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❗️Khalil al-Hayya, head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip:
"During the past period, we received a number of proposals and initiatives, which we approached with positivity and responsibility in order to achieve our goals: a complete end to the aggression against our people in Gaza, the full withdrawal from the Strip, a prisoner exchange, reconstruction, and the lifting of the blockade. However, the Zionist occupation reneged on the agreement it signed with us and with the guarantor mediators, refused to move to the second phase, and resumed its aggression against our people."
❗️Israeli army issues renewed warnings for areas in Gaza City, announcing that these are the areas from which rockets are being launched and describing it as the "final warning" before an attack.
According to the UN, over 140,000 Palestinians have been displaced in just over a week, since the start of Israel's renewed aggression on the strip.
❗️The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) Quds Brigades announces that its rocket force targeted the Hatzerim air base in Beersheba with a rocket barrage.
The Israeli army said a rocket was intercepted.
❗️Palestine Today correspondent:
"11 martyrs as a result of the occupation's raids on tents housing displaced people and a charitable food bank in the central Gaza Strip."
All of Lebanon rejects normalization: PM
Lebanon’s parliament speaker recently warned that Israel is trying to ‘lure’ the country into normalization talks
❗️Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim:
– "Communications with mediators are still ongoing in an effort to reach a framework or proposal to resolve the current crisis.
– The movement is approaching all new proposals with full responsibility, positivity, and flexibility—on the condition that any agreement must ultimately lead to ending the war and the withdrawal of occupying forces.
– No one will accept an agreement that amounts to a “temporary calm, with hostages exchanged for food and water,” only for war and displacement plans to resume under new pretexts.
– What is happening in the occupied West Bank—killings, displacement, and land annexation—is clear evidence that the issue is not with Gaza or its resistance, but with the enemy’s broader plan to erase all Palestinian presence and rights in their homeland."
Netanyahu vows to ‘seize territory’ in Gaza if captives not released
Israeli forces have reentered Gaza on the ground, recently marching into the Netzarim corridor, which Tel Aviv was supposed to withdraw from as part of the ceasefire agreement
❗️Mayor of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Mohammad Jarrar:
– "All of the camp's homes, totaling 3,250, have either been completely or partially destroyed or burned during the ongoing Israeli military operation."
– "The [Israeli] occupation forced over a thousand Palestinians to evacuate their homes around the camp."
❗️Israeli PM Netanyahu, speaking at the Israeli Knesset, reiterates Israel's threat to seize parts of Gaza.
"The more Hamas persists in its stubbornness and refuses to release our captives, the stronger and harsher the pressure we will apply. And I say to you, members of the Knesset—and I say this to Hamas as well—this includes taking control of territories [in Gaza], and also other matters that I will not detail here."
❗️Leader of the Israeli Opposition in the Knesset, Yair Lapid, to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
"Mr. Prime Minister, while you were talking about your 'absolute victory,' there were sirens sounding in the Gaza envelope."
❗️Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam:
– "No one in Lebanon wants normalization with Israel, and it is rejected by all Lebanese."
– "The five points that Israel insists on maintaining are of no military or security value, except for continuing pressure on Lebanon."
– "The goal of the French envoy's visit is to discuss the reconstruction file and secure the necessary support."
❗️Jenin Camp Media Committee statement:
– "The brutal Israeli aggression against Jenin and its camp continues for the 65th consecutive day, with a plan to alter the camp’s historical features."
– "For the 65th day in a row, the Israeli occupation persists in its assault on the city and camp of Jenin, escalating its military operations to reshape the camp by leveling streets and carrying out widespread destruction and demolitions."
– "At dawn on Wednesday, occupation forces besieged a house in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin and arrested 32-year-old Odai Bajawi. In the village of Deir Ghazaleh, Israeli forces also arrested Raed Tawalbeh and his son Jihad after surrounding their home. Since the start of the aggression, the occupation has detained approximately 230 people from Jenin."
– "Israeli forces have deployed military reinforcements, including bulldozers, into Jenin Camp, where they continue to raze streets, expand roads, and carve new pathways. Gunfire persists throughout the area, accompanied by the heavy presence of Israeli drones hovering over the city and camp."
– "The occupation has bulldozed 100% of Jenin Camp’s streets and nearly 80% of the streets in Jenin city. Additionally, 3,200 homes have been emptied, displacing 21,000 residents—effectively depopulating the camp."
– "Israel has issued demolition orders for approximately 66 buildings in Jenin Camp, threatening to destroy 300 residential apartments, including entire neighborhoods such as Al-Loub, Al-Hawashin, and Al-Samran."
– "So far, 200 homes in Jenin Camp have been completely demolished, while around 400 others have sustained severe damage, rendering them uninhabitable. According to the Popular Committee, the number of demolished homes is expected to reach 1,000, as part of an Israeli plan to prevent the reconstruction of destroyed houses and erase the camp’s historical identity."
– "The occupation is also working on establishing a permanent military base inside Jenin Camp, alongside a health center. Reports indicate that Israel intends to bring in a Druze contractor to falsify the camp’s Palestinian history and street names once the military operation is completed."
– "The ongoing Israeli aggression on Jenin city and its camp, now in its 65th day, has resulted in 36 martyrs and dozens of injuries—two of whom were shot by Palestinian Authority security forces."
⭕️ The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA OPT) reported that Israeli bomb threats and evacuation orders have affected an area nearly the size of Manhattan over the past week—roughly 15% of Gaza’s population, displacing more than 120,000 Palestinians.
Israel renewed its bombing campaign of Gaza on 18 March, unilaterally putting an end to a US-brokered ceasefire deal authorities in Tel Aviv had repeatedly violated.
Between Monday and Tuesday, the Israeli onslaught killed at least 62 Palestinians, including seven children.
BREAKING | Israel announces that it will bomb the neighborhoods of Al-Zaytoun, Al-Gharbi, Tal al-Hawa, Sheikh Ajleen, Tawsat al-Nufud, and Al-Rimal in Gaza, issuing evacuation orders.
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US airstrikes hit Yemen cancer hospital again as bombing campaign escalates
The Yemeni army continues to respond to Washington’s non-stop attacks against the country by targeting US warships in the Red Sea
⭕️ Saudi Arabia will host a meeting between Lebanese Defense Minister Michel Menassa and Syrian Defense Minister Marhaf Abu Qasra on Thursday in Jeddah to discuss border issues, a Lebanese source told AFP.
The meeting, held under Saudi sponsorship, comes after a previously scheduled visit by Menassa to Damascus was postponed by the Syrian side due to preparations to form a new government, according to a Syrian government source.
❗️Israel's Channel 14:
"Security estimates indicate that Hamas has more rockets with a range of 45 kilometers and hundreds more with shorter ranges."
The Trump Doctrine: Brinkmanship and blowback in a unipolar hangover
Trump’s attempt to reinvent US power through economic coercion, proxy discipline, and selective warfare may be speeding up the decline of US global dominance in a world no longer willing to play by American rules.
By Aymun Moosavi
⭕️ The US has been attacking Yemen since rebooting its bombing campaign on 15 March, leaving at least 79 civilians dead and over 100 injured.
Unfortunately, western media seems more fascinated by the drama surrounding Trump’s leaked Signal group chat, rather than the grave reality behind the group chat's intended purpose.
⭕️ Since Israel resumed its assault on Gaza on 18 March, at least 830 Palestinians have been killed and 1,787 injured, bringing the total death toll since 7 October, 2023, to 50,183, with over 113,800 injured, according to the Ministry of Health.
In the past 24 hours alone, 39 were killed and 124 wounded, while many bodies remain trapped under rubble due to the lack of rescue capacity. A new massacre in Jabalia al-Balad killed 11, including a mother and five children, as the Israeli army continues ground operations and seizes territory in northern and central Gaza.
The ongoing blockade has caused critical shortages of food and fuel, with flour expected to run out by the end of March, threatening a wider famine. The Ministry also warned of a collapse in the healthcare system amid widespread destruction and severe shortages of essential medicine.
(Quds News Network)
❗️National and Islamic Action factions in Gaza:
– "We call on our people to remain vigilant and cautious against the occupation's attempts to fragment the internal front, and emphasize the need to maintain national unity and exercise awareness to confront hostile schemes.
– We urge the international community to intervene to stop Israeli policies for which our people are paying a heavy price, and to protect the rights of Palestinians.
– We stress the need to stand against any attempt to threaten national unity or incite against the resistance, as our people are the most capable of confronting the occupation's plans."
❗️Israel's Channel 14:
"Today, Israeli military forces demolished 24 Palestinian greenhouses built near the security fence and the Bat Hefer settlement in the Tulkarem province of the [occupied] West Bank, as they were deemed a security threat to the surrounding settlements."
❗️Palestinian Prisoners' Club:
– "Medical crimes are escalating in occupation prisons, with the spread of diseases and epidemics among prisoners. Data from Megiddo Prison warns of a health catastrophe."
– "We warn that the continued spread of diseases in occupation prisons and the denial of medical treatment to prisoners will inevitably lead to the deaths of more prisoners."
US intel report blames government forces for 'violence, instability' in Syria
Syrian security forces massacred over 1,500 Alawite civilians on the country’s coast in early March
❗️Statement by Hamas:
"Let Friday, Saturday, and Sunday be days of anger and global mobilization in support of Gaza, Jerusalem, and Al-Aqsa, and in rejection of Zionist crimes.
In light of the escalating Zionist aggression and genocidal war on Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem—carried out with American support and international silence—we in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) call upon our people, our nation, and the free people of the world to intensify demonstrations, rallies, and sit-ins. We urge the surrounding of Israeli embassies, supporting Gaza, exposing the crimes of the occupation, and maintaining international pressure until the aggression stops and the siege is lifted.
Let the coming days be days of rage and steadfastness in the face of the occupier and its supporters."
❗️Government Media Office in Gaza:
– "The [Israeli] occupation’s closure of Gaza’s crossings is a humanitarian crime that threatens the lives of 2.4 million Palestinians."
– "85% of the population has lost access to essential food sources due to the halt in aid."
– "The absence of goods in markets raises the risk of an imminent famine with severe consequences."
– "Dozens of bakeries in Gaza have shut down due to fuel shortages, as the occupation prevents its entry into the Strip."
– "More than 90% of Gaza’s residents now lack access to clean water."
– "The [Israeli] occupation has destroyed 719 water wells and 330,000 meters of water networks."
– "34 hospitals and 80 health centers have been destroyed, rendering them non-operational."
– "280,000 families are homeless as Israel blocks the entry of tents and caravans."
– "Electricity has been cut off for 18 months due to the occupation’s ban on fuel entry into Gaza."
BREAKING | Israel has begun carrying out its bomb threats, with Israeli warplanes launching airstrikes throughout Gaza City.
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❗️Quds Brigades announces that it targeted settlements in the Gaza envelope with a rocket barrage in response to the "Zionist enemy's crimes against our Palestinian people."
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❗️Jenin Municipality (occupied West Bank):
"The Israeli court rejected our petition to prevent the demolition of 93 homes in Jenin Camp. This is in addition to the 300 buildings already demolished by the Israeli occupation army in the camp. The demolition of the homes could take place at any moment."
❗️Israeli media: Four rocket launches from the Gaza Strip have been monitored over the past three days.
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