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❗️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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Arab summit on post-war Gaza kicks off in Cairo
The plan will reportedly include a reconstruction program worth tens of billions of dollars and a deployment of peacekeeping forces
❗️Families being displaced from their homes in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin as Israel intensifies its brutal assault.
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❗️Israeli sources claim to Al Jazeera that the attack in Tyre was the assassination of a senior Hezbollah official.
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'Systematic failures' allowed Hamas to capture key Israeli base on 7 Oct
Just one guard was on duty at the Nahal Oz base despite the detection of two separate breaches of the Gaza border fence near the base the night before
❗️Israel's Channel 12:
"Estimates in Israel of the possibility of renewed fighting in Gaza within 10 days unless there is progress in the negotiations."
❗️Al-Araby TV obtains copy of Egypt's Gaza reconstruction plan to be presented at Arab Summit in Cairo:
A $53 billion roadmap will be proposed for the reconstruction of Gaza.
○ A committee will be formed to administer Gaza for six months, paving the way for the return of the Palestinian Authority.
○ The UN Security Council may consider deploying international peacekeeping forces in Gaza.
○ The Gaza administration committee will be composed of independent figures and operate under the Palestinian government’s framework.
○ Seven designated areas in Gaza will be allocated for temporary housing for 1.5 million Palestinians.
⭕️ Israel does not rule out cutting off water & electricity to Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman, Omri Dostri, told local Hebrew station 94 FM on Tuesday that Israel does not rule out cutting off water and electricity to Gaza as a means of pressuring Hamas.
"We have a series of measures to pressure Hamas, and at the same time, we do not rule out the possibility of cutting off water and electricity to Gaza."
"The longer Hamas continues to refuse, the more leverage Israel will have," Dostri said, adding that Israel is in full coordination with the United States and aims to secure the return of as many Israeli captives alive as possible.
❗️Israel's Channel 12:
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar has informed agency employees that he will resign from his position.
❗️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
❗️Israeli armored vehicles of the "Eitan" type are stationed in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin, occupied West Bank, amid the ongoing invasion that has lasted for more than 43 days.
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❗️Israeli vehicles fire on the northeastern border of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
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❗️Israeli Army Radio: Assassination of a member of Hezbollah's Radwan Unit in the targeting of a car in south Lebanon.
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BREAKING |❗️Al-Akhbar correspondent:
"A citizen was killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting his car in Rishknanieh, Tyre (Sour) District, south Lebanon."
❗️The Media Committee in Jenin Camp:
"On the 43rd day, occupation forces have expanded their assault on Jenin and its camp to include the eastern neighborhood and surrounding areas for the third time since the start of the military operation in the northern West Bank.
○ The number of martyrs in Jenin has risen to 29 since the beginning of the assault, following the killing of young Jihad Alawneh at dawn today.
○ Armed clashes erupted in the eastern area between resistance fighters and occupation forces, which stormed the neighborhood while bulldozing streets and destroying civilian property.
○ Occupation forces set fire to homes, detonated a residential apartment in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin, and forced families to evacuate their homes under the threat of bombardment.
○ The assault has displaced approximately 20,000 residents of Jenin Camp, who have sought refuge in shelters and the homes of relatives.
○ We warn against the occupation's plan to alter the landscape of Jenin Camp through systematic destruction, which has completely demolished 120 homes and partially damaged dozens more.
○ Occupation forces have conducted 336 raids, while Israeli drones have carried out approximately 15 airstrikes."
Syria's industrial sector faces widespread closures under Al-Qaeda-linked government: Report
Poor electricity supply, a rise in the price of diesel, and the influx of cheap foreign products have devastated domestic Syrian production since Assad's fall
❗️UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini:
○ "The decision to halt aid to Gaza threatens the lives of civilians who have endured 16 months of brutal war."
○ "The flow of aid to Gaza must continue at a scale similar to what we have seen over the past six weeks."
○ "The vast majority of Gaza’s population relies on aid for their survival."
○ "Essential aid and services are non-negotiable and must not be used as weapons of war."
❗️Israeli bulldozer destroys infrastructure in Tulkarem Camp, occupied West Bank.
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❗Palestinian Red Crescent:
“The occupation forces handed over to our crews a martyr in his twenties in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin.”