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❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
– “42 martyrs (including 1 martyr who was recovered) and 183 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 24 hours."
– “A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them."
– “The death toll and injuries since 18 March 2025 has reached 1,042 martyrs and 2,542 injuries."
– “The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 50,399 martyrs and 114,583 injuries since 7 October 2023."
❗️According to a joint statement by the Israeli army, Mossad, and Shin Bet, the latest Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburb assassinated Hassan Bdeir, who they claim is "a terrorist in Hezbollah's Unit 3900 and the Iranian Quds Force."
The statement also claims that Bdeir recently helped Hamas in an operation, and that he "assisted them in planning and advancing a significant and imminent terror attack against Israeli civilians."
❗️Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Ibrahim al-Moussawi:
– “What happened was a major aggression and took the situation to a completely different level. We hold the international community and Washington responsible for this crime.”
– “We heard the condemnation of the president and prime minister, but the matter should not stop there. The government must summon the ambassadors of major powers.”
– “The enemy (Israel) is the one who declared the end of the ceasefire agreement through its ongoing raids and violations in the South, the Bekaa, and the southern suburbs.”
– “The situation can no longer be tolerated. Society is watching our children being targeted while they sleep, and there is no pretext for targeting civilians.”
– “We remain committed, and our state has a full opportunity after these violations. We are not war enthusiasts.”
– “When the Lebanese state declares that the enemy is violating the agreement, it must activate the highest level of diplomacy to find solutions.”
⭕️ The Trump administration announced on Monday that it is reviewing $9 billion in federal contracts and grants awarded to Harvard University as part of its broader campaign against what it claims is antisemitism on college campuses.
In a joint statement, the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and the US General Services Administration revealed that they are scrutinizing $255.6 million in contracts between Harvard, its affiliates, and the federal government, as well as $8.7 billion in multi-year grant commitments.
The focus on Harvard comes following the Trump administration’s decision earlier this month to revoke $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University.
⭕️ Israel is set to begin constructing a long-promised barrier along its Jordanian border in June, according to The Times of Israel. The project is expected to take three years to complete.
The fence will stretch from Hamat Gader, near the occupied Golan Heights, to Ramon International Airport, north of Eilat. A 30-kilometer (18-mile) section from Eilat to Ramon Airport was already reinforced in previous years, modeled after the heavily fortified barriers along the borders with Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip.
This expansion of Israel’s infrastructure comes at a cost of 5.2 billion Shekels ($1.4 billion). Additionally, Israel plans to establish new settlements along the border.
❗️Al Jazeera correspondent:
"7 martyrs and a number of wounded in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today."
Journalist and Al-Aqsa Radio broadcaster Mohammad al-Bardawil was killed along with his wife and three children in an Israeli strike on Khan Yunis, southern Gaza yesterday.
He is the 209th journalist to be killed by Israel since the start of its brutal war on Gaza.
BREAKING | Israeli army announces that it will bomb the areas of Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, Sheikh Zayed, Al-Manshiya, and Tal al-Zaatar in northern Gaza.
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❗️Initial death toll of the attack on the southern suburb is 3, and several others reported injured.
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BREAKING | The top 3 floors of a residential building were destroyed in the latest Israeli airstrike on the southern suburb of Beirut.
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⭕️ Qatar and Israel train side by side in Greece
Qatar has participated in the multinational air exercise “Iniochos 2025” with F-15s alongside Israel and at least ten other countries, including Bahrain (F-16), and the UAE (Mirage 2000/9).
The drill, hosted by Greece from 31 March to 11 April, includes joint air combat simulations and operational coordination.
According to KAN military correspondent Itay Blumenthal, Israel was surprised to see the full list of participants published on the Hellenic Air Force's website, especially given its request to keep its involvement, and that of others like Qatar, confidential—in light of Qatar's known support for Hamas and its involvement in the ongoing “Qatargate” scandal.
Despite public posturing, Qatari and Israeli air forces are now training in the same sky, attending joint briefings and cooperating in simulated missions.
Blumenthal noted bluntly: “Qatar and Israel are now training together in Greece.”
BREAKING | Israeli occupation forces are forcing residents of Jabal al-Salihin on the outskirts of Tulkarem's Nour Shams refugee camp, West Bank to evacuate their homes.
This comes following reports that Israeli forces have set fire to several homes in the camp, carried out continuous house raids, continued to destroy infrastructure and displace residents as their widescale military offensive enters its 51st consecutive day.
(Palestine Today, WAFA)
❗️Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announces the seizure of two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf.
According to the statement, the vessels, "Star 1" and "Vintage," were engaged in organized fuel smuggling and were carrying over 3 million liters of smuggled diesel with 25 crew members on board.
The IRGC said the tankers were intercepted following intelligence monitoring and are being transferred to Bushehr for legal proceedings.
❗️Israel's Channel 12 - Amit Segal:
Bezalel Smotrich resigns as Finance Minister and returns to the Knesset in protest against National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's greed for an additional ministerial post.
Israeli army killed over 1,400 medical staff in Gaza since start of genocide: Officials
Fifteen Palestinian humanitarian workers, including civil defense teams, Red Crescent medics, and a UNRWA employee, were recently executed by the Israeli army during rescue operations
❗️A Hermes 900 and 450 drone are seen flying at low altitudes over the airspace of Bint Jbeil this morning, as Israeli surveillance flights continue over southern and eastern Lebanon.
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Israel prepares to occupy '25 percent of Gaza' in coming weeks: Report
Netanyahu recently outlined the 'final stage' of the genocide in Gaza, which includes the complete disarmament of Hamas and the ethnic cleansing of two million Palestinians as per Trump's 'Riviera' plan
❗️Lebanese Ministry of Health:
"4 martyrs and 7 wounded in the Zionist raid that targeted a building in the southern suburb."
New Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburb kills several
Israel launched two missiles at a building and took out three of its top floors, marking the second attack on Beirut since last week
❗️Press statement issued by the Gaza Government Media Office:
– "The number of journalist martyrs has risen to 209 since the start of the genocide against Gaza, following the announcement of the martyrdom of journalist Mohammad Saleh Al-Bardawil, who worked as a broadcaster for Al-Aqsa Voice Radio."
– "We strongly condemn the targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation."
– "We call on the International Federation of Journalists, the Arab Journalists Union, and all press organizations worldwide to condemn these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists and media workers in Gaza."
– "We hold the Israeli occupation, the US administration, and the countries complicit in the genocide—such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France—fully responsible for this heinous and brutal crime."
– "We demand that the international community, global organizations, and institutions concerned with journalism and media condemn these crimes, take action to deter the occupation, and pursue it in international courts to hold its criminals accountable."
– "We also call for serious and effective pressure to stop the genocide, protect journalists and media workers in Gaza, and put an end to their targeting and assassination."
❗️Amjad al-Shawa, head of the network of NGOs in Gaza:
– "We have entered a new phase of famine due to the Israeli siege."
– "We have reached an unprecedented level of humanitarian catastrophe affecting our people."
– "The occupation is systematically working to harm the lives of citizens in the Strip."
– "Blocking water, food, and medicine from the population is a blatant violation, and the world must act."
❗️Hezbollah MP Ali Ammar to Al-Mayadeen:
– "Only the language of resistance and steadfastness will work with the enemy."
– "Hezbollah is practicing the utmost patience and deliberation, but patience has limits. We are waiting, and the resistance is still continuing."
– "The resistance is at full strength and prepared, and has compensated for all its losses many times over. This is not just talk to boost morale."
❗️Information obtained by Al-Mayadeen:
"A regular Hezbollah member, not a resistance leader or official, was killed in the attack on the southern suburb."
BREAKING | A joint Israeli army and Shin Bet statement says the latest strike on Dahiye “targeted a Hezbollah terrorist who had recently directed Hamas operatives and assisted them in planning a significant and imminent terror attack against Israeli civilians.”
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❗️BREAKING | Israel bombs the southern suburb of Beirut.
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🇾🇪 BREAKING | Yemeni Armed Forces announces the downing of a US MQ-9 drone over Marib Governorate, the 16th since 7 October, 2023.
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BREAKING | US warplanes launched two airstrikes on Kamaran Island off the coastal of Hodeidah, Yemen a short while ago.
Kamaran is the largest Yemeni island in the Red Sea.
⭕️ Israel has raised alarm over Egypt’s recent military buildup in the Sinai Peninsula, claiming it violates the peace agreement between the two countries.
“Egypt has deployed forces beyond the permitted quota, expanded port facilities, and extended runways at airports,” said an Israeli security source.
“Israel will not accept the situation and will not tolerate violations from Cairo,” the official said, adding that the US, as guarantor of the treaty, “must ensure it is implemented as written.”
Talks are reportedly underway between Israel, Egypt, and Washington to address the matter.
(Jerusalem Post)
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BREAKING | Axios: Israel plans to reoccupy 25% of Gaza in the coming weeks as part of a “maximum pressure” campaign to force the Palestinian resistance into a new prisoner exchange deal, a senior Israeli official said.
The move has already begun, displacing Palestinians who had returned home after the January ceasefire. If no agreement is reached, officials say the military could reoccupy most of the strip and force over 2 million people into a small “humanitarian zone.”