Hakan Fidan, Abbas Araghchi and other top diplomats discuss regional developments in separate meetings and calls.

Israel: Largest recipient of US aid

Israeli opposition leader expected to receive recommendations from the majority of the 120-seat Knesset once the Joint List formally submits a decision to the president.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi discussed regional developments with US President Donald Trump in a phone call, stressing the need for dialogue and diplomacy to resolve ongoing crises.

According to a statement from the Iraqi premier’s office, the two leaders stressed the importance of coordination and consultations between Baghdad and Washington to address current challenges, support regional stability, and prioritise diplomatic solutions.

Al-Zaidi reaffirmed Iraq’s position on respecting the sovereignty of states and preventing the use of Iraqi territory as a launching point for attacks against neighbouring countries.

He also stressed the need for peaceful solutions and constructive dialogue to safeguard regional security and stability.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has said that it had intercepted and destroyed a drone over Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.

Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki announced the interception in a statement, without identifying the drone’s origin or providing details on possible casualties or damage.

Yemen’s government has said that it had neutralised approximately 440 Houthi militia members in 1,298 military operations as part of the ongoing “Dawn of Yemen” offensive.

In a statement on X, Yemeni army spokesperson Majed Abdullah al-Nuzaili said the operations targeted Houthi positions, gatherings, reinforcements, military vehicles and firing positions, with support from warplanes, drones and artillery.

Al-Nuzaili said government forces, backed by local resistance fighters, captured the Sanamat area in Taiz province.

Israel has issued two new tenders for the construction of 91 settlement units in the northern occupied West Bank and revised the timetable for another settlement tender east of Jerusalem, a Palestinian organisation said.

The Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission said in a statement that the two tenders cover land in the illegal Oranit settlement, built on land in the Qalqilya governorate.

The 91 units are divided among seven compounds, with the first tender covering four compounds for 86 multi-story housing units.

The second tender covers three compounds for five low-rise settlement units. Bidding is scheduled to open November 16 and close December 29.

Israeli forces have fired two artillery shells on the outskirts of a rural village southwest of Damascus, according to Syrian Alikhbariah TV.

An Alikhbariah correspondent said the two shells landed in agricultural areas on the outskirts of the village of Beit Jinn.

The broadcaster said Israeli forces had also fired three artillery shells on Wednesday on the outskirts of the Al-Mantara Dam area in central Quneitra.

Israeli attacks have killed four Palestinians, including a woman, and wounded 11 others in Gaza in the latest violations of a ceasefire agreement, according to medical and local sources.

In the latest attack, a Palestinian man was killed, and two others were injured when an Israeli drone struck civilians in the Al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City, a medical source told Anadolu.

In central Gaza, another Palestinian man was killed in an Israeli drone strike near the municipality of al-Zawayda, a medical source at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Anadolu.

Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has received recommendations from 67 lawmakers, a majority in the 120-seat Knesset, after the Arab Joint List formally informed President Isaac Herzog that it recommends him to form the next government.

The Joint List conveyed its recommendation during consultations with Herzog at the Israeli President’s Residence. The delegation included Joint List Chairman Yousef Jabareen, Ahmad Tibi, Bakr Awawdeh, Ofer Cassif, and Maha Sabah Karkabi.

“We have decided to endorse Gadi Eisenkot,” the Joint List said.

“We reached this decision unanimously, following consultations among the parties that make up the Joint List. It was not an easy decision,” it added.

The UN has condemned an Israeli illegal settler takeover of Palestinian homes near the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, which it said displaced dozens of Palestinians.

“Settlers reportedly used live ammunition, physically assaulted Palestinian residents, and caused some injuries,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters.

He said Israeli forces then declared a closed military zone, “which has prevented our humanitarian partners from visiting those affected.”

“We once again condemn all of these violent activities by the Israeli settlers,” Dujarric said.

He said 377 illegal Israeli settler attacks causing casualties or damage to Palestinian property have been recorded since September during the olive harvest, the highest number since the UN humanitarian office OCHA began keeping records in 2006.

One Palestinian was killed by an illegal Israeli settler, more than 200 were wounded, and more than 3,850 olive trees and saplings were damaged or vandalised, he said.

Hakan Fidan, Abbas Araghchi and other top diplomats discuss regional developments in separate meetings and calls.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has discussed in separate phone calls with his Saudi and Qatari counterparts the "latest progress" in diplomatic efforts aimed at establishing stability in the region, the Iranian foreign ministry said.

Talks between Riyadh and Tehran have been ongoing amid intensified attacks in Yemen, while Qatar, along with Pakistan, has been mediating between the US and Iran in an effort to end the wider war.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has reported that three oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in separate incidents in the Strait of Hormuz after vessels attempted to navigate routes Tehran described as “unauthorised” or "unsafe".

In the latest incident, an oil tanker struck a naval mine while travelling through an “unsafe zone east of the Strait of Hormuz”, Iran’s navy said, according to the official IRNA news agency.

“The tanker, which was operating in violation of restrictions, caught fire and was forced to stop,” they said.

It added that “the vessel, like other tankers that had struck naval mines and caught fire in recent days, had switched off its identification and navigation systems.”

Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council has said that government forces had carried out more than 40,000 operations against the Houthi militia across several fronts during the first month of its “Dawn of Yemen” operation.

In a statement marking one month since the operation began on October 5, the council said the armed forces conducted 40,761 operations against Houthi positions.

It claimed that around 20,000 Houthi leaders and fighters had been “neutralised” during the campaign and that more than 5,000 vehicles had been destroyed or disabled.

The operation will continue until the “restoration of state institutions and government control across the country", according to the statement.

Israeli attacks have killed three Palestinians, including a woman, and wounded four others across Gaza in the latest violations of a ceasefire agreement, medical and local sources said.

In the latest developments, a Palestinian was killed in an Israeli drone strike near the municipality of al-Zawayda in central Gaza, a medical source at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Anadolu.

In southern Gaza, the body of Noura Suleiman Mohammed Sheikh al-Eid, 54, arrived at Nasser Hospital, a medical source told Anadolu.

Witnesses said Sheikh al-Eid was shot dead by Israeli forces while inside her tent in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis after returning from al-Amal Hospital to bid farewell to her husband and daughter, who had travelled to Egypt for treatment.

A medical source at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital earlier told Anadolu that Abdul Rahim Walid Matar, 27, was killed and another Palestinian was seriously injured in an Israeli drone strike on al-Zawayda in central Gaza.

Witnesses told Anadolu that the drone fired two missiles at a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians west of the town.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that 1,771 people have been killed and 7,959 others wounded in Yemen since August amid escalating military hostilities.

In a report, the WHO said that 94 people were killed and 564 wounded between October 26 and 30.

The figures represent an average of 132 casualties per day, up from an average of 93 per day during the previous reporting period, indicating an increase in the pace of human losses, the agency noted.

Energy prices have recovered some losses after sharp declines fueled by the US midterm election results and hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the US-Iran war.

International benchmark Brent crude rose around 2.7 percent to $97.20 a barrel as of 1330GMT, while European benchmark natural gas prices gained about 1.5 percent to $100.25 per megawatt-hour.

Brent rebounded after three consecutive sessions of losses, having plunged more than 8% on Wednesday to trade near its lowest level in two months.

Iran is "emerging" as a space power capable of challenging US military operations in the Middle East, despite American strikes on key Iranian space-related facilities, according to a Pentagon intelligence report.

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) said in the report that Iran took offensive action against US space capabilities during Operation Epic Fury, using land-based jamming systems that can disrupt satellite-based GPS signals.

It said that Tehran is expanding its military and civilian space programmes to strengthen its military capabilities, economic development and national prestige.

"Space is accessible and affordable today," Brig. Gen. Todd Benson, commander of Space Forces Central, said at a Mitchell Institute webinar last month.