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Syrian Foreign Ministry accuses Israel of ‘destabilization’ after massive wave of attacks
Israel’s defense minister issued a new threat against Syrian leadership and warned of a ‘heavy price’ to pay if Tel Aviv’s interests are endangered
❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
– "100 martyrs (including 3 recovered martyrs) and 138 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 March 18, 2025 has reached 1,163 martyrs and 2,735 injuries)."
– "The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 50,523 martyrs and 114,776 wounded since 7 October 2023."
⭕️ Israel is seeking to occupy a new corridor in southern Gaza to cut off the city of Rafah on the Egypt border from the city of Khan Yunis to its north, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced during a speech on 2 April.
Netanyahu stated that his military is "shifting gears" in Gaza and creating a "second Philadelphi" route, referring to the corridor already under Israeli control on the Gaza-Egypt border.
The "Morag axis" is located where the Israeli settlement of the same name once stood before it was evacuated during Israel's 2005 withdrawal from Gaza. The occupation of Morag, in concert with the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza, will allow Israel to cut Gaza into three parts.
⭕️ Speaking to The Times of Israel from Lebanon, near the southern Lebanese village of Markaba, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz reiterated that Israel will stay in southern Lebanon indefinitely.
“We are here without a time limit. It doesn’t depend on time. It depends on the situation,” Katz said. “In other words, as long as the threat exists, and Hezbollah does not withdraw beyond the Litani, does not disarm, and the Lebanese army does not enforce, we are here to provide protection," he added.
Katz also threatened Beirut again, repeating what he said on 28 March, "I said that if there is no quiet in the Galilee, there will be no quiet in Beirut. If one building is demolished, if this continues, then many roofs in Dahiye will shake.”
He ended the interview by calling for the settlers to return to their homes in the Upper Galilee, “This is what the residents [of the northern border communities] need to know. I think everyone here understands this and knows this. It gives them the confidence to return."
Israeli forces conducted mass arrests and detained multiple Palestinian youths in Al-Fawar refugee camp, south of Al-Khalil (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank.
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❗️Israel fails to assassinate a target on the Bint Jbeil - Yaroun highway, southern Lebanon, with local sources reporting that the passengers of a vehicle that was targeted by an Israeli drone moments ago survived.
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BREAKING | Several injured in Israeli raids in the Deraa countryside, south Syria.
Unconfirmed reports of clashes between armed locals and Israeli occupation forces.
US airstrikes destroy water source for 50,000 Yemenis
The US military has relentlessly bombed Yemen for over two weeks after Sanaa reimposed a maritime ban on Israeli-linked vessels crossing the Red Sea
❗️Israel has killed at least 77 Palestinians in raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today.
(Medical sources to Al Jazeera)
❗️Israel announces that it targeted "remaining military capabilities at the Syrian bases of Hama and T4, along with additional remaining military infrastructure sites in the area of Damascus."
Israel launched over a dozen strikes on Homs, Hama, and Damascus.
❗️Al Mayadeen citing local sources:
Ambulances heading to Hama military airport after Israeli shelling, reports of casualties inside.
❗️BREAKING | US warplanes bomb the Ras Isa Terminal in Hodeidah Governorate, west of Yemen. Casualties reported.
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❗️Israeli army reports that two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip towards nearby settlements were intercepted.
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Sights set on Somaliland: The threat of a total US–UK–Israeli takeover
As Tel Aviv and Washington quietly court Somaliland as a destination for Gaza’s displaced, this British-controlled enclave on the Red Sea emerges as both a strategic imperial launchpad and a potential open-air prison for Palestinians – armed, trained, and surveilled by London.
By Kit Klarenberg
Trump oversees 'record breaking' militarization of West Asia: Report
Open source data shows a 50 percent increase in US military cargo flights to the region as Trump continues to threaten Iran with war
❗️Settlers wearing Israeli army uniforms storm Mount al-Arma, east of Beita town in Nablus, occupied West Bank.
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BREAKING | Yemeni Armed Forces announces a retaliatory operation against the US Navy in the northern Red Sea, targeting the aircraft carrier USS Truman and accompanying warships with cruise missiles and drones. The operation came in response to US airstrikes (over 36 raids) on Yemeni territories, including Sanaa and Saada.
The Yemeni forces—combining naval, missile, and drone units—claimed the operation successfully achieved its objectives after hours of engagement, thwarting part of the US aggression.
❗️Naqoura town square in southern Lebanon this morning after an Israeli attack at dawn.
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❗️The Israeli military says it conducted airstrikes against a group of Syrians who resisted its incursion into the Tsil area of southern Syria.
The army claimed it was operating in the area to 'confiscate weapons and destroy terror infrastructure' when 'a number of militants opened fire on our forces.' It stated that troops 'responded by targeting them, eliminating several armed militants in a combined ground and air attack.'
BREAKING | The Israeli army announces that it will bomb Shujaiya and its nearby eastern Gaza City neighborhoods.
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❗️AlJazeera correspondent:
“41 martyrs and a number of wounded in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today.”
Netanyahu announces new 'security corridor' inside Gaza cutting off Rafah from Khan Yunis
Netanyahu vowed to occupy additional territory and divide Gaza to put pressure on Hamas to submit to Israeli demands in new ceasefire negotiations
Israel bombs key Syrian military sites in 'warning' to Turkiye
As Israel continues to steal Syrian territory in the south, officials have raised the possibility of a 'confrontation' with their allies in Ankara
❗️Israeli raids on Hama Military Airport have exceeded 15, and the airport is almost totally destroyed.
(Al Mayadeen, citing local sources)
❗️Al Mayadeen citing local sources:
10 Israeli raids have targeted infrastructure at Hama Military Airport so far.
❗️Israeli Army Radio:
"The primary goal of tonight's airstrikes on Syria is to send a warning to Turkish President Erdogan."
❗️BREAKING | Israeli warplanes bomb the Hama military airbase (T4) in western Syria.
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❗️BREAKING | Israeli warplanes bomb the Scientific Research Building in Damascus.
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A video shows the immediate aftermath of an Israeli airstrike that killed four Palestinians, including two police officers, in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza, earlier today.
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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