1 Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2023
Iran Update, November 13, 2023
Ashka Jhaveri, Johanna Moore, Annika Ganzeveld, Amin Soltani, Peter Mills, and
Kathryn Tyson.
Information Cutoff: 2:00 pm EST
The Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that
undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. It also covers events and trends
that affect the stability and decision-making of the Iranian regime. The Critical Threats Project
(CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) provides
these updates regularly based on regional events. For more on developments in Iran and the region,
see our interactive map of Iran and the Middle East.
Note: CTP and ISW have refocused the update to cover the Israel-Hamas war. The new sections
address developments in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Syria, as well as noteworthy
activity from Iran’s Axis of Resistance. We do not report in detail on war crimes because these
activities are well-covered in Western media and do not directly affect the military operations we
are assessing and forecasting. We utterly condemn violations of the laws of armed conflict and the
Geneva Conventions and crimes against humanity even though we do not describe them in these
reports.
Click here to see CTP and ISW’s interactive map of Israeli ground operations. This map is updated
daily alongside the static maps present in this report.
Key Takeaways:
1. Israel is pressuring Hamas to surrender its position inside the al Shifa Hospital. Hamas
prevented al Shifa Hospital staff from accepting fuel from Israeli forces, according to the Israel
Defense Forces.
2. Israeli forces advanced further into the al Nasr neighborhood in the northwestern Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces also fought with Palestinian militia fighters at the al Quds Hospital in
southwestern Gaza City. The IDF said it has weakened 10 out of 24 Hamas battalions in the
Gaza Strip.
3. Palestinian fighters engaged Israeli forces in seven small arms clashes and detonated five IEDs
targeting Israeli forces across the West Bank on November 13.
4. Iranian-backed militants, including Lebanese Hezbollah (LH), conducted at least 12 attacks
into northern Israel on November 13. Israeli officials stated on November 13 that LH attacks on
November 12 killed and wounded 17 Israeli soldiers and civilians. LH acknowledged on
November 13 that 73 of its fighters have died fighting Israel since October 7.
5. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed one attack targeting US forces in Syria on November 12
and claimed to fire one drone at US forces stationed at Green Village. CTP-ISW recorded four
attacks targeting US forces in Syria on November 13.
