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Jailed PKK leader makes historic call for Kurdish group to 'dissolve, give up arms'
The PKK organization has been engaged in an armed struggle against the Turkish state for several decades
❗️Three people were injured after an explosive remnant from the Israeli occupation detonated in the Al-Janina neighborhood, east of Rafah city, in southern Gaza.
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BREAKING | 10 Israelis injuried, 3 of them critically, in a run-over attack at the Karkur junction near Hadera in the 1948 territories.
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BREAKING | PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan calls on his party to lay down its weapons and disband.
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❗️46 Palestinian women and child prisoners arrived in Khan Yunis after being released as part of the seventh phase of the prisoner exchange agreement between the Palestinian resistance and Israel.
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Horrific conditions: This is how a group of Palestinian prisoners arrived in Gaza after being released from Israeli jails.
(Footage by Gaza journalist Hassan Aslih)
❗️Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade:
"Our fighters engaged in intense clashes with automatic weapons against an Israeli special forces unit that infiltrated Balata refugee camp in Nablus, targeting military reinforcements with several highly explosive Zofi devices.
We affirm that assassinations will only make us stronger, more resolute, and more determined to continue. This enemy understands only the language of fire, and we will respond to it with fire."
❗️Israeli special forces storm the city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank and military reinforcements arrive at the scene.
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❗️Statement by Hamas:
"The allegations and claims by the occupation’s Minister of War, Katz, that Hamas planned to attack soldiers and settlements during the ceasefire are misleading and unfounded. They come amid attempts by the occupation to evade its commitments under the ceasefire.
Furthermore, his statements about keeping the border area between Gaza and Egypt as a buffer zone are a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement, and an attempt to fabricate pretexts to disrupt and derail it.
While we reaffirm our full commitment to the ceasefire agreement, in all its details and provisions, and our readiness to enter negotiations related to the second phase of the agreement, we stress the urgent need for our mediator brothers, the international community, and all relevant parties to take immediate and serious action to compel the occupation to adhere to the rights and terms of the agreement, and to prevent Netanyahu and his criminal government from disrupting and sabotaging it."
❗️Released prisoner Nael Barghouti to Al Jazeera:
○ "The occupation assaulted all prisoners and we were subjected to torture and insults and were treated as war criminals."
○ "Prisoners suffer from fractures and severe bruises as a result of torture and beatings by the occupation."
○ "The occupation assaulted the handcuffed prisoners in a brutal manner, which reflects their low culture."
○ "The resistance's duty is to liberate a nation, not just to liberate prisoners."
❗️The moment freed Palestinian prisoner Majdi al-Zaatari reunites with his family upon arriving in Egypt following his release under the Gaza ceasefire and exchange deal.
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❗️Egyptian Al-Qahera News:
"195 aid trucks, including 16 fuel trucks, have entered Al-Auja and the Kerem Shalom crossing since this morning until now in preparation for their entry into the Gaza Strip."
Hamas to hand over captives' bodies in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians
Nearly 600 Palestinian detainees are expected to be freed several days after Israel suspended their release, citing 'degrading' Hamas handover ceremonies
Resistance fighter Mahmoud Sanakra was besieged in a house and assassinated by Israeli occupation forces in Balata Camp, east of Nablus, occupied West Bank.
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❗️Freed Palestinian prisoner Mohammad Rafiq Nakhleh, from Jalazone Camp, occupied West Bank, is welcomed by his family and supporters as he is freed after 23 years in Israeli prisons.
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BREAKING | Multiple airstrikes launched from an Israeli drone in eastern Lebanon.
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❗️Israeli police are deployed at the site of the run-over operation east of Hadera.
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❗️PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan's latest statement:
"The PKK was born in the 20th century, in the most violent epoch of the history of humanity, amidst the two World wars, under the shadow of the experience of real socialism and the cold war around the World.
The outright denial of Kurdish reality, restrictions on basic rights and freedoms - especially freedom of expression - played a significant role in its emergence and development.
The PKK has been under the heavy realities of the century and the system of real socialism in terms of its adopted theory, program, strategy and tactics. In the 1990s, with the collapse of real socialism due to internal dynamics, the dissolution of the denial of Kurdish identity in the country, and improvements in freedom of expression, led to weakening of the PKK´s foundational meaningfulness and resulted in excessive repetition.
Throughout the history of more than 1000 years, Turkish and Kurdish relations were defined in terms of mutual cooperation and alliance, and Turks and Kurds have found it essential to remain in this voluntary alliance to maintain their existence and survive against hegemonic Powers.
The last 200 years of capitalist modernity have been marked by primarily with the aim to break this alliance. The forces involved, in line with their class-based interests, have played a key role in furthering this objective. With monist interpretations of the Republic, this process has accelerated. Today, the main task is to restructure the historical relationship, which has become extremely fragile, without excluding consideration for beliefs with the spirit of fraternity.
The need for a democratic society is inevitable. The PKK, the longest and most extensive insurgency and armed movement in the history of the Republic, found social base and support, and was primarily inspired by the fact that the channels of democratic politics were closed.
The inevitable outcome of the extreme nationalist deviations - such as a separate nation-state, federation, administrative autonomy, or culturalist solutions - fails to answer the historical sociology of the society.
Respect for identities, free self-expression, democratic self-organization of each segment of society based on their own socio-economic and political structures, are only possible through the existence of a democratic society and political space.
The second century of the Republic can achieve and assure permanent and fraternal continuity only if it is crowned with democracy. There is no alternative to democracy in the pursuit and realization of a political system. Democratic consensus is the fundamental way.
The language of the epoch of peace and democratic society needs to be developed in accordance with this reality.
The call made by Mr. Devlet Bahceli, along with the will expressed by Mr. President, and the positive responses from the other political parties towards the known call, has created an environment in which I am making a call for the laying down of arms, and I take on the historical responsibility of this call.
As in the case with any modern community and party whose existence has not been abolished by force, would voluntarily do, convene your congress and make a decision; all groups must lay their arms and the PKK must dissolve itself.
I convey my greetings to all those who believe in co-existence and who look forward to my call."
Palestinian prisoner Asma Shatat reunites with her children in the Gaza Strip following her release, part of the seventh phase of the prisoner exchange.
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WATCH | The moment Trump's envoy to the region, Steven Witkoff, claimed that Lebanon and Syria could join the Abraham Peace Accords.
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Israel stomps on Gaza ceasefire deal, refuses withdrawal from Philadelphi corridor
Several recent reports say Israel has made extensive plans to resume its genocidal war on Gaza
⭕️ Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR):
In Hama province, a large-scale military campaign in Ain Shams village resulted in the deaths of three civilians and injuries to seven more. The operation, conducted by the Military Operations Administration under the pretext of prosecuting former 'regime affiliates', also saw the arrest of 52 civilians—including children and the elderly—with six individuals reported missing. Heavy gunfire triggered panic among residents, and some detainees were reportedly beaten and verbally abused, with one suffering a gunshot wound to the leg.
In Latakia province, an attack at the Al-Rijah checkpoint left a former naval officer, his nephew, and two others dead, with two additional individuals injured (one seriously) after a vehicle was struck by RPGs. Additionally, forces attempted to seize the house of a former regime officer near Al-Qardaha Bakery, leading to random gunfire that injured three civilians amid sectarian chants, following the arrest of nearly ten young men from Qardaha City.
❗️Statement from the Media Committee in Tulkarem Camp
○ "The Israeli assault on the city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp continues for the 32nd consecutive day, while the attack on Nour Shams camp enters its 19th day, leaving widespread devastation."
○ "The ongoing aggression has resulted in the killing of 12 Palestinians, with dozens more wounded or detained. Homes and infrastructure have suffered extensive destruction."
○ "More than 20 Palestinians have been injured, some by live fire and shrapnel, while others were run over by Israeli military vehicles."
○ "At least 165 Palestinians have been detained since the assault began, in addition to dozens more subjected to field interrogations."
○ "Israeli forces continue to deploy military reinforcements to the city and the camps of Tulkarem and Nour Shams, raiding Palestinian homes, seizing them, and converting them into military outposts while stationing snipers inside. Reconnaissance drones hover at low altitudes over the area."
○ "Last night, occupation forces stormed homes in the Haret al-Madaris neighborhood of Nour Shams camp, ordering residents to evacuate after subjecting them to interrogation. The camps of Nour Shams and Tulkarem remain under complete siege."
○ "Israeli forces forcibly expelled residents at gunpoint, triggering a mass displacement of over 15,000 Palestinians who have sought refuge in shelters, as well as the homes of relatives in the city, its outskirts, and nearby villages."
○ "The assault has caused complete destruction of infrastructure in the Tulkarem and Nour Shams camps, including electricity, water, sewage, and telecommunications networks. More streets and roads have been bulldozed, while homes and commercial properties have been either partially or completely demolished, set on fire, or blown up. The humanitarian crisis continues to worsen, with acute shortages of food, water, medicine, and baby formula."
○ "We call for increased support and solidarity with the people of Tulkarem and its refugee camps and urge greater focus on the ongoing genocide being waged by the Israeli military against the Palestinian people."
Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli jails after weeklong hold up
Tel Aviv is hoping to extend the first phase of the agreement, and is reportedly banking on resuming its war on Gaza with full intensity
"With our soul and blood, we sacrifice for you, O Palestine."
Footage from the reception of the freed Palestinian prisoners in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
○ "17 martyrs and 19 injuries have arrived in Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 48 hours."
○ "A number of victims are still 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 48,365 martyrs and 111,780 injuries since 7 October 2023."
Hundreds of media workers condemn BBC for ‘dehumanizing’ censorship of Gaza documentary
Staffers have repeatedly accused executives and editors at the British public broadcaster of having a strong pro-Israel bias and exhibiting racism against Arabs
❗️"Young people don't die."
US President Donald Trump posted this on his Truth Social:
"I'm very disappointed...four bodies came in today...We got a lot of hostages back, but it's very sad what happened to those people...This is a vicious group of people, and Israel's going to have to decide what they're doing…"
❗️Israeli drones fly at low altitude over Baalbek and its surroundings, north Lebanon.
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❗️The world's longest-serving political prisoner and Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails, Nael Barghouti, embraces freedom in Egypt after 45 years in Israeli prisons.
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