Israel Briefing: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026

Status: Daily briefing. Each item names its source.

Politics — see lead story

The 26th Knesset is being sworn in Tuesday at 4 p.m. Israel time. Eisenkot holds 67 recommendations, but his four-party bloc has 48 seats against Netanyahu's 53. Yashar has proposed Matan Kahana for speaker; a vote within a week is the first test of a 61-vote majority. Full story: 26th Knesset Is Being Sworn In Tuesday; Kahana Speakership Is First Test.

Iran — Trump remarks and IDF scenarios

President Trump said Monday, in remarks published by CNBC on Tuesday, that "we're seeing momentum toward the end of this conflict" and that it will be ending "fairly soon." The Jerusalem Post reports the IDF is preparing for two scenarios. Full story: Trump Says Iran War Ending 'Fairly Soon'; IDF Preparing Two Scenarios.

Gaza flooding — Board of Peace and IDF figures

The Board of Peace called weekend flooding "an immediate humanitarian emergency." The IDF cited more than 91,000 tents and 8,200 trucks. Full story: Board of Peace Calls Gaza Flooding an Immediate Humanitarian Emergency.

Gaza — Yellow Line incident (IDF)

The IDF said that on Monday two people it identified as terrorists crossed the Yellow Line in the southern Gaza Strip, approached troops, and posed an immediate threat; the air force then struck and killed them, Israel National News reported in a flash citing the military. The Times of Israel also reported the IDF account. This item is attributed to the IDF.

Lebanon — strikes and stalled talks

L'Orient Today reported Israeli army strikes at Qantara and the demolition of houses in Zawtar Sharqieh, with additional artillery reported in the Mansouri and Wadi area. Arab News reports that U.S.-mediated Israel-Lebanon talks remain stalled, with disputes over withdrawal, the June framework, and a verification mechanism, and that Beirut is waiting on a date from Washington.

West Bank

Palestinian health officials said Israeli forces killed 14-year-old Moataz Daghlas on Monday evening during a raid in Burqa, near Nablus, the BBC, the Times of Israel, and Haaretz reported. The Israeli military said soldiers identified "several terrorists who intended to hurl stones" in an area where stones had previously been thrown at Israeli vehicles, and fired "to remove the threat." The Palestinian Red Crescent told the BBC its teams treated two people with gunshot wounds, that Israeli forces blocked access to a third wounded person, and that three volunteer paramedics were detained. Relatives said Israeli authorities were withholding the boy's body, the BBC reported.

The Times of Israel reported video of a settler slapping a Palestinian woman outside her home in the South Hebron Hills.

Settlers were reported to have set vehicles and industrial equipment on fire in the Beita industrial zone, south of Nablus, in an incident carried by the Times of Israel and Haaretz and also covered by the Jerusalem Post.

Morocco — defense attache office in Rabat

The Times of Israel and the Jerusalem Post report that a Defense Ministry delegation led by Director General Amir Baram is in Morocco and is due to inaugurate the permanent premises of Israel's defense attache office in Rabat, to be headed by Col. Sharon Itach, described as Israel's first permanent defense attache to Morocco.