khor Mor gasfield, wiping out 70 percent of regional power generation A targeted strike by an explosives-laden drone plunged northern Iraq into widespread darkness late Sunday, knocking out 2.8 gigawatts of power generation and disabling the region's most critical energy complex, according to local officials and operational reports. Reporting from Baghdad, Al Jazeera correspondent Peter Smith confirmed that the assault on the Khor Mor gasfield, which is the largest and most vital gas facility in the country, instantly severed 70 percent of northern Iraq’s electricity capacity, cutting off power to over 80 percent of households across the Kurdish region. While regional authorities in Erbil quickly blamed "unregulated armed factions" operating within Iraq, no group has officially claimed responsibility for the operation. The Khor Mor complex, joint-operated by UAE-based Dana Gas, has repeatedly emerged as a prime target during periods of regional escalation. A nearly identical drone strike targeted the facility in late 2025, triggering widespread fires and paralyzing the regional grid.

❗️️️️️️️Cracks deepen in Israeli opposition as Eisenkot's coalition bid sparks bitter infighting Deep divisions are emerging within Israel's anti-Netanyahu opposition bloc less than two days after President Isaac Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot with forming a new government. According to Ynet on 9 November, disputes over coalition arrangements have escalated into public confrontations between Eisenkot, Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman, and Democrats chairman Yair Golan, while former prime minister Naftali Bennett has remained largely silent. The central dispute concerns Eisenkot's proposal to establish a minority government with outside support from the Palestinian Ra'am party. Lieberman opposes the arrangement, instead advocating a coalition including ultra-Orthodox parties. He warned that pursuing a minority government would effectively hand Netanyahu another four years in power within six months, calling it a “gift” to the prime minister. Eisenkot responded by warning that anyone obstructing the formation of a government for personal reasons would be “remembered by history” for failing to save Israel during a national emergency. He previously declared that those attempting to sabotage coalition negotiations for personal interests “will not be forgiven.” Tensions intensified when Golan accused Lieberman of compromising on military conscription for ultra-Orthodox men and reversing Israel's judicial overhaul, suggesting he should instead form a government with Netanyahu. Lieberman dismissed the criticism as “a pile-on of stupidity and malice,” insisting that replacing the Knesset speaker, appointing a new state comptroller, limiting prime ministers to two terms, and repealing judicial overhaul legislation should take priority. He called anyone proposing a different order “simply an idiot.”

❗️Trump administration moves to secretly deport 11 Iranians via Pakistan in violation of federal court order The US government initiated an emergency overnight operation on Sunday to deport 11 Iranian nationals to Iran via Pakistan, defying a binding federal court order mandating advance notice, according to legal filings by human rights advocates. The emergency motion, submitted to a US federal court by the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund (IALDF), revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents mobilized ten men and one woman late Saturday from Arizona's Florence Service Processing Center and Eloy Detention Center. The detainees were transferred to Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport for a 4:00 a.m. charter flight to Islamabad, Pakistan, featuring a refueling stop in Georgia, ahead of an scheduled onward transfer to Iran on Tuesday. According to court documents, ICE issued the detainees 15-day Pakistani transit visas and facilitated direct coordination inside an Arizona detention facility, where an Iranian government official met with seven of the men on Friday to present official flight manifests. The covert removal directly breaches a 15 October order issued by US District Judge Ana C. Reyes, which legally obligates the Trump administration to provide "five business days' written advance notice" prior to removing any Iranian national to Iran or a coordinating third country. By filing an ex parte notice late Tuesday, the administration attempted to execute the flight after only three business days.