Image: Jihad Watch The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Monday the elimination of Alaa al-Din Abd al-Nasser Hasan Khudar, a prominent Nukhba commander within the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Gaza City Brigade. Khudar was killed in a precision airstrike carried out in the Gaza Strip, marking another significant blow to the senior leadership of Islamic Jihad. According to the IDF, Khudar had been deeply involved in operational planning and frontline assaults throughout t

Image: Jihad Watch On November 5, officers from ICE’s Buffalo Field Office apprehended a Turkish national who was in the United States illegally. During the arrest, the individual, later identified as 39-year-old Saim Irgi, violently resisted multiple lawful commands to step out of his vehicle. According to officials, Irgi refused to comply, physically struggled with officers, and even attempted to seize one of their tasers. As officers removed him from the vehicle, he report

Image: Jihad Watch Two Algerian nationals, accused of the brutal abduction and sexual assault of a woman in Toulouse in September 2022, stood before the Haute-Garonne Assize Court on Monday as their long-awaited trial began. The case, which shocked the local community, involves grave charges that include kidnapping, armed extortion, and unlawful detention for less than seven days. According to accounts published by Actu Toulouse, the victim—referred to as Mélanie for confiden

Image: Jihad Watch A Sri Lankan national previously arrested in connection with the horrific 2019 Easter Sunday bombings has won a significant legal victory after successfully appealing the UK Home Office’s refusal of his asylum application. The individual, identified in court documents only as “YA”, secured a favourable ruling from the Immigration Upper Tribunal in Birmingham, where he challenged the Home Office’s initial rejection. His case had raised serious questions abou

Image: Jihad Watch The Manchester Jewish community continues to grapple with the trauma of the October 2 terror attack on the Heaton Park Synagogue, as one of the survivors, Yoni Finlay, has spoken publicly about the “darkness” he felt emanating from the assailant, Jihad al-Shamie. His account sheds light on the brutality of an attack that shook the nation and raised urgent questions about extremist violence in the UK. A Deadly Assault on Yom Kippur The attack unfolded on Yom

Image: Jihad Watch The Canadian province of Quebec is preparing to enforce a sweeping prohibition on all forms of public prayer, marking a significant escalation in its long-standing campaign to entrench secularism in public life. Jean-François Roberge, Quebec’s minister responsible for secularism, stated that the upcoming measures are aimed at accelerating the province’s transition toward a more strictly secular society. His announcement signals the government’s intent to ti

Image: Jihad Watch Dutch prosecutors have revealed a deeply disturbing case of alleged honour killing in which an 18-year-old girl, Ryan Al Najjar, was bound, gagged, and thrown into a swamp to drown—punished, they say, because her family believed her increasingly “Western” lifestyle had brought shame upon them. The tragedy has shocked the Netherlands and reignited debate around honour-based violence within migrant communities. Ryan’s two older brothers—23-year-old Mohamed an

Image: Jihad Watch A youth from the Greater Toronto Area has been taken into custody on serious terrorism-related charges after authorities allege he was involved in producing and disseminating ISIS propaganda videos, as well as attempting to acquire firearms with the intention of carrying out a terrorist attack. According to a detailed statement released on Tuesday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed that the arrest took place on November 4, 2025. The operati

Image: Jihad Watch At least three members of Pakistan’s paramilitary forces lost their lives on Monday after a devastating suicide blast targeted a major security installation in Peshawar. According to local authorities, the explosion struck the headquarters of a border security unit, underscoring yet another grim episode of violence in the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region that shares a tense boundary with Afghanistan. Bilal Ahmed, a hospital worker who witnessed the incide

Image: Jihad Watch Nineteen-year-old Abdullah Haji Zada has been sentenced to 15 years in a U.S. federal prison for plotting an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack targeting the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday. The Afghan national, who had been living in the United States as a lawful permanent resident, was found guilty of multiple terrorism-related offenses after federal investigators uncovered his plans. According to court f

Image: Jihad Watch A disturbing incident in Rome has come to light, where a man was overpowered and forced to witness a brutal assault on his 18-year-old fiancée by a group of migrants who had violently rammed their vehicle. According to the Rome police, the couple had driven to a secluded area of Tor Tre Teste—a quiet park in the eastern outskirts of the capital—seeking privacy. Within minutes, their solitude was shattered as a group of men surrounded their car and launched

Image: Jihad Watch Authorities have identified the gunman responsible for Wednesday’s shocking shooting near the White House as a 29-year-old Afghan national, Rahmanullah Lakanwal. According to law enforcement officials who spoke to The Post, Lakanwal arrived in the United States during the turbulent 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, entering under Operation Allies Welcome — the emergency resettlement program launched for Afghan evacuees following the fall of Kabul. Investigators

Image: Jihad Watch A dramatic counter-terror operation erupted in Madrid after police were forced to taser and ultimately shoot an 18-year-old suspected jihadist who had reportedly stabbed three people on a busy street before retreating into his apartment. The young man, a Spanish national of Moroccan descent, is said to have shouted “Allahu Akbar” while confronting both civilians and officers, and even attempted to recite Quranic verses as police tried to subdue him. A Chaot

Image: Jihad Watch In a shocking resurgence of violence, heavily armed bandits unleashed terror in Eruku, located in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, brutally killing three people and abducting no fewer than ten worshippers during a church service on Tuesday evening. The attackers stormed the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Isegun, situated on Okeado Street, around 6 p.m., opening fire on congregants who had gathered for prayer. According to the Eruku Community sp

Image: Jihad Watch In a shocking resurgence of violence, heavily armed bandits unleashed terror in Eruku, located in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, brutally killing three people and abducting no fewer than ten worshippers during a church service on Tuesday evening. The attackers stormed the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Isegun, situated on Okeado Street, around 6 p.m., opening fire on congregants who had gathered for prayer. According to the Eruku Community sp

Image: Jihad Watch During a Dearborn City Council meeting on Tuesday, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud—who is Muslim—again drew attention for refusing to offer an apology to local Christian minister Ted Barham after previously telling him, “You are not welcome here.” The incident has resurfaced amid growing tensions over noise complaints related to a mosque’s call to prayer. In recent months, several Dearborn residents have reported being disturbed by daily loudspeaker broadcasts of th

Image: Jihad Watch The Évry public prosecutor’s office was alerted following a report filed by the administration of the Fustel-de-Coulanges High School in Massy (Essonne). The school had discovered that a student had shared a video game considered highly problematic within a WhatsApp group used by pupils. The situation quickly escalated into a legal matter, leading to the arrest of a 16-year-old student of Egyptian origin, who was subsequently brought before a juvenile court

Image: Jihad Watch The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) issued a sharp and unequivocal denunciation on Friday following a wave of brutal rebel assaults in the eastern province of North Kivu, where at least 89 civilians lost their lives. In an official statement, the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) revealed that preliminary findings point to a series of coordinated attacks across the Bapere and Baswagh

Image: Jihad Watch A disturbing wave of violence against Christians has once again shaken Nigeria, as fresh attacks in the country’s northeast and northwest underline the ongoing vulnerability of Christian communities. Morning Star News reported on November 11, 2025, that militants struck multiple regions over the weekend, leaving destruction, fear, and outrage in their wake. On Saturday, November 8, armed militants belonging to the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram launched

Image: Jihad Watch In Abuja, Nigeria, a deep sense of grief settled over Christian communities as hundreds gathered on Saturday (Nov. 8) to mourn the deaths of seven Christians, among them a 12-year-old boy, brutally killed during an attack in Kaduna State. On the same day, Islamic extremists launched another assault in Borno State, burning homes and destroying a church building, further heightening fears among already vulnerable Christian populations. The funeral took place