Israeli strikes and gunfire in Gaza kill 5 people, and other Mideast
news
[November 11, 2026]
Israeli strikes and gunfire killed five people in Gaza on Tuesday while
overnight strikes in Yemen killed at least one person.
Top officials in Iran and the U.S., meanwhile, continued to trade barbs
over which nation was suffering the most amid the ongoing war.
Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Tuesday. Read our full
coverage here.
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 5
Israeli strikes and gunfire killed five people in the Gaza Strip on
Tuesday, hospital authorities said.
Four people were killed in three separate Israeli strikes in Gaza City,
according to Shifa Hospital. In the southern city of Khan Younis, one
person was shot dead after crossing the Yellow Line, according to Nasser
Hospital.
The Israeli military said it had struck militants in Gaza City but did
not immediately comment on the shooting in Khan Younis. The deaths came
amid continued Israeli attacks in Gaza despite a ceasefire agreement
that took effect in October 2025.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during olive harvest
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and activists accompanying them
as they harvested olives in the occupied West Bank, an activist and
local officials said Tuesday.
Mattan Berner Kaeish, an activist with Protect the Harvest, said the
settlers struck multiple people with sticks and rocks in the village of
Qusra. Rabbis for Human Rights also shared a video on Instagram showing
a masked settler striking a woman in the head with a flagpole.
Associated Press footage showed Israeli forces arriving and trying to
disperse crowds. After the confrontation, another group of settlers
attempted to enter the village and threw stones at Israeli security
forces, who responded with tear gas.
The Israeli military confirmed stones were hurled at soldiers but didn't
say by whom.
Overnight strikes kill 1, wound 9 in Yemen
A Tuesday airstrike hit a gas station in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa,
killing one person and wounding three others while another airstrike
targeted an oil company, wounding at least six people, the country's
Houthi-run health ministry said.
The agency blamed Saudi Arabia for both strikes, though the AP couldn’t
independently verify the claims.
A spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis,
meanwhile, said on X that a drone was intercepted and destroyed in
eastern Saudi Arabia. The AP also couldn’t independently verify that
claim.
Iranian state TV shows underground missile facility
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday displayed what it
said was an underground “missile city” and new, unidentified
surface-to-surface missiles.
State TV broadcast a heavily edited and partially blurred video showing
the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Gen. Ali Abdollahi,
visiting the underground facility. The video did not indicate when the
visit took place, or give any details on the location.
Iran and US trade barbs over ongoing war
Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei
claims that the war has already “wrecked” the United States while U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Iran is “bleeding economically.”
Rezaei said in a post on X late Monday that it was time for the U.S. to
“surrender” to the country's terms, which include lifting sanctions and
the blockade on its ports.
But Rubio dismissed Iran's terms as “absurd” and said no major military
action is needed for now because Iran is struggling.
“It’s sad," he said in Paris. “The Iranian people deserve better than to
be a third world country, which is where their leadership is taking
them.”
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who Tuesday dodged an impeachment
attempt by Congress, declared the war a “historic military victory.”
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People walk in front of a damaged shop at King Mall after an
airstrike in South Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah
Abdulrahman)
“More than 13,000 targets struck. Their navy sunk. Their air force
grounded. Their defense industrial base gone,” he said during a rare
press conference Tuesday. “More than 80% of their nuclear industrial
base gone. Their military in ruin."
Iranian state TV says three tankers struck mines in contested
strait
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Tuesday that three vessels struck
naval mines and caught fire while using an unauthorized route in the
Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media reported.
It said one of the vessels was a supertanker and another was
attempting to cross the strait under the protection of the U.S.
military. The claims could not be independently verified.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which monitors
maritime security incidents, said in a separate statement that a
tanker was struck Tuesday by an unknown projectile northeast of
Lima, Oman. It said the crew were safe.
And Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said Tuesday that one of its
vessels was attacked in the United Arab Emirates’ territorial waters
in the Persian Gulf. The company did not identify the vessel or say
who was behind the attack.
It was not immediately clear whether any of the reported incidents
were related.
Iran denies role in France cyberattack
Iran on Tuesday denied it played a role in the cyberattack that
raised the temperatures of refrigerators in hundreds of supermarkets
across France last month.
The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the French
government’s accusations “baseless and self-serving" in a social
media post.
“Unable to manage fridges let alone addressing grievances of its
people, French government is shifting blame for its failures onto
others,” Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, added in a
separate post on X.
French authorities are seeking European Union sanctions against Iran
after prosecutors on Monday determined the country's paramilitary
Revolutionary Guard was behind the Oct. 12 cyberattack, which
affected about 700 of the country’s 10,000 supermarkets.
Egypt issues terrorist designations
Egypt has designated the Brussels-based Council of European Muslims
and its affiliations across Europe as terrorist groups as part of
the most populous Arab country’s crackdown on the Muslim
Brotherhood.
The decision, which was published Tuesday in the state-run MENA news
agency, also added 36 people to Cairo’s terrorist list. It came
after a court order from the Cairo Criminal Court.
The designation effectively bans these groups’ activities and
operations in Egypt, including freezing whatever funds, assets and
properties they have in the country. It also has legal consequences
for individuals dealing with these groups.
Egypt has outlawed the Brotherhood and labeled it as a terrorist
organization following the 2013 ouster of Brotherhood President
Mohammed Morsi after his one year of rule proved divisive and
triggered massive street protests. The Brotherhood was accused of
launching militant attacks across the country and the government
crushed it in a bloody crackdown.
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