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❗️RT correspondent Saed Swerki:
“21 martyrs as a result of a series of raids launched by the occupation forces on Khan Yunis and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip since dawn today.”
❗️At least 5 Israeli airstrikes target the southern Gaza Strip, most of them east of the southernmost city of Rafah.
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Hundreds of extremist Jewish Israeli settlers attacked the village of Duma south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank under the protection of Israeli forces, burning property and vehicles, and firing bullets.
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Why Hamas resists all foreign demands for surrender
As US-backed surrender demands mount and ceasefire negotiations collapse under the weight of sabotage and regional betrayal, Hamas is standing its ground – choosing resistance over exile, even as Gaza burns and Arab states line up to seal its fate.
❗️Lebanese Army:
– “We removed earth mounds erected by the Israeli enemy in the town of Odaisseh, south of the country (Lebanon)."
– “While removing earthen barriers in Odaisseh, Israeli soldiers opened fire near our elements to force them to withdraw."
Netanyahu backtracks on appointment of new Shin Bet chief as 'Qatargate' scandal heats up
Two of the premier’s close aides have been detained and are being investigated for alleged Qatari cash transfers to Hamas, as well as fraud and bribery
❗️Bezalel Smotrich during a tour of settlements in the occupied West Bank:
“We have turned 28 outposts into official settlements since the establishment of the current government and have broken records in demolishing homes in Area C and elsewhere.”
❗️Quds Brigades announces that its forces bombarded the Gaza envelope settlement Sderot and its nearby communities with a barrage of rockets.
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❗️Israeli army announces that it arrested 43 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank within the past 24 hours.
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❗️Statement by Hamas:
"A new crime has been added to the long record of aggression and violations committed by the fascist Zionist occupation. Today, Palestinian journalist Mohammad Saleh al-Bardawil was martyred along with his wife and three children in a treacherous airstrike that targeted their home in Khan Younis.
The deliberate and ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists represents a clear escalation by the government of terrorist Netanyahu in its violations of international and humanitarian law, amid disgraceful global silence and inaction, as part of the continued genocide campaign against our people in the Gaza Strip.
Since the beginning of this brutal war waged by the fascist occupation against our Palestinian people, 209 Palestinian journalists have been martyred—killed by bullets, shelling, and airstrikes from the Zionist terrorist war machine. Most of them were killed along with their families and children, clearly demonstrating the retaliatory motives and brutal deterrence goals the criminal enemy aims to send to journalists, to dissuade them from fulfilling their mission of reporting the truth about the ongoing massacre in Gaza.
These unprecedented crimes against journalists in the history of modern conflicts call for urgent action by the international community, the United Nations, and its judicial institutions to stop these attacks and hold the criminal leaders of the occupation accountable. We also call on international journalistic and media institutions to condemn this heinous crime and activate measures to boycott and isolate this rogue entity."
⭕️ On Tuesday morning, just a day after announcing Eli Sharvit's appointment as head of the Shin Bet security service, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated he would look into other candidates for the position. His office did not offer an explanation for the change in decision.
"The prime minister thanked Vice Admiral Sharvit for his willingness to be called to duty but informed him that, after further consideration, he intends to examine other candidates," Netanyahu's office said in a statement, reversing the decision made on Monday.
According to Haaretz, Likud officials and others close to Netanyahu had urged him to reverse the appointment due to Sharvit's past criticism of the judicial overhaul initiative.
⭕️ During a visit to the newly recognized Israeli settlements of Kerem Reim and Sde Ephraim—built on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank—Israeli officials, including War Minister Israel Katz, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, and military officials, reinforced their commitment to settlement expansion.
Katz’s office stated, “We will not compromise the security of settlers or allow [Palestinian Authority President] Mahmoud Abbas and the PA to exploit illegal construction as a strategic threat against our communities.”
“The West Bank is the heart of Israel, and we will defend it by any means necessary,” Katz declared.
Smotrich echoed the hardline stance, claiming, “Since 1967, there has never been such a transformation in the West Bank.” He added, “The government has officially recognized 28 new communities and is enforcing Israeli law in areas previously neglected.”
Palestinians escape Rafah with no proper transportation, using whatever they can find as Israel’s military offensive intensifies in southern Gaza.
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❗️Al Manar correspondent in south Lebanon:
– "[Israeli] Enemy forces are obstructing the Lebanese Army’s efforts to complete the reopening of the Khallat al-Mahafir road in the town of Adaisseh, despite coordination with UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)."
– "The [Israeli] enemy has deployed a Merkava tank and a military jeep inside Lebanese territory, forcing the army to halt its mission and reinforcing the occupation of southern Adaisseh beyond the five designated points."
❗️Multiple reports of Palestinians killed, missing and injured, among them children, in the extremely intense Israeli bombardment that has been targeting south Gaza for hours, coinciding with the expansion of Israel's ground invasion.
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❗️Extremely violent Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip over the past hour, with Israel claiming it is targeting "Hamas infrastructure."
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❗️Al-Manar correspondent Ali Shoeib:
"An hour ago, Israeli attacks targeted a number of Lebanese border areas:
– Machine gun fire targeted the southern outskirts of the town of Aitaroun.
– Machine gun bursts were fired from the vicinity of Birkat al-Naqqar towards the outskirts of the town of Shebaa
– Two shells were fired east of the town of Shebaa."
WATCH | Yemeni Armed Forces publishes scenes of the wreckage of the US MQ-9 drone that was shot down by a locally-made surface-to-air missile over Marib on 31 March.
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Top Israeli officials vow PA 'will not control West Bank,' boast of 'record year' for Palestinian home demolitions
Bezalel Smotrich and Israel Katz toured the occupied West Bank on Tuesday to affirm their support for continued Jewish settlement of stolen Palestinian land
❗️Hezbollah mourns commander Ali Hassan Bdeir and his son Ali, who were assassinated in the Israeli airstrike on the southern suburb of Beirut earlier today.
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❗️Israeli tanks storm Jenin Camp in occupied West Bank.
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Germany issues deportation orders against US, EU citizens over pro-Palestine activism
Germany is following the US lead in deporting legal residents for their opposition to Israel's genocide in Gaza
❗️Photos showing the destruction caused by Israeli occupation forces in Jenin, occupied West Bank.
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Turkiye readies plans to take over central Syria’s T4 airbase: Report
Construction plans are said to be already underway, as Ankara looks to beef up the T4 base with a complex air defense system
❗️Civil Defense spokesman in Gaza:
– "There is a severe shortage of all types of food in the sector."
– "We are on the verge of entering a famine similar to what we experienced in March of last year."
– "Palestinians in Gaza live in very harsh conditions."
The site of the airstrike that killed Palestinian Journalist and Al-Aqsa Radio broadcaster Mohammad al-Bardawil, along with his wife and three children in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza yesterday.
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BREAKING | A number of Palestinians were injured in an attack by extremist Jewish settlers in Al-Auja, north of Jericho, occupied West Bank.
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Arab states take part in Greek air drills alongside Israel
Israel had reportedly requested to keep its involvement in the drills a confidential matter
❗️Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir on X:
"Ms. Meirav Ben Ari, in response to your question, this is what I have done—I have ended the 'summer camps' in prisons. Next time, count to 10:
– No deposits
– No canteens
– 15-minute showers (instead of 8 hours)
– 1 hour of yard time (instead of 8)
– No large refrigerators
– Reduced meal plans
– No spokesperson status
– No studies
– No dental treatments
– No aesthetic treatments
What you didn't do, we did!
People of Israel are alive."