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❗️Quds Brigade - Jenin:
“Our fighters were able to confront the enemy forces that stormed the eastern neighborhood and showered them with heavy volleys of direct bullets, achieving confirmed injuries.”
BREAKING | A loud explosion heard in Jenin, occupied West Bank, caused by Israel bombing a residential apartment.
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❗️Since the first day of Ramadan, thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are having to break their fast at Israeli checkpoints, which are closing during Iftar time.
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UPDATE | The Israeli flag raised in Suwayda was taken down and burned by locals.
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❗️The Israeli military has announced that it conducted an airstrike in northwestern Syria earlier today, targeting what it described as a military facility linked to the "former Syrian regime" in the town of Qardaha, east of Latakia. The military claims the site was being used to store weapons.
A security source told Al Jazeera that the Israeli strikes targeted a military site operated by the Syrian Air Defence Forces near the city of Tartous.
Egypt’s alternative to US ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza will 'sideline Hamas': Report
The plan reportedly aims to establish western and Arab-led ‘interim’ bodies to replace the current government in the strip
❗️At least three people were killed and 20 others injured in an explosion that took place earlier this evening in the city of Albukamal, located in the Deir Ezzor countryside of eastern Syria, according to SANA.
The cause of the blast has not yet been determined.
Palestinian detainee tortured to death in Israel's Megiddo prison
Palestinian detainees face daily abuse, including torture, starvation, medical neglect, and sexual violence
Hamas slams Israel's 'blatant attempt' to collapse Gaza ceasefire, reaffirms commitment to phase two talks
Israeli forces have killed 116 Palestinians in the strip during the period of the ceasefire agreement
❗️Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
○ “Our enemies will not be able to defeat us.”
○ “We are preparing for the next stage of the Renaissance War and we will not stop before achieving all the goals of the war.”
○ “We will return all our kidnapped soldiers and eliminate Hamas' military and governmental capabilities.”
Knesset guards prevent a group of Israelis from attending a special session during which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will respond to lawmakers’ demands for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the security failures of 7 October.
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❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
○ "9 martyrs (4 recovered martyrs, 5 new martyrs) and 21 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 48 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 48,397 martyrs and 111,824 injuries since 7 October 2023."
❗️Al Mayadeen correspondent in south Lebanon:
"An Israeli military bulldozer accompanied by Merkava tanks is leveling land on the eastern outskirts of the town of Blida."
❗️Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssef Rajji arrive at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, and are received by the Deputy Emir of Riyadh, Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz.
President Aoun is looking forward to meeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman later this evening, saying that the talks "will pave the way for another visit during which agreements will be signed that will enhance cooperation between the two brotherly countries."
❗️An Israeli drone blasts propaganda through its speakers over the towns of Al-Manaoui and Majdal Zoun, south Lebanon.
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BREAKING | Fierce clashes between Israeli occupation forces and resistance fighters currently ongoing in Jenin, occupied West Bank.
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❗️Israeli armored vehicles close the entrances to Jenin, occupied West Bank, preventing ambulance crews from reaching an injury in the eastern neighborhood of the city.
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❗️Israeli occupation forcesand armored vehicles storm the city of Jenin, occupied West Bank.
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Footage shows the Israeli flag being raised in Suwayda, 70 km away from occupied Golan, south of Syria. Reports online claim it was done by Syrians from the Druze sect.
This comes following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s promise to ‘protect’ Syrian minorities from the newly established HTS-led authority.
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BREAKING | Israeli raids on the outskirts of the city of Tartous, western Syria.
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Syria's Druze: Caught between old loyalties and new threats
In HTS-governed Syria, the Druze community faces an uncertain future – caught between Salafi extremist rule, Israeli overtures, and their historical fight for self-preservation. Whether they secure autonomy or become geopolitical pawns, their next move will impact the region.
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Israeli settlers vandalize Palestinian-owned property on the outskirts of Bruqin in the occupied West Bank.
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❗️Member of the Israeli Knesset and Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir:
○ "The government should order the bombing of aid stocks that accumulated in Gaza in huge quantities during and before the ceasefire, along with a complete shutdown of electricity and water."
○ "We must starve the Hamas terrorists before returning to fighting, so that we can later crush them easily."
○ "If Hamas threatens to harm our hostages, it should know that it will be met with the execution of terrorists."
Syrian government forces deploy south of Damascus to ‘end chaos’ in Druze villages
Clashes recently erupted between Syrian security forces and Druze militias in the city of Jaramana, resulting in casualties on both sides
❗️Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:
"We have decided to stop the entry of aid to Gaza, and our next steps will be to cut off electricity and water and return to fighting."
❗️Israeli tanks invade Jenin Camp, occupied West Bank.
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❗️Hamas leader Osama Hamdan:
○ "Despite the ceasefire agreement, the occupation and Netanyahu seek to resume aggression against our people; there are blatant attempts by the occupation to evade the agreement."
○ "We remain committed to moving forward with the agreement and its second phase and hold the occupation fully responsible for violating it."
○ "The occupation's violations of the ceasefire agreement have not stopped since the very first moment."
○ "The occupation violated the agreement by not allowing the entry of 50 fuel trucks per day."
○ "The occupation has only allowed the entry of 15 mobile homes out of the agreed 65,000."
○ "The occupation has blocked the entry of construction and finishing materials needed to rebuild hospitals."
○ "The occupation has prevented the entry of civil defense equipment and the operation of the power plant."
○ "The occupation’s machinery has continued advancing and invading on a daily basis."
○ "210 violations by occupation aircraft have been recorded."
○ "116 martyrs during the first phase of the ceasefire agreement."
○ "The occupation has refused to reduce its troop presence along the Salah al-Din axis."
❗️Safa correspondent:
A child was injured by Israeli occupation forces' bullets east of Al-Qarara town in Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip.
⭕️ Netanyahu thanks Trump for reviving US arms flow to Israel for fight against Iran's 'terror axis'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed gratitude to US President Donald Trump for resuming previously withheld munitions, saying the support would help "finish the job against Iran’s terror axis."
Calling Trump "the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House," Netanyahu underscored the renewed US military backing for Israel’s fight against Hamas, Hezbollah, and Yemen's Ansarallah.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the reversal of Biden-era arms restrictions, signing off on $4 billion in military aid to Israel.
(AFP)