{"id":95428,"date":"2026-10-25T06:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95428"},"modified":"2026-10-25T06:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:31:36","slug":"news-and-analysis-10-25-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95428","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 10\/25\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/columnists\/iran-war-trump-midterms-ukraine-attack-strait-hormuz-20261025.html\">Trump Looks to Plunge Us Deeper into a Misconceived Iran War After the Midterms<\/a> (Inquirer)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurdistan24.net\/en\/story\/948371\/irans-fm-another-strike-on-iran-will-not-produce-different-results\">Iran&#8217;s FM: Another Strike On Iran Will Not Produce Different Results<\/a> (Kurdistan 24)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themedialine.org\/headlines\/iran-backed-militia-accuses-us-of-airspace-violations-as-baghdad-probes-suspected-israeli-strikes\/\">Iran-Backed Militia Accuses US of Airspace Violations as Baghdad Probes Suspected Israeli Strikes<\/a> (themedialine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/24\/us\/politics\/trump-netanyahu-iran-new-phase-of-war.html\">A New Level of Threat and Fear Risks Pushing the U.S. and Iran Back to Full War<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/23\/world\/middleeast\/west-bank-settlers-palestinians-harvest.html\">Israeli Settlers Turn a Palestinian Rite into a Gantlet of Violence and Fear<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imemc.org\/article\/israeli-colonizers-attack-palestinians-establish-outposts\/\">Israeli Colonizers Attack Palestinians, Establish Outposts<\/a> (IMEMC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imemc.org\/article\/israeli-attacks-kill-wound-palestinians-across-gaza\/\">Israeli Attacks Kill, Wound Palestinians Across Gaza<\/a> (IMEMC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/wbbm780\/news\/world\/israel-palestinians-west-bank-election-74780315aced86b8b52379cc893b8dfa\">Days Before Israeli Election, Military Conducts Massive West Bank Operation<\/a> (AP \/ WBBM)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/katz-admits-displacing-2000-palestinians-as-btselem-warns-of-ethnic-cleansing\/\">Katz Admits Displacing 2,000 Palestinians as B\u2019Tselem Warns of Ethnic Cleansing<\/a> (Palestine Chronicle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/west-bank\/2026-10-25\/ty-article\/.premium\/idf-announces-general-west-bank-closure-on-israels-election-day\/000001a1-6fe4-d9e6-a5b1-6feda7180000\">IDF Announces General Closure for West Bank Palestinians on Israel&#8217;s Election Day<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/oct\/25\/gaza-suffering-campaign-fodder-palestinians-fear-worst-israel-election\">\u2018Gaza\u2019s Suffering Has Become Campaign Fodder\u2019: Palestinians Fear the Worst from Israel Election<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The group says its operations target Saudi oil facilities and military bases, and that it announces such attacks when they occur&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/iran-backed-houthis-claim-they-didnt-attack-mecca-and-medina-after-saudis-warned-of-falling-debris\/\">Iran-backed Houthis Claim They Didn\u2019t Attack Mecca and Medina After Saudis Warned of Falling Debris<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;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&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/sjkraj5hzg\">Ex-Mossad Chief Reveals How Israel Protected Agents in Iran, Engineered Hezbollah Pager Attacks<\/a> (Ynet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The band partnered with <strong>Human Concern International<\/strong> for that event, with donations fielded for the show being earmarked for humanitarian efforts in Palestine, Sudan and Lebanon&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprp.com\/2026\/10\/25\/news\/turnstiles-palestine-sudan-etc-benefit-concert-at-the-washington-monument-drew-an-estimated-60000-people-raised-over-209000\/\">Turnstile&#8217;s Palestine, Sudan, Etc. 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