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Israel bombs the UN al-Awda School, in Khan Younis, killing at least 29 civilians and injuring 50
A video that was published by al-Jazeera Arabic featured displaced refugees playing football, inside the school, before sudden explosions erupted. A man filming the event on his phone rushed to the front of the school where the bodies of children were found scattered on the floor. Following orders from the Israeli military to evacuate Khan Younis, refugees fled in their hundreds of thousands to shelter wherever they could and avoid Israel’s threatened re-invasion of the city.
"Those jets will be flying in the skies of Ukraine this summer."
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced the imminent deployment of F-16s to Ukraine to support its war against Russia.
"I came to say thank you on behalf of the state of Israel; I heard about your heroic story."
Footage published on Itamar Ben-Gvir's personal social media account shows the Israeli Minister of National Security praising an Israeli settler for killing a Palestinian detainee.
Desperation mounts as the food crisis continues to worsen in Gaza
Footage in Northern Gaza shows families anxiously gathering with pots and pans in hand, trying to collect food for their starving loved ones.
Israeli soldiers have executed disabled Palestinian youth Mohammed Salah Bahar in cold blood after confining him in his family home for a week.
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Meta adds limitations to the use of the word ‘Zionist’ on their platforms
In a blog post, Meta stated it will remove content attacking "Zionists" when it employs "antisemitic" stereotypes or threatens harm towards Israelis.
Meta noted that its previous policies, which limited action against the term "Zionist" in only two specific contexts, did not adequately address the broader "misuse" of the word.
"The prison of Guantanamo"
Palestinian survivor Moazzaz Obayat from Gaza was recently released from the Al-Naqab prison, where he was subjected to inhuamane conditions and other forms of torture.
Footage: Translating_Palestine.
Moazaz Obaiat released from Israeli jail
Footage shows Palestinian Moazaz Obaiat from Bethlehem emerging from Israeli prison after nine months inside.
Israeli airstrikes target a car on the Damascus-Beirut road near the Saboura checkpoint in Syria.
Lebanese media reported that Al-Hajj Abou Al-Fadl Qarnabsh, a former bodyguard of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in the attack.
Hezbollah released the second episode of its spy video series, Hudhud (Hoopoe), today, showcasing aerial reconnaissance footage of sensitive Israeli military installations in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
The 10-minute video reveals detailed views of Israeli intelligence bases, command headquarters, and military camps, all captured by Hezbollah-operated. The UAVs, which evaded Israeli radar and defence systems, also captured images of Iron Dome batteries, command centres, ammunition depots, tanks, and barracks.
This latest release comes after the resistance group recently published drone reconnaissance footage of sensitive Israeli military sites around Haifa.
The New Popular Front (NFP) won a surprise victory over the French far-Right in this weekends parliamentary elections
The four party left-green alliance turned around what seemed to be an inevitable win for the far-Right in France, winning the largest number of seats in the three bloc election, with none coming out of it with a majority. The NFP proposes reversing Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms, raising minimum wage, placing price caps on essential goods and even recognising the State of Palestine.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Israeli Minister of National Security, has publicly praised an Israeli settler for killing a Palestinian detainee.
The ultranationalist politician took to X, declaring the murderer a "hero" and offering unequivocal support.
The Jewish Council of Australia issued a statement that accuses Israel of misappropriating the Star of David
The statement noted that "Israel’s soldiers have been documented emblazoning the Star of David on Palestinian prisoners, graffitiing it on the walls of houses they loot in Gaza, and using tanks to sear it into the rubble of what used to be recreation parks for families." It therefore said that “these actions place all Jewish people at risk by tarnishing us with these egregious human rights abuses."
Violence fueled by social media hysteria and deep-seated resentment marks a crucial moment as Ankara and Damascus edge closer to re-establishing ties.
Read Robert's full news brief via the following link: https://www.mintpressnews.com/violence-sweeps-northern-syria-turkey-amid-diplomatic-shifts/287827/
Dozens of Katyusha rockets were fired at the formerly secretive Meron military base, in response to an assassination carried out in the Lebanese Bekaa region
Hezbollah achieved direct hits after targeting the headquarters of Air Surveillance and Operations Management Unit. Equipment was destroyed and a fire broke out at the Meron military facility located on Jabal Jarmaq close to the Lebanese border area in northern occupied Palestine.
Morocco signs $1 billion deal for a spy satellite with Israel Aerospace Industries
IAI announced on Tuesday that it had signed a $1 billion contract to supply a system to an unnamed third party, as disclosed in a regulatory filing in Tel Aviv. The deal, which will span five years and follows a defence pact signed between Israel and Morocco in 2021, which includes provisions for intelligence sharing and cooperation in military industries and procurement.
US military finally leaves main base in Niger
US forces have evacuated Air Base 101, near Niger’s capital Niamey, as part of a ridding of the African nation of an American military presence.
According to U.S. Africa Command (Africom) an orderly and safe withdrawal of its forces was achieved from its Niamey base, the first of two planned evacuation of troops from the African nation. The U.S. will also leave Air Base 201, in the city of Agadez, in September. The removal of US forces comes after a series of military coups in Niger and across the Sahel region, bringing to power leaderships who wish to pursue a path of national independence.
"You're smirking! You're smirking as you say that!"
US State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller loses his composure when a reporter confronts him about his unsettling smirk while discussing the Lancet estimate of 186,000 deaths in Gaza.
Credit: Janta
Israeli forces are seen enthusiastically devouring McDonald's meals as part of a food challenge, indifferent to the ongoing starvation in the population of Gaza.
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Shocking footage of Bahaa al-Nimr, a Palestinian boy trapped in the north of Gaza who once weighed 50 kg but, as a result of Israel's weaponization of starvation, now weighs around 18 kg.
His condition continues to deteriorate.
Footage: Al Mayadeen English
Seven arrested at Palestine encampment in SOAS University
It has been reported that at least seven protestors at the encampment for Gaza at SOAS University in London were arrested between 2-4 a.m. today following an attack by a pro-Israel group.
Half the members of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's cabinet have received Israel Lobby funding
Labour's leadership has received over £600,000 from pro-Israel donors. Declassified UK reveals that 13 out of Labour's 25 cabinet members have accepted donations from pro-Israel lobbyists.
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US foreign policy in Ukraine & Gaza and it's sanctions regime is backfiring, bringing Russia & China closer.
"[The US] is building up a world of people who detest us," says former Bush-aid, retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson.
Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/7C4oL_DKR1I?si=QpD-AJeg6VWFQCxv
An Israeli airstrike targeted a house in Maroun al-Ras in Jabal Amel, southern Lebanon, overnight.
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Brazil ratifies deal to trade with Palestine
Brazil has implemented a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority, which had been awaiting ratification for over a decade, in a demonstration of support for the Palestinian people.
Despite pledging to build 1.5 million homes throughout the U.K., the Labour Party won’t be building new council housing
Upon confirmation that Keir Starmer had become the new British Prime Minister, shares in the countries leading house builders rose by at least 2 to 3 percent. While profits are anticipated to surge for corporations, the poor continue to struggle to find housing.
On July 8, 1972, Ghassan Kanafani was assassinated in Beirut by Mossad, Israel's external intelligence agency.
When he turned on the ignition of his Austin 1100, a grenade connected to the ignition switch exploded, triggering a 3-kilogram plastic bomb planted behind the bumper. He was killed in the car with his 17-year-old niece, Lamees Najim.
Kanafani is remembered for his important literary works, including Return to Haifa and Men in the Sun.
More than 60 Palestinians imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for supporting resistance groups
Referring to Saudi Arabia's imprisonment of Palestinians for supporting the resistance, Ismail remarked, "It is unfortunate, deeply unfortunate."
Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of Hamas, revealed in a recent interview that over 60 Palestinians are imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for "supporting the resistance" and stand accused of working with a "terrorist organisation," referring to Hamas.
"300 terrorists were born in the maternity ward. 300!"
During a news segment with Kann News, Israeli Knesset member Amit Halevi from Netanyahu’s Likud party astonishingly labelled newborn Palestinians as terrorists.
The interviewer attempted to correct him, yet the Israeli politician doubled down, insisting that these newborn infants were indeed terrorists.
Israel applied the Hannibal Directive on October 7
An investigative article published by Israeli news outlet Haaretz revealed that the ‘Hannibal Directive’ was ordered on October 7.
After initially pushing back against the idea that Israel had willingly killed its own people on October 7, spread across independent media since the first month of the Gaza war, Haaretz news now joins in on accusing the Israeli military of ordering the infamous Hannibal Directive.
This investigative piece comes after a recent UN report also mentioned evidence of Israel ordering the killing of its own people October 7.