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Palestinians are bidding their loved ones farewell on the morning of Eid al-Fitr in the Gaza Strip.
Video shows multiple children killed by Israel in the Muhararrat area of Khan Yunis, south Gaza.
BREAKING | Sirens sound in Greater Tel Aviv and the Jerusalem Hills ahead of expected missile launches from Yemen.
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⭕️ Key points from Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya’s Eid speech:
– Hamas, along with other resistance factions, has engaged in negotiations through mediators over the past 18 months with clear objectives: stopping the war, securing the release of prisoners, and affirming the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
– Despite Israeli stalling and Netanyahu’s deliberate sabotage to prolong the war, Hamas demonstrated responsibility, flexibility, and seriousness, which led to the 19 January 2025 agreement. Hamas upheld its commitments while Israel violated the deal and resumed the war more brutally than before.
– Hamas recently received a new proposal from the Qatari and Egyptian mediators and responded positively. The movement emphasized it is not seeking new demands, only the implementation of what was already signed and guaranteed.
– Reiterated Hamas's strategic vision: ending aggression, achieving national unity, and working with all Palestinian factions to establish a fully sovereign state with Jerusalem as its capital and securing the right of return.
– Hamas agreed to Egypt’s proposal for forming a Civil Support Committee to manage Gaza, composed of independent national figures, and submitted names for its formation, urging Egypt to move forward with Arab and Islamic backing.
– Firmly rejected any notion of abandoning responsibility or surrendering Gaza to Israeli control. He declared resistance weapons a red line, tied directly to the occupation’s existence and the need to protect the Palestinian state.
❗️Highlights from Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem's Quds Day speech (1/2):
– "Since Imam Khomeini declared Quds Day, there have been many transformations in favor of Palestine's liberation."
– "We in Hezbollah believe that the Palestinian cause is a just cause, and we are committed to the liberation of the holy sites."
– "We believe in contributing to Palestine’s liberation and see it as being in Lebanon’s interest to be protected during this critical historical stage."
– "Hezbollah has played a crucial role in supporting Palestine, which reached its highest level with the martyrdom of the leader of the nation, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah."
– "If Israel does not comply and the state does not take the necessary steps, we will have no choice but to resort to other options."
– If we reach a point where the Israeli actions are nothing but killing, destruction, and occupation, we cannot remain spectators."
Only seven Hamas fighters named among 436 Palestinians killed by Israel in 'historic' 18 March attacks
Israel launched 80 strikes on Gaza on 18 March to unilaterally end the ceasefire and renew its genocide campaign
‘The people will speak’: Massive anti-government protests in Turkiye enter second week
Turks continue to protest in support of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu amid a police crackdown and economic instability
WATCH | Qassam Brigades publish a video of Israeli captive number 22 addressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling him that Hamas did not force him to record this video, and that he misses his family and wants to go home.
Qassam Brigades released the video with the caption:
"You defend your respected workers, don't you know how to defend me?!"
Turkish police detain Ekrem Imamoglu's lawyer as state crackdown expands
Turkish authorities have detained and deported foreign journalists as part of a crackdown on protests in support of the Istanbul mayor
❗️The Israeli army said that it bombed the same area where mortars were launched at Israeli occupation forces in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today.
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WATCH | Using rudimentary equipment, Civil Defense crews in Gaza work hours to rescue a young Palestinian girl that was trapped under the rubble of her own home after Israeli warplanes bombed it.
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❗️Director General of the Ministry of Health in Gaza:
– "Polio is killing our children because we cannot reach many areas."
– "The health sector in Gaza can currently only be described as closed."
– "The occupation has reduced the entry of medical delegations from abroad into the Gaza Strip."
– "The occupation's targeting of health personnel presents us with major challenges."
❗️Medical Sources to Al Jazeera:
"21 martyrs in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, 13 of them in the southern Gaza Strip."
WATCH | A Palestinian Red Crescent medical crew provides medical assistance to a young Palestinian man who was injured by Israeli gunfire, in the presence of Israeli occupation soldiers, in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, occupied West Bank.
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❗️RT correspondent Saed Swerki:
"Three women were killed and several others were injured when Israeli warplanes targeted a tent housing displaced people inside the Social Insurance and Pensions Authority headquarters in western Gaza City."
❗️ Israeli occupation forces storm the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, occupied West Bank.
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❗️Haaretz, citing an Israeli official:
The release of Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander from Gaza will relieve US pressure on Netanyahu and will make Trump lose interest in solving the crisis.
Highlights from Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem's Quds Day speech (2/2):
– "Let it be known that Israel has included Lebanon, particularly South Lebanon, in its annexation plans through settlement and demographic changes."
– "A certain power has managed to prevent Israel from achieving its goals, which led it to accept a ceasefire."
– "It is the state’s responsibility to step beyond diplomacy at a certain point to confront the occupation."
– "We in Hezbollah have fully adhered to the agreement, but Israel has not withdrawn and continues to violate Lebanon’s sovereignty daily."
– "What Israel is doing today cannot be called mere violations—it is outright aggression that has crossed all limits, and any justifications are meaningless."
– "The Lebanese state must take action, and there is still time for a political and diplomatic solution."
– "Let Israel know that it will not achieve its objectives through pressure, whether by occupying the five points or through its repeated aggression."
– "We will not allow anyone to rob us of our lives, our land, our dignity, our honor, and our nationalism."
– "It is the right of the Lebanese people to have their state rebuild what the "Israeli" enemy has destroyed."
– "Some are trying to blame Hezbollah for certain events inside Syria and along the Syrian border, but this is untrue."
Anti-genocide activists exposed by pro-Israel groups using facial recognition tech
Washington has revoked hundreds of student visas in recent weeks as part of a crackdown on foreign university students who oppose the mass killing of Palestinians by Israel
Israeli army admits firing on Gaza ambulances as body of rescue worker found 'executed, dismembered'
The occupation army opened fire on ambulances and fire trucks that rushed to help Palestinians being targeted in the southern city of Rafah
Ansarallah leaders says US escalation in Yemen 'will not affect' pro-Palestine ops
US warplanes have bombed Yemen over 70 times in the span of 24 hours in defense of the Israeli genocide in Gaza
Miscarriages in Gaza surge by 300 percent due to Israel's aid blockade
Israel's extermination campaign has disproportionately targeted women and children, leaving Gaza with the world's highest rate of child amputees per capita
⭕️ According to The Associated Press (AP), pro-Israeli groups in the US are using facial recognition technology and tip lines to identify foreign students participating in pro-Palestinian protests, following an executive order by President Donald Trump calling for the deportation of demonstrators he deemed “pro-jihadist.”
A right-wing Jewish 'organization' has reportedly submitted a list of identified protesters to federal officials, while a New York-based engineer has offered facial recognition software to pro-Israeli groups seeking to unmask demonstrators.
Additionally, 'organizations' such as Mothers Against Campus Antisemitism have urged supporters to report international students involved in protests to immigration authorities.
“It’s a very concerning practice,” said Abed Ayoud, National Executive Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. “Essentially, the administration is outsourcing surveillance.”
White House cuts funding for Al-Qaeda-linked NGO in Syria
The NGO played a key role in the US-backed regime change operation in Syria that toppled Bashar al-Assad
Millions rally in Yemen to mark Quds Day in defiance of US-led war
Quds Day this year comes as Yemen, Gaza, and Lebanon are under constant attacks by the US and Israel
WATCH | Israeli warplanes bomb Al-Sinaa Street, west of Gaza City.
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❗️Palestinian Red Crescent:
"A child was injured by Israeli occupation forces' bullets during their raid on the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank."
⭕️ On Friday, a federal judge in Massachusetts issued a temporary order preventing the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University who had expressed support for Palestinians in Israel's genocidal war on Gaza and was detained by US immigration officials earlier in the week.
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was apprehended by US immigration authorities near her home in Massachusetts on Tuesday, as seen in a video capturing the arrest by masked federal agents. US officials also revoked her visa.
The US Department of Homeland Security has accused Ozturk, without presenting evidence, of "engaging in activities in support of Hamas."
BREAKING | The Israeli army announces that it will bomb the following areas in Gaza:
– Abasan
– Al-Qarara
– Khirbet Khuza
❗️Israeli warplanes bombed an empty plot of land next to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.
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