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Lebanese FM implicated in sexual misconduct scandal
The foreign minister is also being criticized for his silence on constant Israeli attacks against Lebanon
❗️A source in the Gaza Central Governorate police:
– "The Deir al-Balah police station, located next to Ansar Mosque, was targeted by occupation aircraft a short while ago."
– "The police station targeted by the occupation is the same one that issued summons and arrest warrants for the killers of officer Shaldan."
– "This move confirms the occupation’s encouragement of security chaos, its attempt to spread disorder, and its effort to create a "false protection" for murderers and outlaws."
❗️Statement by the Palestinian Journalists Protection Center (PJPC):
"The Palestinian Journalists Protection Center (PJPC) condemns the 'systematic Israeli incitement campaign' against journalists in the Gaza Strip and warns of severe consequences for their lives amid the increasing hostile rhetoric in Israeli media and military circles.
The center expresses deep concern over an 'intense incitement campaign' led by Hebrew-language accounts on social media, which has escalated to 'death threats' against journalists in Gaza. This raises fears that such incitement could pave the way for further assassinations of journalists.
The center notes that journalist Anas al-Sharif, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in northern Gaza, has been subjected to a systematic incitement campaign in Israeli media. Some accounts participating in this campaign are 'promoting agendas aligned with the Israeli narrative,' attempting to undermine his professional credibility and link him to Palestinian factions.
The PJPC affirms that systematic incitement campaigns against Palestinian journalists constitute a blatant violation of press freedom charters and are part of a policy of intimidation aimed at silencing voices documenting Israeli occupation violations.
The center calls on the international community, particularly UNESCO and the International Federation of Journalists, to take urgent measures to protect Palestinian journalists, prosecute those inciting violence against them, and increase financial and legal support for media workers in Palestinian territories.
It is worth noting that journalist Anas al-Sharif had previously received threats from pro-Israel accounts, according to human rights organizations.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army assassinated journalists Mohammed Mansour and Hossam Shabat in two separate airstrikes targeting areas in southern and northern Gaza earlier this week. This brings the number of Palestinian journalists killed this month to seven.
According to Gaza’s Government Media Office, over 200 journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the war began on 7 October 2023—an unprecedented figure in modern conflicts. This raises serious questions about the commitment of international parties to protecting journalists in war zones."
Horrific aftermath of an Israeli strike on a UNRWA facility in Jabalia refugee camp: A three-month-old Palestinian infant was killed and decapitated amid attacks on displaced civilians sheltering at the facility.
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❗️Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection, led by the Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir.
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❗️An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
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❗️Israeli Broadcasting Corporation:
The army is investigating whether a drone actually breached Israeli airspace and whether it came from Yemen or Gaza.
❗️World Food Programme:
– "All 25 WFP-supported bakeries in Gaza have shut down due to lack of fuel and flour."
– "Hot meals are continuing, but supplies will last two weeks maximum."
– "WFP will distribute its last food parcels in the next two days."
❗️US President Donald Trump on Truth Social:
"My telephone call with President El-Sisi, of Egypt, went very well. We discussed numerous topics, among which was the tremendous Military progress we have made against the Ship destroying Houthis in Yemen — Also discussed was Gaza, and possible solutions, Military preparedness, etc."
❗️Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ):
"The [Israeli] occupation forces’ bombing of an UNRWA clinic sheltering displaced persons in Jabalia camp — resulting in the martyrdom of several innocent people, including children, and the injury of others — in addition to the massacre of medical and civil defense teams in Rafah a few days ago, and the systematic targeting of hospitals and clinics, are all classified war crimes being committed by the enemy in full view of the world. These acts flagrantly disregard all human standards and values and reflect a complete lack of morality and human conscience.
The enemy’s claims of "negotiating under fire," while simultaneously carrying out a ground invasion aimed at expanding its occupation, are nothing but blatant deception intended to achieve its goals of exterminating the people of Gaza and forcibly displacing the survivors. These actions serve the agendas of the U.S. administration, which provides Israel with full support and resources, while the world remains either powerless or complicit in silence."
❗️Member of Hamas Political Bureau, Suhail al-Hindi:
– "We call on the world to stand with the humanitarian right of Gaza’s residents to lift the siege, end the starvation, and allow the entry of aid."
– "We rejected the impossible conditions set by the Trump administration and Netanyahu, including surrendering the resistance's weapons and the exit of leaders from Gaza."
– "We will not raise the white flag, and we will not release the captives except through a fair and comprehensive exchange deal."
🇾🇪 Yemeni Armed Forces announced that it launched cruise missiles and drones at US warships in the Red Sea, including the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier. It adds that this is the third time it engaged the warships within the past 24 hours.
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WATCH | Scenes from the latest Israeli massacre on a UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Jabalia Camp, north Gaza, where at least 19 Palestinians have been killed.
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Trump ramps up pressure on Iran sanctioning Chinese, UAE entities
Washington is imposing new sanctions on Iran as part of a 'maximum pressure' campaign
First Palestinian minor dies in Israeli detention due to 'medical neglect'
Sixty-three Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons or detention centers since the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza
❗️Medical sources to Al Jazeera:
"68 martyrs in Israeli raids on several areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn today."
⭕️ A Hamas government police officer was executed on video on Tuesday in north Gaza's Deir al-Balah by members of the Abu Samarah family. The killing was described by anti-Hamas activists, including Fatah activists Motaz Azaiza, Hamza al-Masry, and other figures in the diaspora, as an act of revenge for the death of their relative, Abdul Rahman Abu Samarah, allegedly at the hands of the officer, identified as Shaldan.
Following the incident, Gaza’s police said they had launched an investigation into the killing of the officer, who was reportedly “performing his duties to break up a fight that resulted in the death of a citizen from his wounds in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.”
The National Assembly of Palestinian Tribes, Clans, and Families said the initial incident in Deir al-Balah was a tragic accident, as a warning shot fired by police unintentionally struck and killed a civilian during aid distribution. The group condemned what followed as a deliberate and brutal ambush against Shaldan, carried out by individuals who exploited the situation. They described the killing as a premeditated crime that violates both religious and tribal values.
In a separate statement, the assembly warned that the security of Deir al-Balah—and the entire Gaza Strip—is a red line. It called on authorities to act decisively against those threatening stability and urged clans to avoid chaos. The group emphasized that any attack on security personnel is an attack on the foundations of the Palestinian people.
BREAKING | Israeli strike targets a police patrol, killing two officers and a child in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
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Gaza civil defense confirms rescue workers 'bound, executed, buried in mass grave'
'They were killed by Israeli forces while trying to save lives,' the UN humanitarian chief stated
UPDATE | At least 2 people have been killed and others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip.
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Yemen takes on USS Truman as Washington's war 'compounds humanitarian crisis'
Daily US airstrikes on Yemen have made it difficult for humanitarian organizations operating in the country to help those in need
❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
– "24 martyrs and 55 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 1,066 martyrs and 2,597 injuries."
– "The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 50,423 martyrs and 114,638 wounded since 7 October 2023."
Trump ‘considers’ Iranian offer of indirect talks, beefs up forces in West Asia: Report
The US president renewed his threat against Iran a few days ago, vowing to bomb the country if Tehran does not make a deal
❗️Ministry of Health in Gaza:
"19 martyrs, including 9 children, in the UNRWA clinic massacre in Jabalia."
⭕️ German immigration authorities have ordered four activists—three EU nationals and one American—to leave Germany following their participation in pro-Palestine protests, according to a lawyer representing two of them.
The activists, consisting of two Irish citizens, one Polish national, and an American, were told they must leave by 21 April or risk deportation.
In a joint statement on Tuesday, the group claimed their expulsion was an effort to “silence pro-Palestinian voices and political dissent.”
Alexander Gorski, a lawyer specializing in criminal defense and migration who represents two of the protesters in Berlin, stated that he had never encountered a deportation case that cited Staatsräson—the principle that Israel’s security is integral to Germany’s national interest—as a justification for the decision.
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❗️Yemeni Ministry of Health reports five civilians killed and injured in US-led airstrikes on Hodeidah Water Corporation, a civilian facility.
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❗️Israeli occupation forces storm Deheishe Camp in Bethlehem, occupied West Bank, raiding homes and arresting Palestinians.
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❗️Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz says on X that the Israeli army is expanding its genocidal operations in Gaza today in order to "intensify pressure on Hamas murderers as well as the population in Gaza."
Katz also warns the Palestinians to "act now to remove Hamas and return all captives. This is the only way to end the war."
❗️Medical sources to Al Jazeera:
"47 martyrs in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today."
Israeli jets batter south Gaza with airstrikes as troops expand ground war
Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that the army will seize ‘extensive territory’ in Gaza and add it to Tel Aviv’s ‘security areas’ in the strip