1 Instute for the Study of War and AEI’s Crical Threats Project 2023
Iran Update, November 11, 2023
Ashka Jhaveri, Johanna Moore, Annika Ganzeveld, and Nicholas Carl
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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. Israeli forces advanced further toward al Shifa Hospital and the surrounding area and
clashed with nearby Palestinian militia fighters.
2. Hamas and other Palestinian militia fighters are continuing their attacks against the IDF
behind the Israeli forward line of advance, which is consistent with the nature of clearing
operations.
3. Palestinian militants claimed three indirect fire attacks into Israel. Palestinian militias
have reduced their rates of indirect fire attacks into Israel in recent days compared to the
beginning of the Israel-Hamas war.
4. CTP-ISW recorded six clashes and three demonstrations in the West Bank, primarily in
Jenin.
5. Lebanese Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed fighters conducted 15 cross-border attacks
into northern Israel.
6. Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah gave his second public speech on
the Israel-Hamas war. Nasrallah highlighted Iran’s support for members of the Axis of
