Gaza floods destroy 70,000 tents; Trump open to immigration deal after midterms wipeout; Saudi strikes kill 21 children in Yemeni village

Displaced Palestinians at a tent camp in Gaza on November 7, 2026. Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Monday, November 9, 2026 – Iran: U.S. forces again target Qeshm Island. U.S. strikes affecting availability of essential medicines. Mojtaba Khamenei urges resolution on stalemate. Trump says renewed attack on Iran “highly unlikely” if talks progress. Iran hangs three men in connection with anti-government protests. Palestine: Killed and wounded in Gaza.

Five Palestinians killed amid heavy rains. 70,000 tents flood as winter storm hits Gaza. Transport companies announce suspension of services. 80% of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons infected with scabies. Herzog taps Eisenkot to form new Israeli government. Yemen: At least 44 killed in Saudi strikes on Yemeni village. Aramco headquarters damaged in Riyadh. U.S.: Trump diagnoses midterms loss, talks future immigration deal with Democrats on 60 Minutes.

And yet: Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff. Clean energy bill moves toward passage. Trump orders DOJ investigation of Democratic lawmakers. In Alaska Senate race, Peltola leads by “a couple of hundred votes.” House Republican leaders expect impeachment of War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Chuck Schumer says he has enough Democratic support to become majority leader; Chris Van Hollen opens door to a challenge.

ICE detains 8-year-old Haitian boy at scheduled immigration appointment. U.S. deportation flight of Iranians abruptly canceled. Trump admin officials reportedly aware of Nvidia CEO’s affair with Chinese spy. International: Attack on gas field causes widespread power outages in Iraq’s Kurdish region. Sudanese Armed Forces advance against Rapid Support Forces in West Kordofan. SAF detains Bashir-era official wanted by International Criminal Court.

Migrant boat sinks off Senegal, killing at least 34. Bangladeshi ex-PM Sheikh Hasina, who fled country in disgrace after repressing protesters, requests new passport to return. Drone attack on Colombian military base kills three soldiers. Guatemalan lawmaker, three police officers killed in attack. Mexico arrests alleged Jalisco cartel leader linked to 19 killings. Russian strikes cause power outages for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians.

Poland opens terrorism investigation after gunman kills six in Krakow. 200,000+ people march in Amsterdam demanding action against Israel. This is Drop Site Daily, our free news recap We send it Monday – Friday Subscribe Iran U.S. forces again target Qeshm Island: U.S. forces fired “projectiles” towards Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday night, causing at least four explosions, Iranian state media said. Iranian officials said U.S. forces targeted several areas outside residential and commercial zones on Qeshm.

“No damage was caused to the island’s vital and service infrastructure,” Ahmad Nafisi, deputy governor of Hormozgan province, told state broadcaster IRIB. Residents on Qeshm Island reported hearing several explosions late Sunday evening, Iranian state media reported. U.S. strikes affecting availability of essential medicines: Recent U.S. strikes have damaged 15 drug-manufacturing companies and eight distribution firms, Iran’s Food and Drug Administration said.

As a result of the attacks, Iran is facing difficulties in providing 37 out of some 700 types of essential medicine, an agency’s spokesperson told the Tasnim news agency. Mojtaba Khamenei urges resolution on stalemate: Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued new directives on ending the state of “neither war nor peace” with the U.S., Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said. “The supreme leader ordered us to end the no-war, no-peace situation,” he said on Monday, according to Iranian media reports.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urged Washington to accept Tehran’s two-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and said there have been no changes in Iran’s position. “American voters have made their choice. Time for the White House to make its own. Our 2-day proposal stands: meet the requirements, including end to war on all fronts, and you will see results. Or choose war, and see our alert and battle-hardened Warriors rain down hell,” Araghchi wrote on X. Trump says renewed attack on Iran “highly unlikely” if talks progress: President Donald Trump told CNN in a phone interview that as long as Washington sees progress in negotiations with Tehran it is “highly unlikely it’s going to be necessary” to resume strikes.

Trump nevertheless added that the U.S. had identified infrastructure targets, including 38 bridges, that it would strike if military action resumes. The prime minister of Qatar, which has helped lead mediation efforts to end the war, arrived in Washington, DC, on Monday to meet Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Iran hangs three men in connection with anti-government protests: In Karaj on Sunday, Iran hanged three men convicted on charges related to nationwide anti-government protests in January, state TV reported.

The three were convicted of armed riot, damage to public properties, and cooperation with Israel and the United States during the demonstrations. Iran has hanged more than two dozen people on similar charges this year alone. Palestine Killed and wounded in Gaza: Over the past 24 hours, Israeli attacks killed three Palestinians—two in new attacks and one due to wounds sustained in an earlier attack—and injured 15 others across Gaza, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023, has risen to 74,643 killed and 175,962 injured. Since October 11, 2025, the first full day of the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 1,613 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 5,833, while 849 bodies have been recovered. Five Palestinians killed amid heavy rains: On Sunday, at least five Palestinians, including four children, were killed in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, after a sand cliff collapsed onto makeshift tents where displaced families were sheltering, Al Jazeera reported.

The sand cliff collapse was triggered by heavy winter rains. An unknown number of people are reportedly still missing under the massive pile of sand and rock. Civil defense workers and nearby residents searched through the rubble, largely working with their bare hands. “This is a scene that should shame the conscience of humanity,” the Gaza Government Media Office said in a statement on Monday. 70,000 tents flood as winter storm hits Gaza: Around 70,000 tents were flooded within 12 hours when the first winter storm of the season hit Gaza this weekend, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.

Civil Defense received over 2,100 distress calls and declared a maximum state of emergency. Dozens of displacement encampments—tents, shelters, and entire residential areas—were flooded by the heavy rains, Civil Defense said. In some areas, water levels rose 1.5 meters. In a statement , Save the Children said, “This is not simply the result of bad weather. Tents, shelter kits and fuel are waiting at Gaza’s borders while children sleep in floodwater, because the Israeli authorities are blocking their entry.

This is a choice, and children are paying the price. More than a year into the so-called ceasefire, it has failed to protect Palestinian children.” Transport companies announce suspension of services: The Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Sunday it has received reports from a number of approved transport companies announcing the complete suspension of services. The companies attributed the decision to the accumulation of non-payment of their dues, and a large number of vehicles being put out of service due to frequent breakdowns, and an acute shortage of spare parts, oils, and tires.

The Health Ministry warned of “serious and unprecedented repercussions that threaten the work of hospitals and primary health care centers.” 80% of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons infected with scabies: About 80% of Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons, including women and children, are infected with scabies, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported on Sunday. Israeli authorities routinely deny adequate treatment, clothing, and hygiene facilities to Palestinian prisoners.

Based on lawyers’ visits throughout October and early November, PPS also documented violent raids every two to three days in some prison sections, with prisoners subjected to severe beatings, attacks by police dogs, rubber-coated bullets and gas. They also found systematic food deprivation, with prisoners receiving severely inadequate quantities and quality of food, and severe overcrowding, with prisoner forced to sleep on floors while guards confiscate mattresses during the day.

Herzog taps Eisenkot to form new Israeli government: Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Saturday formally gave Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a new government. Eisenkot now has 28 days plus a ‌possible 14-day ⁠extension from the president. If he is unable to form a government, Netanyahu could then be given a chance to put together a coalition. If Netanyahu is also unable to do so, new elections could be called. Eisenkot has said that parties can join his coalition if they agree to four conditions: recognition of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state; a duty of national service for all; recognition of Hamas as a terrorist organization; and a commitment to destroying Hamas’s military and governing capacity.

Netanyahu’s Likud Party won the most seats of any single party, while his wider coalition won 53 seats, short of a 61-seat majority in the 120-seat parliament. Eisenkot’s Yashar party emerged as the ⁠second-largest party with 21 seats, while his coalition, won a total of 48 seats. Two parties representing Palestinian citizens of Israel won an unprecedented 19 seats. Israel’s new members of Knesset will be sworn in on Tuesday evening. Netanyahu and his cabinet will remain in office in a caretaker capacity, with limited powers, until a new ruling coalition is formed.

Yemen At least 44 killed in Saudi strikes on Yemeni village: Airstrikes blamed on Saudi Arabia that hit homes in a Yemeni village near the capital of Sana’a killed at least 44 people, including 21 children, the Health Ministry in Sana’a said on Sunday. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the latest phase of the war, according to the Associated Press. The strikes on the village of al-Shariya, east of the capital, also wounded 40 people, including eight children and nine women, the Health Ministry said.

Rescue teams are still searching for missing people, and the death toll could rise. At least 91 airstrikes targeted six Yemeni governorates in the 24 hours from Saturday to Sunday, Ansarallah military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement on Sunday. He added that the total number of Saudi-led coalition attacks since the latest escalation in the war in September was at 4,460. Aramco headquarters damaged in Riyadh: Several floors of Saudi oil giant Aramco’s corporate office in ‌Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, were damaged on Sunday in what the energy ministry said was debris from an attempt to attack the building, according to Reuters.

Ansrallah military spokesperson Yahya Saree said on Sunday that Ansarallah had hit Riyadh’s financial district, where Aramco’s headquarters is located, and other targets in response to recent Saudi attacks that have killed and injured dozens of people. U.S. News Trump diagnoses midterms loss, talks future immigration deal with Democrats on 60 Minutes: In an interview with 60 Minutes’ Ross Douthat on Sunday, President Trump discussed his party’s historic midterm loss earlier in the week.

In part, he attributed the loss to the Iran War, saying that voters “didn’t like the war.” “They didn’t like the fact that gasoline went up,” he said, while noting what he called the “great dislike…for Israel.” In reference to a post-mortem from Vice President JD Vance posted on X last week, which singled out the Iran war, Trump said he would have made the same decision again, though he said he would have made the same post in Vance’s position, and that he “liked” Vance’s comments.

Trump acknowledged that his immigration-enforcement policy was “too tough” and likely cost his party in the midterms. He said he was open to a comprehensive immigration-reform deal that would secure the border, while allowing some immigrant workers to remain in the U.S. if they do not have a criminal record and have been living in the country for some time. And yet: Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff: On Friday, Trump announced that Miller , previously his homeland security adviser and deputy chief of staff, will replace Susie Wiles as the White House chief of staff.

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