Hostage Update: 763 Days, 5 Hostages Remain
Israel received the bodies of three more deceased hostages. Itay Chen, Lior Rudaeff, and Joshua Luito Mollel. Chen and Rudaeff were killed fignting Hamas on October 7. Mollel was a Tanzanian agronomy student, kidnapped and murdered in Gaza.
Canada
Voters in Montreal sent a clear rejection to anti-Israel activist candidates in recent municipal elections.
Europe
>Weapons cache believed linked to Hamas found in Vienna by Austria’s intelligence service
>Meet the French mayor who hung Israeli flags and a hostage banner on his City Hall
>Suspected Terror Attack in Oleron Island. Suspect shouted "Allahu Akbar" and drove into pedestrians and cyclists. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/05/driver-ploughs-into-crowd-french-holiday-island/
Iraq
Tsurkov tells her story - after release by Kataeb Hezbollah, Iran-backed Iraqis
Lebanon
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets in South Lebannon
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan to join the U.S. brokered Abraham Accords
Lebanon
IDF steps up strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. Warns residents to evacuate.
Palestinians/Hamas/PA
>Published in a publication that often includes Hamas propaganda: They’re forcing us to gain weight’ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/forcing-us-gain-weight-select-foods-allowed-gaza-essentials-remain-missing see the commentary: https://worldisraelnews.com/fatocide-israel-accused-of-making-gazans-fat/
>Hamas Claims Deal with PA to Manage Gaza - also rejects call for Hamas to disarm
Terrorists crossed yellow line and approached troops https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/1107/Hamas-rivals-Palestine-peace-plan
Saudi Arabia
US-Saudi Jet Deal - negotiating to purchase 48 F-35 fighter jets
Syria
U.S. To Establish Military Presence Around Damascus in Push for Syria-Israel Security Agreement
TURKEY
Hamas hails Turkish arrest warrants for 37 Israeli officials, including Netanyahu
UK
UK government has acknowledged that since 2015, the Muslim Brotherhood has been operating an influence campaign from Birmingham. Now, Amjad Taha from the UAE links members of the Muslim Brotherhood’s army in Sudan now living comfortably in Manchester, London, and Birmingham, living off benefits after committing genocide against Christians
USA
>This week NYC elected Mr. Mamdani as mayor. This is a man who closely allies with Jeremy Corbyn, Linda Sarsour, Jamal Bowman, and Hasan Piker - all notoriously antiisraeli and antisemtic.
>A staggering number (56%) of 18-34 year olds hold falsehoods about Jews and believe violence is permissible in pursuit of justice. https://www.facultyagainstantisemitism.org/
ON CAMPUS
>Princeton University's Spring '26 course: Gender, Reproduction, and Genocide - a master class in educational malpractice
>SJP is still a student group at Toronto https://thecjn.ca/news/five-arrested-after-violent-attack-at-tmu-event-featuring-israeli-soldiers/
