News and Analysis 10/25/26

Iran war updates:

Trump Looks to Plunge Us Deeper into a Misconceived Iran War After the Midterms (Inquirer)
Iran’s FM: Another Strike On Iran Will Not Produce Different Results (Kurdistan 24)
Iran-Backed Militia Accuses US of Airspace Violations as Baghdad Probes Suspected Israeli Strikes (themedialine)
A New Level of Threat and Fear Risks Pushing the U.S. and Iran Back to Full War (NY Times)

Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:

Israeli Settlers Turn a Palestinian Rite into a Gantlet of Violence and Fear (NY Times)
Israeli Colonizers Attack Palestinians, Establish Outposts (IMEMC)
Israeli Attacks Kill, Wound Palestinians Across Gaza (IMEMC)
Days Before Israeli Election, Military Conducts Massive West Bank Operation (AP / WBBM)
Katz Admits Displacing 2,000 Palestinians as B’Tselem Warns of Ethnic Cleansing (Palestine Chronicle)
IDF Announces General Closure for West Bank Palestinians on Israel’s Election Day (Haaretz)
‘Gaza’s Suffering Has Become Campaign Fodder’: Palestinians Fear the Worst from Israel Election (The Guardian)

“The group says its operations target Saudi oil facilities and military bases, and that it announces such attacks when they occur”:

Iran-backed Houthis Claim They Didn’t Attack Mecca and Medina After Saudis Warned of Falling Debris (Times of Israel)

“David Barnea says Mossad deliberately publicized its operations inside Iran to overwhelm security forces with arrests, while hundreds of tests preceded the explosive pager operation against Hezbollah”:

Ex-Mossad Chief Reveals How Israel Protected Agents in Iran, Engineered Hezbollah Pager Attacks (Ynet)

“The band partnered with Human Concern International for that event, with donations fielded for the show being earmarked for humanitarian efforts in Palestine, Sudan and Lebanon”:

Turnstile’s Palestine, Sudan, Etc. Benefit Concert at the Washington Monument Drew an Estimated 60,000 People & Raised over $209,000 (ThePRP News)

“Iranians say they are paying more for slow, unreliable and heavily restricted internet after mobile operators raised data prices by up to 40%, with some reporting that their allowances run out unusually quickly”: