On November 24, 2025, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, accompagnied by IDF forces, raided the Bedouin town of Lakiya amid a sharp rise in violent crime across Negev Arab communities, prompting anger from residents and leaders. Police blocked the town’s entrance with concrete barriers as part of “Operation New Order,” aimed at curbing gangs and weapons trafficking. Arab mayors accused Ben Gvir of excluding them from key decision-making despite Arab towns suffering most of the bloodshed; over 230 Arab citizens have been killed this year in largely gang-related violence. During the visit, Ben Gvir clashed with Ra’am MK Walid al-Hawashleh, calling himself the town’s “landlord” and telling the MK “out” in Arabic—remarks that residents and leaders condemned as racist provocations. Locals also resented the roadblocks, likening them to West Bank-style restrictions. As part of the operation, police placed concrete barriers around Bedouin communities. Local leaders criticized the move as a political photo-op and argued that enforcement is needed at night, when armed activity peaks. This operation is experienced as a siege, a colletive punishement and an apartheid decision. Earlier the same day, Beersheba’s mayor held an emergency meeting on the crime wave with Jewish regional leaders, but no Bedouin or Arab council heads were invited, deepening frustration. Bedouin leaders stressed the urgent need to remove army-grade weapons flooding their communities. In Jerusalem, activists with the Standing Together movement staged a dramatic protest, covering themselves in fake blood to highlight what they described as the government’s abandonment of Arab society and failure to curb the violence.

The Hakawati Theatre (also called El‑Hakawati or the Palestinian National Theatre) is in East Jerusalem, on Abu Obeida Ibn al‑Jarah Street in the Sheikh Jarrah / American Colony neighborhood. On November 23, 2025, Israeli intelligence forces stormed the Hakawati Theatre, also known as the Palestinian National Theatre in East Jerusalem, and abruptly shut down a children’s musical show, “Dreams under the Olive Tree,” threatening the audience with just five minutes to leave. They shut down a performance in which Palestinian children were presenting a traditional scene, terrified them, and ordered everyone to leave, following the direct instructions of the far-right Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has intensified attacks on Palestinian cultural spaces across the city. The theatre, founded in 1984, is a major hub for Palestinian culture, hosting plays, festivals and training young actors, and has long been a space for artistic expression and resistance. Al-Hakawati has faced repeated threats and closures over the years, including bans on children’s festivals and temporary shutdowns by Israeli authorities. This raid is part of a broader pattern of attacks on Palestinian cultural institutions, driven by Israel’s extremist policies, aimed at silencing Palestinian voices and curtailing cultural expression among Palestinians. One of the founders of the Hakawati Theater in 1984 was the late François, the son of the French poet and surgeon Laurent Gaspar. He chose a Palestinian identity and lived it fully, adopting an Arabic surname to complete his rootedness in the place, becoming François Abu Salem.

On November 23, a young Palestinian man was killed on evening after being shot by Israeli forces during a settlers attack on Deir Jarir town, east of Ramallah. Earlier that evening, settlers attacked Deir Jarir, supported by Israeli forces, who fired tear gas heavily at residents. They assaulted residents and their homes, while Israeli forces provided protection for them. During the assault, a young man sustained critical injuries from a live bullet to the chest. The Palestinian Red Crescent administered CPR and life-saving efforts before transferring him to a hospital, where he later succumbed to his wounds. **Name of the martyr:** Baraa Khairy Ali Maali, 20,

On November 21, Israeli settlers set fire to six residential villas in the Tarouja area between the villages of Al-Lubban al-Sharqiya and Ammouriyeh, south of Nablus. The fires caused extensive destruction to the structures and surrounding property. Dozen of settlers stormed the mountain and ignited the fires in the six villas, which belong to Palestinian citizen Khalil Abu Sneina and several partners. The guard of the villas suffered burn injuries while attempting to extinguish the flames.

On November 20, at around 23:30 on Thursday, Israeli forces raided the Kafr ‘Aqab village, north of occupied East Jerusalem, deployed along Jerusalem–Ramallah Street. Israeli military vehicles were stationed near Sikal intersection, while a number of Israeli soldiers were positioned in front of the “Shish Shawarma” building, and an Israeli sniper climbed the building’s fourth floor. The Israeli forces killed two Palestinian civilians: a child and a young man, shortly after midnight on Friday, November 20. **According to information collected by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ (PCHR) staff:** - At approximately 00:00, on Friday, the Israeli forces heavily fired stun grenades under the pretext that one of the soldiers had been attacked with stones, sparking limited clashes in the area. - About twenty minutes later, an Israeli sniper stationed in a nearby residential building opened fire at Sami Ibrahim Sami Mashayikh (16) while he was on the main street, approximately 50 meters away from the sniper’s position. The child was shot with a live bullet in the chest and was then transported by the village’s residents in a private vehicle to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah. - About twenty minutes after the first incident, the Israeli sniper reopened fire on other people in the same area, wounding one in the foot, while another, ‘Amr Khaled Ahmed al-Marbou‘ (18), was shot in the chest with a live bullet. ‘Amr was initially taken to the nearby Daa’ al-Shifa Medical Center before being transferred to the Palestine Medical Complex, where Sami Mashayikh and ‘Amr al-Marbou‘ were pronounced dead at around 01:00. According to PCHR the child, the teenager, and the events in the village posed no danger or threat to the soldiers’ lives; therefore, there was no justification for the excessive use of force against Palestinian civilians. Oday al-Shurfa, a friend of Marbou, told AFP he witnessed the incident, which occurred during clashes between Israeli forces and local Palestinians. "He was just standing there, not holding or throwing stones -- just like the others,". Marbou was hit "in the chest, in the heart. He collapsed and was martyred on the spot,". Anotehr relative of Marbou told AFP: "He was with four others; one of them was also killed, another is in critical condition," and another suffered a serious hand injury."What kind of brutality is this?" she said. **Investigation of Defense for Children- Palestine:** *"Sami Ibrahim Sami Mashayekh, 15, was shot and killed by an Israeli sniper on November 20 around 11:30 p.m. in the Palestinian town of Kafr Aqab, north of Jerusalem in the central occupied West Bank. Sami was playing with his friends in the neighborhood when Israeli forces raided the area. An Israeli sniper took up a position on the roof of the Al-Rajih Medical Center and opened fire toward a group of children and youths in the vicinity. Sami was struck by a bullet in the back that exited through his chest near his heart, causing a severe penetrating wound and significant bleeding. He was shot from a distance of about 50 meters (164 feet) and left bleeding on the ground for 10 minutes, as a sniper targeted anyone who attempted to reach him. Following the raid, Sami was taken to Al-Shifa Hospital in Kafr Aqab and then transferred to the Ramallah Medical Complex, where he was pronounced dead around 1 a.m. Sami usually went out in the evenings to play with his friends, as he owned an electric scooter that he used daily. On the evening of the 20th, he went out with his friends as usual, but they heard that a military operation was present in their neighborhood. Sami returned home to put his scooter away, then went back out of curiosity to see what was happening. As soon as he reached the area, he was immediately shot, according to his relative."* Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP, states that: *“After more than two decades of collecting documentation of Palestinian children killed by Israeli soldiers, it is clear that soldiers kill these children simply because they want to,”. “They know that they will face no consequences from their superior officers, government officials, or anyone in the international community for killing a Palestinian child.”* **Israeli spin:** The operation, according to Israeli police, was aimed at what it described as “hostile elements seeking to harm security forces and provoke violent disorder.” Police came under attack by stone-throwing and fireworks during the operation. **Funeral:** Several hundred people, mostly young men, took part in the funeral processions for Marbou and Mashayekh on Noember 21, clapping and chanting. The deceased were draped in Palestinian flags with their heads covered with the traditional black and white Palestinian keffiyeh. Relatives recited prayers around the bodies. **Victim names:** 1. Amr Khaled Ahmed al-Marbou, 18, 2. Sami Ibrahim Sami Mashayekh, 15.

On November 20, 2025, Israeli settlers have set dozens of cars and several buildings on fire near the Palestinian town of Huwara in the West Bank, with this act of terror coinciding with a meeting by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss rising nationalist violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. A groups of settlers from the illegal settlement of “Yitzhar” attacked the area located between the towns of Huwara and Odala and set fire to the car scrapyard owned by Muhammad al-Dallal. The blaze triggered massive fires and explosions caused by burning vehicles, sending columns of smoke rising over the area adjacent to the bypass road. Huwara Mayor Jihad Ouda reported that Israeli settlers were seen throwing rocks Thursday from an overpass at passing Palestinian vehicles below. The massive fire began soon after. The Israeli army arrived later to force the perpetrators away: “If the army had not removed them, they would have done even more,” Dalal said. “These settlers are causing destruction everywhere here. ... Where can we go? We want to remain steadfast on our land, no matter what.” **IDF investigation:** An Israeli investigation unit of soldiers and border police officers on Friday collected evidence at the scorched scrapyard, according to an Associated Press crew who was asked to leave by the investigators. Asked about the incident, the Israeli military said it dispatched soldiers to the area after receiving reports that settlers were throwing rocks at Palestinian cars. It also said other reports indicated that “several” Israeli civilians had set fires and damaged property in the area. It said soldiers searched the area but didn’t find any suspects and that the police were now handling the case. **Previous incident:** Huwara has been the target of numerous attacks over recent years. In February 2023, scores of Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage there, setting dozens of cars and homes on fire after two settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman. Palestinian medics said one man was killed and four others were badly wounded.

**In Nablus:** The Israeli forces stormed the city of Nablus and a number of towns and villages in the governorate at dawn on Thursday, whith military vehicles. They stormed several neighborhoods of the city and began smashing and removing the doors of some shops opposite the National Hospital on Faisal Street. They raided the Old City of Nablus and its environs, and fired live bullets and stun grenades in the roundabout area, while sources indicated that a number of young men were detained in front of the National Hospital, and that the forces raided its courtyard. They arrested the girl, Maryam Sweilem, after storming her home in the Old City of Nablus, and also stormed a mosque inside the Old City. They stormed a mosque inside the Old City, the National Hospital Square, and raiding shops after smashing their doors and seizing surveillance camera recordings, represents a dangerous escalation against the city. According to the statement of the Nablus Governor Ghassan Daghlas, the current Israeli aggression against the city has completely paralyzed the work of the city’s institutions. In order to preserve the safety of citizens, work was suspended in institutions near the city center and the roundabout, and all public and private schools and kindergartens within the city were closed, and An-Najah National University announced the suspension of work and the postponement of exams for all the day. 3 Palestinians were injured by live fire from Israeli forces. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that four Palestinians, including a child, were hospitalized after being injured by Israeli army fire in the northern city of Nablus. **In Beita:** In the same context, the occupation forces stormed the villages of Beita and Urif, south of Nablus.The sources added that the Israeli forces beat three citizens during a raid on their homes in the town of Beita, and have so far arrested three citizens: Muhannad Dweikat, Majd Nasser, and Yaqoub Riyad Bani **In Beit Furik:** Israeli army forces arrested more than 35 citizens from the town of Beit Furik. They are: Mahmoud Bassam Haj Muhammad, Muhammad Jamal Nasasra, Mahmoud Hussein Abu Hait, Saddam Terrorism, Melitat, the freed prisoner Magdy Saeed Melitat, Musab Azmi Al-Tabsh Nasasra, Azmi Mahmoud Al-Tabsh Nasasra, Hamed Muhammad Al-Shuli Hanani, Salim Bashir Melitat, Youssef Rajeh Hanani, Sheikh Omar Melitat, Musab Saleh Nasasra, Muhannad Ihsan Al-Sinawi and his son Ihsan, Hammam Hossam Abu Hait, Fares Fawaz Fares Hanani, Nayef Amjad Abu Hait, Ali Fouad Al-Hajj Muhammad, Jamal Hossam Abu Hait, Hamad Al-Hamdullah Sinawi Nasasra, the freed prisoner Ziad Abdel Aziz Hanani, Iyad Abdel Aziz Hanani, Majd Iyad Hanani, Majid Al-Khamshan Melitat, Muhammad Bassem Khatahtbeh, Ahmed Tawfiq Nasasra, Ahmed Al-Mahyoub, Saher Murad Tayel Hanani, Uday Murad Tayel Hanani, Zakaria Abdel Moneim Khatahtbeh, Nimr Shaqib Nasasra. The army forces searched the stormed homes, vandalized their contents, and beat some citizens during the arrest and investigation process. Sheikh Omar Melitat was released after being subjected to severe beating, and was transferred to the Friendship Medical Center to receive treatment. The news of the arrest of the prisoner freed in the latest deal according to Trump’s plan — the prisoner Ziad Abdel Aziz Hanani, his brother Iyad Abdel Aziz Hanani, and his son Majd Iyad Hanani — was confirmed.

On November 18 to 19, Israeli forces imposed a siege on the town of Beit Ummar, north of al-Khalil.The operation is supported by significant military reinforcements that were deployed toward the town in the early hours of the morning after sealing all of the town’s entrances with dirt mounds and iron gates, restricting movement in and out of the area. The operation came hours after an Israeli settler was killed and three others were wounded, one critically, in a ramming and stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion junction in the southern West Bank. The attack was carried out by two Palestinians, one of them from Beit Ummar,Walid Mohammed Sabarneh , who were shot dead by Israeli forces. The Israeli forces detained more than 100 Palestinians, converting the town's main soccer field into a makeshift interrogation center and have begun gathering detainees there. They raided dozens of homes, including the Sabarneh family’s house, damaging its contents, then sealed it after forcing the family to evacuate. The home was welded shut with iron sheets, family members were assaulted and the property was damaged following on-site questioning. According to Wafa, these raids were accompanied by acts of abuse against residents and the deliberate destruction of their property and belongings, after the occupation forces imposed a tight siege on the town, declaring it a closed military zone and sealing off all entrances and exits, thus preventing the movement of residents. The arrest and detention operation affected more than 40 citizens, including two women, who were held in the town's stadium.

On 18 November 2025, an Israeli airstrike hit the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, on the outskirts of Saida, at around 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday night, in southern Lebanon. The strike hit near a parking lot by the Khalid bin al-Walid Mosque, in a densely populated part of the camp. The drone fired on a vehicle surrounded by pedestrians, many of whom were returning from evening prayers. A football/sports field where young people were gathered were alos targeted: "an open sports field frequented by young people from the camp, known to all residents, and that those targeted were a group of boys who were on the field at the time of the strike." According to the state news agency NNA, three missiles were fired into the center. Eyewitnesses described a horrific scene: people “just playing … suddenly the sound was terrifying, everyone fell. There were no weapons.” Local sources reported that emergency services worked under very difficult conditions, evacuating the wounded into hospitals in Sidon. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that 13 Palestinian refugees were killed and dozens more wounded. The victims were all registered Palestinian refugees, descendants of families displaced during the Nakba in 1948. On November 19, search and rescue operations have ended at the site stuck by Israel: the death toll stands at 14. Israeli military’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee said it struck members of the Palestinian armed group Hamas who were operating in a training compound in the refugee camp: “When we say we will not tolerate any threat on our northern border, this means all terrorist groups operating in the region,”. “We will continue to act forcefully against Hamas’s attempts to establish a foothold in Lebanon and eliminate its elements that threaten our security.” Hamas strongly rejects the claim, stating the strike hit a civilian “sports field” / indoor football field, not a military site. **Reactions:** Hamas condemned it as a “brutal assault on our unarmed Palestinian people.” The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) called it a “brutal Zionist aggression” and challenged claims of military justification. **Ceasefire violation:** Hamas and some local commentators see this as a violation or escalation. The strike is one of Israel's deadliest since the so-called ceasefire deal went into effect on Nov. 27, 2024. **Why Ain al-Hilweh Is Significant?** Ain al-Hilweh is the biggest Palestinian camp in Lebanon, with a very dense population, home to over 70,000 Palestinian refugees, and has long suffered from overcrowding, poverty, and limited access to Lebanese state services. The camp is not fully controlled by the Lebanese state; various Palestinian factions (including Hamas, Fatah, Islamist groups) have influence. In 2023, there were major clashes in the camp between Islamist groups and Fatah, resulting in dozens of deaths. There have also been past Israeli strikes. For example, in October 2024, an Israeli strike reportedly killed six Lebanese (some children) in Ain al-Hilweh.

On November 18, 2025, Al Jazeera photographer Fadi Yassin was injured in his legs, after Israeli occupation soldiers shot him while he was performing his work near Nour Shams camp in Tulkarm Northern West Bank Occupied. According to the testimony of his colleague, Al Jazeera correspondent Laith Jaar, they covered a protest organized by displaced citizens to demand the return to their homes in the camp, while an Israeli sniper opened fire directly on the demonstrators, wounding photographer Fadi Yassin with bullets in his legs. Fadi Yassin was immediately transferred to Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarm to receive treatment. A child, who was also present in the area, was also injured by shrapnel from live bullets. During the same event, Israeli soldiers detained Roya TV cameraman Mahmoud Fawzi after assaulting him. It was the second protest, since the previous, where hundreds of Palestinian residents of Nour Shams camp demand the return to their homes in the camp from which they were forcibly displaced 10 months ago.