In the West Bank, Israeli settlers attack Palestinian shepherds in Khirbet al-Tuba. Israeli settlers also spray graffiti on Roman-era structures in Sebastia. Israeli forces shoot and kill a Palestinian man near Haris, claiming he was responsible for injuring 9 Israeli settlers in a shooting at a bus near the Ariel settlement. Hamas claims responsibility for the shooting. Israeli forces also shoot and injure 2 Palestinians during a raid in Iraq Burin. Elsewhere, Israeli forces seize 3 vehicles, jewelry, and cash during a raid in Beit Furik. Israeli forces also arrest 8 Palestinians during raids in and around Baqa al-Hatab, Beit Furik, and Qalqilya. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Rafah, Gaza City, Khan Yunis, Beit Lahiya, and Nuseirat refugee camp, killing dozens of people, including at least 75 people in 2 attacks on homes in Beit Lahiya and Kamal Adwan Hospital ICU director Dr. Ahmed al-Kahlout in a drone attack at the hospital’s gates. Israeli forces also withdraw from Nuseirat refugee camp after killing several people. 2 children and a woman die from suffocation while trying to get bread from al-Banna Bakery in Dayr al-Balah. An Israeli soldier is killed in northern Gaza. In Lebanon, Israeli forces injure 2 people in Bint Jbeil. Israeli forces also enter Khiam, opening fire on people burying a body at a cemetery. (AJ, AJ, AP, HA, HA, NYT, REU, REU, REU, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 11/29; HA, HA 11/30; UNOCHA 12/3; UNOCHA 12/5)
More than 44,363 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 17,500 children and 11,487 women, and around 105,070 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 10,000 people are missing in rubble. 798 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 169 children. More than 6,500 people have been injured. Israel reports that 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed and 5,400 have been injured in Israel since 10/7/2023, including Israeli soldiers. In addition, 379 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 2,456 injured in Gaza since the ground invasion began on 10/27/2023. Over 1.93 million Palestinians, nearly 85% of the population of Gaza, have been displaced since 10/7/2023. There has been a complete electricity blackout in Gaza since 10/12/2023 due to the Israeli blockade. 87% of all housing units in Gaza have been destroyed or severely damaged since 10/7/2023. UNOCHA says that 79% of Gaza is under evacuation orders. The World Food Programme says all bakeries in central Gaza are closed due to a lack of supplies. (HA, UNOCHA, WAFA, WAFA 11/29)
The PA requests an Arab League emergency meeting to discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza in response to today’s attack on Beit Lahiya. (AJ, WAFA 11/29)
Hezbollah secretary-general Naim Qassem declares that Hezbollah won a “divine victory” over Israel, claiming it to be bigger than the 2006 war. (AJ, AP, HA 11/29)
ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan says the Israeli appeals against the arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant should be dismissed. (HA 11/29; AJ 11/30)
The Dutch Supreme Court chief prosecutor requests that the Court of Appeals approve the decision to stop exporting F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel. Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof says there are “possible scenarios, also within international law, in which he [Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu] would be able to come to the Netherlands without being arrested.” (AJ, HA, REU 11/29)
The U.S. appoints Major General Jasper Jeffers and Deputy Assistant to the president Amos Hochstein to supervise the implementation of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal. (HA 11/29)
Reuters reports that Saudi Arabia has abandoned its pursuit of a defense treaty with the U.S. in exchange for normalizing ties with Israel. (HA 11/29)
More than 60 members of the UK parliament send a letter to Foreign Secretary David Lammy, urging him to impose sanctions on Israel. (AJ, WAFA 11/29)
Norwegian king Harald V, members of the Norwegian government, and leaders of several parties participate in a solidarity event for Palestine at the Oslo Cathedral. (AJ 11/29; WAFA 11/30)
U.S. president Joe Biden is seen carrying Palestinian historian and IPS USA Board of Directors president Rashid Khalidi’s book The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine out of a bookstore in Nantucket where he and his family is spending the Thanksgiving holiday. (HA 12/1)