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UPDATE | Lebanese Ministry of Health:
"One person was injured in an Israeli drone attack on a car in the town of Alma al-Shaab, southern Lebanon."
❗️The process of 'clearing' prisons of detainees has begun between the Internal Security Directorate in Aleppo and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with the number of detainees reaching approximately 250 individuals.
(SANA correspondent in Aleppo)
BREAKING | Israeli drone targets a vehicle in the southern Lebanese town of Alma al-Shaab.
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❗️Israel's Channel 12:
Wives of Israeli reservist soldiers who previously served for several months are complaining that their husbands are being threatened with imprisonment, heavy financial fines, and the opening of criminal files if they do not comply with new draft orders. In some cases, they have even been informed that they are considered "deserters" and must turn themselves in for imprisonment.
❗️Photos of Israeli occupation forces in Jenin Camp, occupied West Bank.
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❗️Media Committee in Jenin Camp, occupied West Bank:
– "The Israeli occupation continues its assault on the city of Jenin and its refugee camp for the 73rd consecutive day, with an increasing number of martyrs, ongoing military escalation, arrests, home demolitions, and arson attacks."
– "The death toll in Jenin has risen to 37, including two individuals killed by Palestinian Authority security forces. The latest victim, 17-year-old Omar Zayoud, was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in the town of Al-Silah al-Harithiya, west of Jenin, on Wednesday evening."
– "On Wednesday night, Israeli forces stormed the town of Burqin, west of Jenin, accompanied by a military bulldozer. They raided the home of freed prisoner Sultan Khalouf amid heavy drone activity overhead. Meanwhile, several young men were arrested in the town of Rummanah, including former detainees Abdullah Sbeihat and Mohammad Faraj Sbeihat."
– "The occupation has deployed additional military reinforcements through Al-Jalama checkpoint while continuing road expansion projects that alter the geography of the camp, demolish homes, and forcibly displace residents."
– "The humanitarian crisis is worsening for 21,000 displaced people in Jenin, as the ongoing assault has left thousands unemployed and without a source of income. The city remains under siege."
– "So far, around 600 homes have been completely destroyed in Jenin refugee camp, while 3,250 housing units have been rendered uninhabitable due to ongoing destruction and fires. The camp's streets and infrastructure have also suffered extensive damage."
– "The relentless Israeli assault has resulted in 37 deaths, including two killed by PA forces, alongside dozens of injuries and arrests."
Israeli War Minister Israel Katz said Israel will maintain its occupation in southern Lebanon indefinitely, insisting that withdrawal depends on Hezbollah’s disarmament and retreat beyond the Litani River, as well as 'enforcement' by the Lebanese army.
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Israel bombs civil defense site in south Lebanon’s Naqoura
The latest attacks come after Israel’s defense minister visited an Israeli army outpost in south Lebanon and vowed an indefinite occupation
❗️A funeral held for the Syrians killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting Nawa city in Daraa countryside, southern Syria.
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Footage captures the moment a massive Israeli airstrike targeted the tents of displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.
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❗️Nine people were killed and others injured as a result of the Israeli bombing of the Al-Jubailiyah Dam forest, west of Deraa, southern Syria.
(SANA)
❗️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.'
❗️Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced earlier that Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), since the court has become "political."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted on X:
"The friendship between Hungary and Israel is stronger than ever!
Hungary stood by Israel in Hamas' murderous attack — and today, Hungary stands by Israel in the attack on the hypocrisy of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Strong together."
Orban posted on X:
"Prime Minister @ Netanyahu in Budapest, the safest place in Europe. Welcome to Hungary, Prime Minister!"
❗️Director of Kuwait Specialized Hospital in Gaza:
"90% of the injuries we receive are children and women."
❗️Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) announces that they have deployed armored combat units to reinforce border security with Syria.
"Detachments from the Armored Combat Directorate of the Popular Mobilization Units have deployed along the border with Syria as part of efforts to enhance security and secure the border from any potential threats."
❗️Israeli occupation forces arrest a Palestinian man at the Surra military checkpoint, west of Nablus, occupied West Bank.
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❗️Medical sources to Al Jazeera:
"63 martyrs in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, 37 of them in Gaza City."
❗️Statement by Hamas:
"The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, strongly condemns the Hungarian government's announcement of its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which coincided with the visit of war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu — who is wanted by the Court for the horrific crimes committed by his fascist army against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. We consider this decision an immoral stance that represents blatant collusion with a war criminal evading international justice and a flagrant violation of international law and principles of human justice.
Hungary’s decision is a blow to the principle of international justice and exemplifies the double standards practiced by some Western governments, foremost among them Hungary and the United States. It undermines the international judicial system, encourages impunity, and poses a direct threat to global peace and stability.
We in Hamas call on the Hungarian government to immediately reverse this disgraceful and biased decision, uphold its legal obligations, and hand over war criminal Netanyahu to the International Criminal Court so that he may be held accountable for his crimes and receive the just punishment for the massacres and acts of genocide he has committed against our Palestinian people."
INFOGRAPHIC | US President Donald Trump's tariffs on West Asian countries.
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The Israeli military is intensively bombing Gaza’s Shujaiya neighborhood, following its threats to target the area.
Palestinian families are desperately fleeing with no safe refuge, after enduring over a year of Israeli aggressions.
❗️Shujaiya massacre: 25 bodies recovered so far from the rubble of a house where Israeli occupation forces detonated a booby-trapped robot in the al-Turkman neighborhood of Shujaiya, east of Gaza City.
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⭕️ Israeli War Minister Israel Katz issued a warning to self-appointed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa following Israel’s latest round of airstrikes across Syria:
“If you allow forces hostile to Israel to enter Syria and endanger Israel’s security interests, you will pay a heavy price.”
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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