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❗️Media Committee in Tulkarem, occupied West Bank:

– "The occupation forces continue their military operations in the city of Tulkarem and its two camps for the 64th consecutive day, while the siege imposed on Nour Shams Camp continues for the 51st day. This aggression is accompanied by arrest campaigns and violent raids, including the suppression of residents and assaults on them."

– "The occupation has reinforced its military presence in the city and its surroundings, deploying its vehicles and soldiers in neighborhoods and camps, and setting up mobile checkpoints that hindered the movement of residents, in addition to carrying out incursions and arrests targeting many young men."

– "In the early dawn hours, occupation forces stormed the Aktaba suburb east of Tulkarem, and arrested Abdullah Alariya, a former prisoner, and Mohammad Samih Abu Harb, after raiding and searching their homes."

– "The Dhanaba suburb witnessed the arrest of five young men at a flying checkpoint set up near Al-Attar platforms. They are: Aziz Attar, Jawad Attar, Mohammad Farajallah, and Muhannad al-Halqoum. The occupation released the latter two at dawn after they were severely beaten."

– "Nour Shams Camp witnessed a dangerous escalation, where occupation forces burned houses in the Manshiya neighborhood, causing smoke columns to rise, amid the continuing suffocating siege on the camp. The occupation forces also deployed bulldozers in several areas, especially in Manshiya and the slaughterhouse, where they destroyed homes and infrastructure, and expelled many families from their residences, particularly in the areas of Jabal al-Nasr and Al-Salihin."

– "In Tulkarem Camp, forced displacement of its residents continues, with most of its neighborhoods now nearly empty of residents, especially in the Hadayda and Rabayaa neighborhoods, after infrastructure, homes, and commercial facilities suffered extensive destruction due to continuous incursions."

– "Coinciding with the Eid period, occupation forces escalated their arbitrary measures against residents, setting up mobile military checkpoints in Tulkarem streets and restricting residents' movement. They also chased children while they were playing in the streets and confiscated their plastic toys."

– "The occupation forces intensified their presence on Nablus Street, especially in the area opposite Tulkarem Camp, where they closed parts of it with dirt barriers, and seized a number of houses and turned them into military points, as part of the policy of restricting residents."

– "The continuous aggression on Tulkarem and its camps has resulted in the martyrdom of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant, in addition to the injury and arrest of dozens. More than 4,000 families were forced to flee from the Tulkarem and Nour Shams Camps, along with dozens of families from the northern neighborhood of the city after the occupation seized their homes and converted some into military sites."

– "The destruction extended to include infrastructure, commercial shops, and vehicles, with 396 homes completely destroyed and 2,573 partially destroyed, in addition to closing the entrances to the camps with dirt barriers, in an escalation that reflects the scale of ongoing violations against civilians in the city and its camps."

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❗️Following US President Donald Trump's threats to bomb Iran, Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Swiss Head of Mission, who represents US interests in Tehran, to deliver a formal warning, stating: “Iran will respond decisively & immediately to any threat.”

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❗️Ministry of Interior and National Security in Gaza:

– "We condemn the Israeli occupation’s new threats issued this morning, ordering the full evacuation of Rafah and the displacement of its remaining residents under continuous bombardment, paving the way for further crimes against our people."

– "These new threats will only worsen the catastrophic conditions in Gaza, where residents have endured 18 months of genocide, displacement, and repeated forced evacuations, all while the occupation continues its blockade and starvation policies in full view of the world."

– "We call on the international community and mediators to intervene urgently and pressure the occupation to halt its evacuation threats in Rafah, which would bring unimaginable suffering to civilians."

– "We hold the occupation fully responsible for the ongoing genocide against our people and urge all international legal institutions to take widespread action and hold its leaders accountable for war crimes against our defenseless population."

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❗️Gaza government media office

- "We strongly condemn the horrific and deliberate killing of 15 humanitarian workers by Israeli occupation forces during an emergency evacuation in Rafah, southern Gaza. The victims—including 8 paramedics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society, 6 Palestinian Civil Defense personnel, and a UNRWA employee—were targeted while responding to an urgent SOS call to evacuate the wounded."

- "This cold-blooded massacre was compounded by the Israeli military’s eight-day blockade, preventing the recovery of the victims’ bodies. Such acts expose a systematic policy of attacking medical and relief teams, in blatant violation of international law, including the Geneva Conventions, which mandate protection for humanitarian and medical personnel."

- "Evidence and field testimonies confirm that some victims were physically liquidated while handcuffed and were shot in fatal locations in the head and chest by the occupation army. This confirms that this crime was not a random targeting, but rather a deliberate execution by official order of the occupation army."

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Israel continues massacres in Gaza on second day of Eid al-Fitr

The Israeli army issued threats to several areas of Rafah in preparation for an expansion of ground operations in the area

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⭕️ Netanyahu appoints former navy chief Eli Sharvit as Shin Bet Director

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Major General Eli Sharvit, who led the Israeli Navy from 2016 to 2021, as the new Director of the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet/Shabak).

The appointment follows a recent Cabinet vote to remove current director Ronen Bar.

Sharvit, originally of Moroccan origin, does not speak a word of Arabic and is inexperienced in everything Palestinian-related—a notable shift for the head of an agency heavily involved in what Israel calls “counterterrorism operations” in Arabic-speaking areas.

The announcement came despite the suspension of Bar’s removal and sparked criticism from the Israeli opposition. Opposition leader Benny Gantz said Sharvit had the necessary “experience,” but warned that “it is clear the prime minister has decided to continue his campaign against the judiciary and drag Israel into a dangerous constitutional crisis.” He added that the appointment should only be made after the Supreme Court issues its decision.

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❗️Six Palestinians killed and 10 injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the Tahliya area of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

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❗️Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri:

"Netanyahu’s statements that the goal of the war is to implement the Trump plan for displacement confirm unequivocally that we are facing an American-Zionist scheme linked to a displacement project. In the face of this diabolical plan that combines massacres and starvation, everyone who can bear arms anywhere in the world must act. Spare no bomb, a bullet, a knife, or a stone. Let everyone break their silence — we are all complicit if American and Zionist occupation interests remain safe while Gaza is being slaughtered and starved."

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❗️Head of the Civil Defense Follow-up Committee in Gaza to Al Jazeera:

"The [Israeli] occupation killed the paramedic teams, bulldozed their bodies, and buried them in Rafah ... What happened was a field execution of Civil Defense and Red Crescent crews."

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⭕️ “We operate a sub-army of slaves.”

That is how a former Israeli soldier described the systematic use of Palestinian civilians as human shields by Israeli forces in Gaza, in a harrowing anonymous op-ed published by Haaretz.

According to the soldier, who served nine months in Gaza, Israeli troops are using human shields “at least six times a day” under an informal practice known as the “mosquito protocol.”

Palestinians—often elderly men or young boys—are forced to enter homes and tunnels ahead of soldiers to check for traps or fighters.

“Almost every platoon keeps a ‘shawish,’” he wrote, using the term for these forced human scouts.

The author said the practice has become normalized across the Israeli military, with commanders openly endorsing it. Though safer alternatives like drones or dogs had been used earlier, the military prioritized speed over protection:

“We forced Palestinians to act as human shields not because it was safer for IDF troops, but because it was faster.”

Despite mounting evidence and internal awareness, military authorities have only opened six investigations—an effort the soldier calls a “cover-up.”

“This procedure is a crime—even the army now admits that. It happens daily and is much more common than the public is being told.”

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❗️Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS):

"The Palestine Red Crescent Society was devastated today by the killing of eight of its paramedics in Rafah, targeted by the Israeli army while performing their humanitarian duties in response to a call to aid the wounded and injured following an Israeli strike in the Hashashin area of Rafah, Gaza Strip.

The ninth paramedic remains missing and is believed to have possibly been detained.

Names of the fallen paramedics:

1. Mustafa Khafaja
2. Ezzedine Shaat
3. Saleh Muammar
4. Rifaat Radwan
5. Mohammad Bahloul
6. Ashraf Abu Labda
7. Mohammad al-Hila
8. Raed al-Sharif

Mercy to these heroes of humanitarian work."

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❗️US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with bombings and renewed secondary tariffs if Tehran does not reach a nuclear agreement with Washington.

“If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing,” Trump told NBC News.

“But there’s a chance that if they don’t make a deal, that I will do secondary tariffs on them like I did four years ago.”

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❗️Medical sources in Gaza to Al Jazeera:

"43 martyrs in Israeli raids on several areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn today."

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⭕️ Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, during a cabinet meeting, stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s response to the US President’s letter had been delivered through Oman.

In this response, while the idea of direct negotiations between the two sides was rejected, it was emphasized that the path for indirect talks remains open. It was also stressed that Iran has never avoided negotiations, and that it was only the Americans’ breaches of commitments that created problems on this path — breaches that must be corrected and trust must be rebuilt.

Ultimately, it is the nature of the Americans’ behavior that will determine the future of the negotiations.

(IRNA)

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Syrian interim president appoints new transitional government, promises 'new state'

A Christian woman, a Druze, a Kurd, and an Alawite were appointed to posts in the new government in line with western calls for ‘inclusivity’

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Lebanese citizens perform Eid prayers in Kfar Kila, a southern border town, amid the ongoing Israeli aggressions and destruction.

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Israeli Channels 12 and 13 report that two individuals have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the Qatari funds investigation. According to sources cited by Channel 13, the detainees are Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's advisor and his office spokesman.

The arrests come amid an ongoing probe into alleged financial misconduct involving Qatari money. Further details about the specific allegations remain undisclosed at this time.

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⭕️ Lebanon's LBCI Reports Three Detained in Rocket Launch Investigation

Lebanon's LBCI news channel reports that security forces have detained three individuals – two Lebanese nationals and one Syrian – in connection with a recent rocket launch incident. Investigators are currently conducting forensic examinations, including fingerprint and DNA analysis, to determine their potential involvement.

Authorities became suspicious of the detainees due to their presence near the launch site. The Syrian national in particular drew attention after being observed at the location at 3:00 AM, despite having no apparent reason to be in the area given his place of residence.

Security officials caution that the investigation remains ongoing, stressing that any connection to the incident cannot be confirmed until forensic analysis of evidence collected from the launch pads is completed and matched to the suspects.

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⭕️ A group of pro-Palestinian activists vandalized the Trump Turnberry golf resort in Scotland on 8 March, splashing red paint across the main building and spray-painting the words "Gaza is not for sale," Free Gaza," and "Free Palestine" in multiple areas.

On Saturday, a 33-year-old man was charged and will appear in court after his 12 March arrest. A 75-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman were also detained but later released pending investigation.

US President Donald Trump posted the following message on Truth Social as a response, calling the people responsible "terrorists":

"I was just informed by Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom, that they caught the terrorists who attacked the beautiful Turnberry, in Scotland. They did serious damage, and will hopefully be treated harshly. The three people who did this are in prison. You cannot let things like this attack happen, and I greatly appreciate the work of Prime Minister Starmer, and UK Law Enforcement."

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BREAKING | The Israeli military has threatened to use "significant force" against Palestinians in Rafah ordering civilians to evacuate the entire area in southern Gaza.

This marks the largest order since Israel resumed its military assault on the strip.

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❗️Israeli occupation forces invade Qabatiya, south of Jenin, occupied West Bank, raiding homes and deploying throughout various neighborhoods.

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Intense crying and grief: A glimpse of the farewell to the eight Red Crescent paramedics who were besieged and cold-bloodedly executed by Israel in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

(Quds Feed)

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❗️Local Syrian sources report Israeli tank shelling towards Eastern Tal Ahmar in the vicinity of the town of Kudna in southern Quneitra countryside.

(Al-Mayadeen)

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BREAKING | US warplanes launch 13 airstrikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa, and counting.

They have carried out 8 airstrikes on the al-Malika area and 5 airstrikes on the Sarf area in Bani Hashish District, northeast Sanaa.

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Red Crescent recovers bodies of missing paramedics, civil defense workers killed by Israel in Gaza's Rafah

Israeli forces killed the first responders during an assault and siege on Rafah's Tal al-Sultan neighborhood that began eight days ago

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Hamas slams Israel’s ‘colonial’ road project meant to split West Bank, isolate East Jerusalem

Building the Fabric of Life Road is part of Israel's effort to control and annex the E1 corridor, which would make hope for a contiguous Palestinian state 'vanish'

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❗️Statement by Hamas:

"The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) strongly condemns the Israeli occupation cabinet’s approval on Saturday of a new settlement project aimed at constructing strategic roads to further connect illegal settlements and isolate Palestinian towns around the Ma’ale Adumim settlement in occupied Jerusalem.

The continued implementation of settlement projects in occupied Jerusalem reveals the occupation’s malicious intent to expand settlements and push for the displacement of Palestinians from the holy city.

We affirm that these colonial plans will ultimately be shattered by the steadfastness of the Palestinian people, their rootedness in their land, and their unwavering commitment to their rights despite all sacrifices.

We call on our people in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank to escalate resistance and confront the occupation and its settlers in all arenas, using all available means to thwart their schemes."

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BREAKING | Israel commits massacre in its targeting of the Al-Tayef family home on Mashtaha Street in Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City.

At least 5 Palestinians, among them children, were killed and several wounded.

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❗️BREAKING | Palestinian Red Crescent has confirmed that the bodies of 11 people have been recovered so far in the Tal al-Sultan area of Rafah, southern Gaza, including 6 paramedics from Red Crescent teams, 4 Civil Defense crew members, and 1 UN employee.

Search efforts remain ongoing.

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⭕️ Israel's Security Cabinet has approved the final phase of the "Fabric of Life Road" near occupied Jerusalem, a project that will reroute Palestinian traffic and effectively sever territorial continuity in the occupied West Bank.

While framed as a logistical upgrade, the road will block Palestinian access to the critical area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim, including Khan al-Ahmar — a village seen as pivotal to the viability of a future Palestinian state.

Once completed, Palestinians will be able to access this area only by foot, advancing de facto annexation and deepening Israel's stranglehold on the E1 corridor, a strategic zone whose control determines whether a contiguous Palestinian state remains possible at all.

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