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❗️WATCH | Yemeni Armed Forces releases footage of today's operation downing a US MQ-9 drone. The $30 million drone is the 15th shot down since 7 October, 2023.
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🇾🇪BREAKING | Yemeni Armed Forces announce the downing of a US MQ-9 drone over Hodeidah Governorate, the 15th since October 7.
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Israeli occupation of south Lebanon to last 'weeks, months' in 'quiet understanding' with US: Report
The agreement between the US, Israel, and Lebanon comes as the US State Department announced it is reinstating $95 million in military assistance to the Lebanese army
Israeli occupation forces continue bulldozing operations and destroying infrastructure as the military's assault on the Jenin refugee camp enters its 43rd consecutive day.
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US blacklists Yemen's Ansarallah ahead of renewed 'counter terrorism' campaign
The move to designate the Yemeni resistance faction as a 'foreign terrorist organization' comes days after Trump eased restrictions on strikes against so-called terror targets
❗️Israel's Channel 12: Khodor Hashem is the most senior leader in Hezbollah to be assassinated since the start of the ceasefire agreement [with Lebanon].
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The US State Department has announced the re-designation of Ansarallah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).
In a press statement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated, "Today, the State Department is fulfilling one of President Trump’s key commitments made at the start of his administration. I am pleased to announce the designation of Ansarallah, often referred to as the Houthis, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization."
He further emphasized, "As outlined in Executive Order 14175, the Houthis’ actions pose a significant threat to the safety of American citizens and personnel in the Middle East, jeopardize the security of our regional allies, and undermine the stability of global maritime trade."
❗️Axios: There is an understanding between Tel Aviv, Washington and Beirut to continue the Israeli military presence for weeks or even months.
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❗️Head of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas:
○ "We praise the Arab plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip and call on Trump to participate in it."
○ "We call on Trump to support the efforts to rebuild Gaza on the basis of not displacing our people in the Strip."
○ "We present a Palestinian vision that enables our state to assume its duties in Gaza through its governmental institutions."
○ "We decided to issue a general amnesty for all those dismissed from the Fatah movement."
○ "Our plan stipulates that the State of Palestine will assume its duties in Gaza and the Authority’s apparatuses will assume their responsibilities after structuring the cadres in Gaza and training them in Egypt and Jordan."
○ "Efforts must be doubled to strengthen Palestinian national unity on the basis of commitment to the Palestine Liberation Organization."
○ "We are ready to hold general elections next year if the conditions are right."
❗️Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi:
○ "The Egyptian plan guarantees the Palestinian people remain on their land and its reconstruction."
○ "I call for support for the Gaza Reconstruction Fund and participation in the international conference in Cairo."
○ "Egypt calls for adopting the Gaza reconstruction plan and mobilizing support for it."
○ "Talking about peace in the Middle East without resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is mere rhetoric and impractical."
○ "I am certain that President Trump is capable of achieving peace."
❗Hamas Movement:
“We mourn the martyr Qassam commander, mujahid Ayser al-Saadi, who was martyred during armed clashes with the occupation forces in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin.”
❗️Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on X:
"Great conversation with @ SecDef @ PeteHegseth. I thanked him for the @ realDonaldTrump administration’s support in expediting military aid to Israel and its unwavering commitment to Israel’s security.
We agreed: All hostages must be brought home, and Hamas rule in Gaza must be eliminated. Iran remains the greatest threat to regional security – we will work together to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Our bond is unbreakable 🇮🇱🇺🇸"
❗️Hamas:
"The terrorist occupation's closure of the Gaza Strip crossings for the third consecutive day, and its prevention of the entry of aid and goods, represents a Zionist insistence on violating the ceasefire agreement, and a flagrant war crime committed before the eyes and ears of the world, by targeting innocent civilians with starvation campaigns and deepening their humanitarian suffering to achieve political goals.
The international community, the United Nations, and human rights and humanitarian organizations must take immediate action to stop these systematic and unprecedented violations of international and humanitarian law, hold the occupation leaders accountable as war criminals, and impose the entry of aid, humanitarian and medical relief materials, shelter and rescue materials into the Gaza Strip.
In light of the convening of the emergency Arab Summit in Cairo (Palestine Summit), we look forward to an effective Arab role that will end the humanitarian tragedy created by the occupation in the Gaza Strip, oblige its fascist government to stop its crimes against defenseless civilians, and pressure to open the crossings and bring in what our people in the Strip need to strengthen their steadfastness on their land, and thwart the occupation’s plans to displace them."
❗️Speaking from the city of Jaramana, Druze spiritual leader Hikmat al-Hijri outlines his vision for the future of Syria, stating that he has no problem dealing with whoever as long as they guarantee to preserve his community.
Israel has recently been saying that it is looking to protect and give aid to the Druze community in Syria.
At the beginning of this month, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led security forces and the Druze clashed for the first time in the city of Jaramana, resulting in one death and nine injuries.
Israeli army intensifies siege on occupied West Bank’s Jenin Camp
Troops have closed off all entrances to Jenin Camp while continuing to blow up homes and displace Palestinian families
Arab leaders endorse Egypt's $53bn plan for Gaza reconstruction, reject forced displacement of Palestinians
The Egyptian plan calls for the Palestinian Authority to manage Gaza while rejecting President Trump's call to ethnically cleanse the strip
A video documents the devastation caused by the Israeli war of genocide on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
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❗️Israeli army spokesperson:
"The commander of the naval forces was killed by the Radwan force.
Earlier today, an Air Force aircraft attacked, under the direction of the Northern Command and the Intelligence Branch, in the Qana area and killed the terrorist Khodr Hashem, who served as the commander of the naval forces in the Radwan force of the Hezbollah terrorist organization and engaged in terrorist activity against the State of Israel and its citizens.
Hashem joined the terrorist organization Hezbollah about two decades ago and has since held a number of positions in the organization. As part of his role as commander of the naval force, he took an extensive part in transferring weapons to Hezbollah via maritime routes, and in planning Hezbollah's terrorist operations in the maritime space against the State of Israel and its citizens, even during the ceasefire."
Hashem's activities constituted a threat to the State of Israel and its citizens, and blatantly violated the understandings between Israel and Lebanon."
❗️Israeli media:
Joint training between the Israeli and US air forces in the last hours over the Mediterranean Sea.
Moscow offers to 'broker' US–Iran nuclear talks
Iranian officials have said that Tehran will not negotiate under US sanctions and the constant threat of attacks
Under pressure: Iraq pushes to replace Iranian energy supply
Faced with US sanctions on Iran and worsening energy shortages, Iraq is rapidly diversifying its gas and electricity sources, securing deals with Turkmenistan, Turkiye, and Persian Gulf states to boost domestic production – marking a strategic pivot that could sever its dependence on Tehran by 2028.
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❗️Lebanese President Joseph Aoun from the Arab Summit in Cairo:
○ “No peace without Palestinian rights and liberation of Lebanese land.”
○ “Lebanon has returned to its Arab, international and UN legitimacy, which is indispensable to protect, fortify and restore its rights.”
○ “Lebanon has suffered a lot, but it has learned from its suffering not to be a target for others’ wars.”
○ “Lebanon has learned not to allow any brother to be antagonized, and today it returns to you, awaiting your return to it tomorrow.”
Trump threatens to defund, imprison, deport pro-Palestine campus protesters
The US president plans to cut federal funding to universities where protests against Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza take place, as well as expel and imprison students who participate
❗️Lebanese President Joseph Aoun held a meeting with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid in Cairo, during which they exchanged views on regional and global developments. President Rashid also invited President Aoun to pay a visit to Iraq.
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❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
○ "8 martyrs (7 martyrs recovered, 1 martyr succumbed to his wounds) and 11 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 24 hours."
○ "There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them."
○ The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 48,405 martyrs and 111,835 injuries since 7 October 2023."
Saudi leader hosts Lebanese president to discuss 'economic recovery, Israeli withdrawal'
MbS and President Joseph Aoun held talks on several issues, including support for the Lebanese army
❗️Self appointed president of the transitional Syrian government, Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani), meets with the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, at the Arab summit, "Palestine Summit" in Cairo, Egypt.
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❗️US President Donald Trump on Truth Social:
"All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter."
❗️Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri reiterated to Reuters that the Palestinian resistance's weapons are a red line, and that the movement will not give up its weapons in exchange for reconstruction and aid in Gaza.
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❗️Dozens of bodies were exhumed from a mass grave in the northern Gaza Strip to be buried in official cemeteries.
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