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The Cradle is an online news magazine covering West Asian geopolitics from within.
BREAKING | Sirens sound in the settlement of Netiv HaAsara, north of the Gaza envelope.
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❗️Turkiye's Republican People's Party (CHP) has officially nominated Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who was suspended and imprisoned on Sunday, for the 2028 presidential election, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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BREAKING | A large explosion rocks the Syrian capital of Damascus. Details unknown so far.
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⭕️ According to Russia’s state news agency TASS, Russia and the United States launched discussions in Saudi Arabia on Monday focused on the potential for a ceasefire in Ukraine, where the war is entering its third year.
Citing a source familiar with the matter, TASS reported that the Russian delegation — featuring Senator Grigory Karasin and senior FSB official Sergei Beseda — held a meeting with US representatives at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh.
BREAKING | Deaths and injuries reported following a ramming/shooting attack in the Yokneam area southeast of Haifa, lower Galilee.
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❗️Palestine Today correspondent:
Injuries reported in an Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip.
Exclusive footage from Palestine Today shows the fire breaking out on the second floor of the reception and emergency department at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis after it was bombed by Israel.
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❗️The Israeli army announced in a statement that, in a joint operation with the Shin Bet (ISA), it assassinated Saleh al-Bardawil, a senior Hamas political bureau member and head of the group’s planning and development office, in a strike on southern Gaza. Bardawil was said to be responsible for directing Hamas' strategic and military planning.
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Turkiye’s breaking point: Erdogan moves to crush his biggest electoral threat
Facing an unprecedented challenge from popular opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu, President Erdogan is launching a sweeping crackdown that could determine not just the next election – but the future of democracy in Turkiye.
By Ceyda Karan
Turkish court formally places Istanbul mayor Imamoglu under arrest on corruption charges
Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest has sparked mass protests and led to speculation that President Erdogan is seeking to sideline him as a challenger in the next presidential election
❗️Statement by Hamas:
"The brutal assault carried out by the fascist occupation army on the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, the Saudi neighborhood, and the Baraksat area in Rafah — along with its siege of over 50,000 unarmed civilians under aerial and artillery bombardment — in addition to the ongoing shelling targeting the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis and the barbaric targeting of medical and ambulance crews, constitutes clear war crimes. It is part of a systematic policy of genocide aimed at our people in the Gaza Strip, in blatant violation of all international charters, norms, and laws — foremost among them international humanitarian law.
We warn against the fascist occupation army committing further crimes and massacres against innocent civilians, amid heartbreaking reports of martyrs and wounded who cannot be reached or rescued due to the intense siege and relentless shelling of the area.
We, in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), call on Arab countries, the United Nations, and all living forces around the world to take immediate and serious action to stop this horrific crime and put an end to the genocide being committed by the Zionist occupation against our Palestinian people around the clock."
❗️Israel Hayom - Yoav Limor:
"While Israel faces seven external fronts, the most threatening front currently is the home front.
The statements and hints issued by government ministers, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that they will not comply with the Supreme Court's decision not to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar until the case is clarified, represent a serious crossing of red lines.
Although several ministers were quick to clarify that a civil war will not break out in Israel, their actions and words have already sparked such a war. A blatant and deliberate attack on the rule of law is tantamount to a declaration of war, even if live ammunition is not fired."
❗️On the 62nd day of its invasion, Israel sends additional reinforcements to Jenin, occupied West Bank.
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⭕️ According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), this morning, Israeli tanks bombarded the road between Kuwayah and Maariyah villages in western Deraa’s Yarmouk Basin, while five Israeli military vehicles advanced into Abu Tinah village in southern Quneitra, setting up a checkpoint, blocking roads, inspecting homes, and questioning civilians.
These moves come amid escalating tensions in southern Syria, with no official explanation from Israeli authorities. A day earlier, Israeli forces reportedly infiltrated Om Al-Ezam village in central Quneitra, arbitrarily arresting four young men from one family after storming several civilian homes, leaving residents in a state of fear and uncertainty as the detainees’ fate remains unknown.
🇾🇪 BREAKING | Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) announces the targeting of Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv with a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile, "leading to the suspension of air traffic at the airport for more than half an hour."
The YAF also announced targeting the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea with missiles and drones, resulting in an hours-long clash.
UPDATE | The Jobar Media Office announces that the explosion in Damascus was caused by engineering teams detonating a missile left over from the war.
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❗️Statement by Hamas:
"The Zionist occupation continues its crimes against our heroic prisoners, the latest of which is the martyrdom of the young detainee, Walid Khaled Ahmad (17 years old), from the town of Silwad in Ramallah Governorate, who died in Megiddo Prison due to torture and deliberate medical neglect.
As we mourn this heroic martyr, we affirm that the torture and abuse our prisoners are subjected to constitute a full-fledged war crime, violating all international and humanitarian conventions. It reflects the extremist policies of the occupation government, which resorts to slow execution as a method to kill prisoners.
We warn that the continued violations against detainees will not go unanswered. Our people and resistance remain committed to the cause of our imprisoned heroes, whose will shall never be broken by the brutality of the occupation. They remain certain that their freedom is near and inevitable.
We call on all humanitarian and human rights organizations to fulfill their responsibilities and take immediate action to pressure the occupation to halt its crimes against the prisoners. We also urge our people in the West Bank to continue their mobilization and support in defense of the prisoners and in support of our just national cause."
❗️Hebrew sources report that the man behind the double attack near Haifa is a Palestinian from Wadi Ara in the occupied territories.
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❗️According to Israeli Army Radio, the attacker ran over an Israeli with his car before stabbing him and then shooting another.
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❗Local sources in Gaza report that at least 16 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today.
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❗️Casualties reported in Israel's attack on the second floor of the Nasser Medical Complex's emergency building in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
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BREAKING | US warplanes bomb a residential area in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
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BREAKING | Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, south Gaza, is on fire after Israel deliberately targeted its emergency department.
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❗️Medical sources in Gaza report that at least 46 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes today.
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❗️Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene a security meeting on Sunday over Turkiye's involvement in Syria, Channel 12 reported.
Israel's Channel 12 correspondent says Netanyahu is seeking another war to distract Israeli public opinion from his internal dilemmas.
"Through his advisors, he is pushing Israeli media outlets to assert that 'a confrontation with Turkiye on Syrian soil is a foregone conclusion.'"
Israel approves oversight body for Trump's Gaza plan, grants independence to 13 West Bank settlements
Israel is accelerating plans both to ethnically cleanse Gaza and to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank in preparation for annexation
❗️Israeli army spokesperson:
"The IDF attacked earlier today (Sunday) and eliminated a terrorist from the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Aita al-Shaab area in southern Lebanon."
⭕️ Demonstrations outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office
Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office to protest the dismissal of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and Attorney General Baharav Miara, and to demand a return to the prisoner exchange deal with the Palestinian resistance.
❗️Palestine Today correspondent:
"[Israeli] occupation aircraft targeted a tent for displaced people near Hamad City, northwest of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip."
⭕️ OCHA’s new rapid survey reveals 849 Israeli movement obstacles across the West Bank — including 288 road gates, many of which are often closed.
In the occupied West Bank, hundreds of Israeli military checkpoints and roadblocks severely restrict Palestinian movement, cutting off communities and often paralyzing daily life.