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18 countries condemn Israeli strike on Gaza hospital, urge ceasefire compliance
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Patients are transferred from the Nasser Hospital following an Israeli attack in Khan Yunis, Gaza, Palestine on November 12, 2026. [Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency]
Turkiye and 17 other countries on Saturday strongly condemned an Israeli airstrike on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, which caused casualties among patients and medical personnel, and called on Israel to uphold the ceasefire and allow the unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid.
In a joint statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday, the foreign ministers of Türkiye, Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said the attack violated international humanitarian law, which provides special protection for medical facilities and healthcare workers.
The ministers also condemned continued Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians, including strikes on tents and other shelters housing displaced people, warning that such attacks undermine the ceasefire and efforts to restore security and stability in Gaza.
They said the attacks were inconsistent with US President Donald Trump’s comprehensive plan.
Expressing grave concern over Israel’s continued restrictions on humanitarian assistance, shelter materials and medical supplies, the ministers warned that conditions in Gaza were worsening as winter approaches.
They said inadequate shelter and deteriorating water, sanitation and healthcare services put civilians, particularly children and infants, at serious risk of dying from exposure to freezing temperatures.
READ: 6 Palestinians killed, dozens injured in Israeli strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis
Calls on Israel, UN agencies and humanitarian organizations
The statement called on Israel to respond to appeals from the international community and the Board of Peace and immediately fulfill its obligations under the Sharm El-Sheikh Agreement, Trump’s Comprehensive Plan and UN Security Council Resolution 2803 (2025).
The ministers urged Israel to uphold the ceasefire, protect civilians and medical facilities, and ensure the safe, sustained and unimpeded delivery of sufficient humanitarian aid, including shelter materials, early recovery supplies and equipment needed to restore essential infrastructure.
They also called for UN agencies and humanitarian organizations to be allowed to carry out their work without obstruction.
They stressed that the commitments under the first phase were due to take effect upon signature and must be implemented without delay or additional political or security conditions restricting humanitarian access.
They further emphasized that urgent humanitarian assistance must not depend on progress in subsequent phases of the plan.
The ministers called on the US and the Board of Peace, within their respective roles, to intensify efforts to ensure Israel fully implements its commitments and lifts all restrictions on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, warning that the credibility of the agreements and the consolidation of the ceasefire depend on their implementation.
They reaffirmed their commitment to working with regional and international partners to consolidate the ceasefire, implement all phases of the plan and expand humanitarian assistance to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people.
READ: Hamas says Board of Peace adopts misleading Israeli narrative on Gaza hospitals
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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister. He asks who could possibly object to the IDF starving people to death, conducting forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing all Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He says they’ve got a genocide to do for Israel and to stop objecting.
Ed Miliband claims that he and Andy Burnham have reformulated Blair’s triangulation strategy. Their new formulation entails acknowledging that they were wrong on Israel and Palestine but entails doing absolutely nothing about it and continuing exactly the same policies hoping that you’re too stupid to notice.
15 November 2026
Cop31: how far off target are we?

As the planet faces unprecedented human-caused global heating, heads of government are meeting in Turkey for the next fortnight for the latest round of climate talks. Madeleine Finlay tells co-host Ian Sample why these negotiations are so critical and what the chances are of meaningful change.
Donald Trump urges you to ignore facts and reality and be a Climate Science denier like him. He says that he makes millions and millions for destroying the planet, Burn, Baby, Burn and Flood, Baby, Flood.
Orcas comment on killer apes destroying the planet by continuing to burn fossil fuels.
15 November 2026
Who really funds Britain’s MPs?

Keir Starmer explains that he feels no shame or guilt benefitting personally from gifts from the rich and powerful while insisting on policies of severe austerity causing suffering and death.
Reform UK 2025 Ltd’s Nigel Farage says it’s probably best to forget to mention that their sposor made his mega-fortune facilitating serioius crime by providing global money-laundering services.
15 November 2026
Israeli army arrests 10 Palestinians in raids across occupied West Bank
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Israeli forces conduct a raid into West Bank city of Nablus, detaining a Palestinian, on October 07, 2026. [Nedal Eshtayah – Anadolu Agency]
The Israeli army arrested at least 10 Palestinians and assaulted others early Saturday during raids across the occupied West Bank amid tightening restrictions on Palestinians.
Israeli forces arrested 10 Palestinians, including a woman, during raids in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, local sources told Anadolu Agency.
The sources said Israeli military vehicles raided the Balata and Askar refugee camps east of Nablus, the Ein Beit al-Ma’ (Ein Camp) refugee camp west of the city, as well as the neighborhoods of Iskan Rujeib, Al-Masakin Al-Sha’biya, Balata al-Balad and Askar al-Balad.
The army evacuated a house in the city’s eastern area and turned it into a military barracks while conducting field interrogations of several Palestinians, they added.
Several young men were injured after Israeli soldiers beat them during raids on Balata refugee camp and the Balata al-Balad area, according to the sources.
Israeli forces also raided the town of Tammun, south of Tubas, and searched several homes while tightening military restrictions at the Ein Shibli checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley, disrupting residents’ movement.
In Jenin province, Israeli forces raided homes in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of the city, and entered the Wadi Burqin area southwest of Jenin early Saturday, according to local sources.
In the southern West Bank, Israeli forces closed a side road near the military gate at the entrance to Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, on Saturday morning, local sources said.
READ: Israeli forces shoot Palestinian child, detain 2 in West Bank raids
In Jericho and the Jordan Valley province in the eastern West Bank, Israeli forces raided a venue Friday evening that had been prepared to welcome released Jerusalem detainee Mohammed Nasser al-Hindi.
They dispersed those present and destroyed the venue’s contents, local sources said.
In the central West Bank, Israeli forces raided the town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah, and closed the entrance to the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of the city, preventing people from entering or leaving, they said.
The military also raided a wedding reception at a hall in Al-Mughayyir village Friday evening and fired tear gas at around 150 guests, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
The agency said soldiers detained four Palestinians inside the hall, including the groom, Hassan Abu Aliya, and assaulted them before releasing them several hours later.
Attacks by the Israeli army and Israeli occupiers against Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank have intensified since the start of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023.
The attacks have included killings, arrests, demolitions of homes and other structures, arson and the destruction of agricultural land, alongside settlement expansion and the displacement of residents.
Palestinians warn that such practices are paving the way for Israel’s formal annexation of the West Bank, undermining prospects for an independent Palestinian state in accordance with relevant UN resolutions.
READ: Israeli army arrests 6 Palestinians in renewed raids across occupied West Bank
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister. He asks who could possibly object to the IDF starving people to death, conducting forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing all Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He says they’ve got a genocide to do for Israel and to stop objecting.
Ed Miliband claims that he and Andy Burnham have reformulated Blair’s triangulation strategy. Their new formulation entails acknowledging that they were wrong on Israel and Palestine but entails doing absolutely nothing about it and continuing exactly the same policies hoping that you’re too stupid to notice.
15 November 2026
Netanyahu discusses possible resumption of attacks on Iran with Eisenkot: Israeli media
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Former Chief of General Staff and leader of the Yashar party, Gadi Eisenkot holds an election rally ahead of Israeli parliamentary (Knesset) elections in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 25, 2026. [Saeed Qaq – Anadolu Agency]
Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the possible resumption of attacks on Iran with Gadi Eisenkot, who has been tasked with forming the next government, Israeli media reported Friday.
According to Channel 12, Netanyahu held the meeting Thursday and sought to share intelligence on Iran with Eisenkot.
The broadcaster cited an “informed” source who said the intelligence “could change his view” of Netanyahu’s motives for resuming attacks.
Eisenkot was not aware that Mossad chief Roman Gofman was visiting Washington to discuss the issue, said Channel 12.
It did not indicate whether Eisenkot was deliberately kept uninformed about Gofman’s visit.
The meeting came amid a political transition in Israel after Netanyahu’s bloc lost its parliamentary majority in the Oct. 27 elections and Eisenkot was tasked with forming a new government.
Eisenkot had warned Netanyahu against carrying out unnecessary military operations before a government is formed.
Military reservations about timing
Israel’s public broadcaster KAN, meanwhile, reported that Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir supports a military operation against Iran but does not believe the current timing is appropriate.
Zamir favors coordination with the US and choosing suitable timing and conditions for the operation, it said.
KAN cited an unnamed security source who said the Israeli army sees no immediate Iranian threat requiring a new attack and has warned against entering a prolonged war of attrition.
READ: Israel’s Lieberman warns Netanyahu against war-related decisions without parliamentary oversight
The source also ruled out renewing the war in the coming weeks.
Channel 12 previously reported disagreements between Netanyahu and Zamir over moves that could lead to a new confrontation with Iran, but Netanyahu’s office denied the report.
Mossad chief in Washington
Separately, the Haaretz newspaper reported Friday that Gofman met CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Washington and was expected to meet US envoy Steve Witkoff as part of Israeli efforts to secure Washington’s support for renewed attacks against Iran.
Channel 13 said Gofman would present intelligence concerning Iran’s nuclear program and development of long-range missiles, as well as Israeli claims that Tehran violated agreements with Washington.
There was no comment from the relevant US or Israeli authorities on details of the visit, according to Haaretz.
Netanyahu’s moves come amid Israeli concerns, according to media reports, that Washington and Tehran could reach an agreement that eases pressure on Iran without addressing its nuclear program or missile capabilities.
The developments coincide with concerns among parts of the Israeli opposition that military decisions made during the transition of power could affect the formation of the next government.
READ: Eisenkot warns Netanyahu against politically motivated security decisions amid Iran tensions
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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister. He asks who could possibly object to the IDF starving people to death, conducting forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing all Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He says they’ve got a genocide to do for Israel and to stop objecting.
Ed Miliband claims that he and Andy Burnham have reformulated Blair’s triangulation strategy. Their new formulation entails acknowledging that they were wrong on Israel and Palestine but entails doing absolutely nothing about it and continuing exactly the same policies hoping that you’re too stupid to notice.
15 November 2026

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