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❗️The Gaza Media Office and Hamas on Friday condemned a joint European-American decision to ban Al-Aqsa TV from satellite broadcasting.
The move included a warning that any satellite provider airing the channel would face sanctions and legal action.
The Government Media Office described the decision as "a blatant assault on public freedoms, freedom of opinion and expression, and a systematic suppression of the Palestinian narrative."
It stated that the ban demonstrates "a clear alignment with the open war waged by the occupation (Israel) against Palestinian media" and amounts to "a reward for the occupation's crimes against journalists."
The media office called for the decision to be reversed, arguing that it "violates international laws and resolutions."
Hamas denounced the measure as “a direct targeting of free Palestinian media, which conveys the suffering of the Palestinian people and the crimes of the occupation to the world."
⭕️ Israel is set to enforce extensive new visa and registration regulations for international aid organizations operating in Palestine, imposing restrictions that humanitarian groups warn will politicize their work, endanger both local and international staff, and disrupt relief operations in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Under the new rules announced this week, Israeli authorities will have the authority to legally deny the registration of NGOs assisting Palestinians based on broad criteria. Among the factors considered are whether an organization or its employees have previously advocated for a boycott of Israel, rejected its identity “as a Jewish and democratic state,” or supported legal action against Israeli soldiers for committing war crimes.
Aid organizations are particularly alarmed by a requirement to provide the names, contact details, and identification numbers of Palestinian staff. Given the high toll on humanitarian workers in Gaza—where more than 300 have been killed, most of them Palestinian—aid groups view the demand to share names with one side of the conflict as “highly problematic,” according to a Jerusalem-based relief worker to The Washington Post.
❗️When asked about Gaza, US President Donald Trump comments about the microphone that accidentally touched his face instead.
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❗️Local sources in Gaza report that Israeli gunboats fired into the sea off the central Gaza Strip, which coincided with intense gunfire east of the town of Juhr al-Dik.
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❗️Government Media Office in Gaza:
○ “There are no alternatives to compensate for the depletion of food supplies, fuel, and water.”
○ “The continued closure of the crossings will lead to certain famine in the Gaza Strip.”
○ “There is no alternative but to end the blockade and ensure the smooth flow of aid.”
○ “We are on the verge of famine if the blockade on the Gaza Strip continues.”
Part of the massive destruction caused by the Israeli occupation forces in the Jenin camp, as part of the army's attempt to make the area uninhabitable and displace the local population.
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⭕️ About 130,000 worshippers performed the Isha and Tarawih prayers in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of Ramadan.
According to the Islamic Endowments Department, this is considered the largest number of worshippers attending Al-Aqsa since the beginning of Ramadan.
The eyes and ears that decapitated Hezbollah
As Hezbollah reels from a wave of assassinations deep within its strongholds, an unseen war rages – one fought not with bullets, but with hacked signals, infiltrated networks, and a digital battlefield where every movement is mapped before it happens.
By Anis Raiss
Thousands of Syrian Alawites sheltering at Russian base one week after state massacres
Syrian government-linked armed groups have carried out 54 massacres since 6 March, killing at least 1,476 Alawite civilians in the country's coastal areas
BREAKING | An Israeli quadcopter dropped bombs near Al-Shuqairi School in northern Gaza.
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Despite heightened restrictions imposed by Israeli occupation forces around the Old City of Jerusalem, approximately 80,000 Palestinian worshippers gathered to perform the second Friday prayer of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Hamas agrees to release US-Israeli soldier following direct talks with Washington
US President Donald Trump's envoy has participated in direct negotiations with the Palestinian resistance movement as Israel attempts to sabotage the Gaza ceasefire
US, Israel in 'secret talks' with African states to take in forcibly expelled Palestinians: Report
Israel is taking Trump’s ethnic cleansing campaign for Gaza seriously, and has set up a ‘migration administration’ to push Palestinians out of the strip
❗️Iraqi News Agency: Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein receives his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani in Baghdad.
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❗️Palestine Today correspondent:
"3 wounded in Israeli tank shelling of downtown Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip."
❗️Statement from the Media Committee in Tulkarem, occupied West Bank:
○ “The Israeli occupation forces continue their assault on the city and camp of Tulkarem for the 48th consecutive day and on Nour Shams Camp for the 35th consecutive day."
○ “The number of displaced residents from Nour Shams and Tulkarem camps has risen to over 24,000, with more homes and neighborhoods being forcibly evacuated. Many of the displaced remain in shelters or nearby towns."
○ “In the early hours of Saturday morning, explosions were heard near the wooded areas of Nour Shams Camp, coinciding with a heavy deployment of occupation soldiers. Flames and smoke were seen rising from the site, causing damage to vehicles and home windows. Meanwhile, occupation forces opened fire on an ambulance that was evacuating a patient from the camp."
○ “The occupation forces continue to forcibly remove residents from Tulkarem Camp, ordering families in the Al-Marbaa neighborhood to leave their homes at gunpoint. They also raided the Abu al-Foul and Qaqoun neighborhoods, breaking down doors, vandalizing homes, and converting them into military outposts."
○ “The Israeli forces detonated one of the gates of Al-Nasr Mosque in Nour Shams Camp and conducted searches in the Al-Mahjar neighborhood while firing intensively. Additionally, they set fire to the home of Yasser Moqbel in the Al-Manshiya neighborhood."
○ “During a raid in the Al-Muqataa neighborhood of Tulkarem Camp, Israeli soldiers brutally assaulted several residents, severely beating a man and his son before detaining them for over 12 hours before their release."
○ “The occupation has deployed further military reinforcements in the city and its camps, increasing the presence of heavy machinery and bulldozers, particularly around buildings it has seized on Nablus Street, which have been turned into military bases. Mobile checkpoints have also been set up to restrict civilian movement."
○ “The ongoing assault on the city and camps has resulted in the killing of 13 Palestinians, including a child and two women—one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens have been wounded and arrested, while over 12,000 residents have been forcibly displaced from Nour Shams Camp and another 12,000 from Tulkarem Camp."
Syrian FM urges Iraq to reopen border in first visit since armed coup
Relations have been tense between the two countries since the former Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria took power in December
❗️The US Central Command published a video showing the assassination of the second-in-command of ISIS and the operations leader, Abdullah Maki Musleh al-Rifai, known as Abu Khadija.
The US command stated on X: “On March 13, U.S. Central Command forces, in cooperation with Iraqi Intelligence and Security Forces, conducted a precision airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that killed the Global ISIS #2 leader, Chief of Global Operations and the Delegated Committee Emir – Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, alias ‘Abu Khadijah’, and one other ISIS operative.”
❗️Hamas spokesman Dr. Abdul Latif al-Qanou:
“Our delegation in Cairo is following up on proposals to consolidate the ceasefire.”
❗️The Palestinian youth, Omar Abdel Hakim Ishtia (21), was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Salem, east of Nablus.
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❗️Palestinian journalist Alaa Hashem has passed away after spending months in a coma resulting from an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City earlier this year.
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⭕️ A dummy depicting a Haredi Israeli soldier was photographed hanging from a wire next to a Palestinian flag in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Mea She’arim neighborhood this morning, in what appeared to be a protest against mandatory conscription laws for the Haredi community.
The incident comes amid ongoing tensions over Haredi enlistment. Earlier this week, a senior Israeli military officer responsible for promoting ultra-Orthodox enlistment informed the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the army plans to issue an additional 14,000 draft orders to members of the Haredi community.
Between July 2024 and this month, the military sent out 10,000 initial draft orders to Haredi individuals in several waves. However, only 177 (1.7%) of those who received orders have enlisted so far.
In a related act of protest, a similar effigy bearing the sign “We will die before we are drafted” was hung from a building in Beit Shemesh, a city with a large ultra-Orthodox population.
Four Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting a group of civilians gathering firewood in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
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'We are holding slaves': Israeli soldier reveals systematic use of Palestinian 'human shields' in Gaza
The soldier revealed that the Israeli Military Police are investigating just a few cases to give the impression that the practice is rare
‘Sowing division’: Controversy after Syrian Druze clerics visit Israel
The clerics entered Israel through the occupied Golan Heights for the first visit of its kind in five decades
⭕️ Israeli War Minister Israel Katz stated that the military will maintain its occupation of five "strategic points" in southern Lebanon "indefinitely," regardless of the outcome of any negotiations.
During a situational assessment with Israeli military officials, Katz "stressed that the Israeli military will continue to occupy the five points overseeing the buffer zone in Lebanon indefinitely, to safeguard the security of northern residents. This decision is not contingent on any future negotiations concerning disputed border issues," according to a statement from his office.
Katz also directed the military to "fortify" its positions at the five newly established outposts on occupied Lebanese territory, preparing for a prolonged presence, the statement added.
❗️According to Israel's Channel 12, the negotiating team will return tonight from Doha to present a comprehensive report on the progress of the talks.
Decisions will be made regarding the next steps in the negotiations within days. The Israeli negotiating delegation has not achieved a breakthrough, but negotiations will continue later.
Netanyahu will meet tomorrow evening with senior security and political leaders to discuss the future of the negotiations.
❗️Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has reportedly detained five suspects for allegedly passing information about military bases and critical sites in Turkiye to Iranian intelligence.
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❗️Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Office:
"While Israel has accepted the Witkoff outline, Hamas stands by its refusal and has not budged a millimeter. At the same time, it continues to engage in manipulation and psychological warfare. The Prime Minister will convene the ministerial team on Saturday night to receive a detailed report from the negotiating team, and to decide on the next steps for the release of the hostages."
❗️Jenin Camp Media Committee:
"The Zionist occupation forces continue their aggression on the city and camp of Jenin for the 53rd consecutive day, amid a catastrophic and deteriorating humanitarian situation, and the closure of schools and health services in the camp.
The effects of the brutal aggression continue to cast a shadow over more than 20,000 Palestinians displaced from Jenin camp as a result of the occupation forces' military operations. This represents approximately 90 percent of the camp's population who were forcibly displaced."