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⭕️ Israel has approved guided tours for settlers in occupied southern Syrian territory during the Jewish Passover holiday, which begins on 12 April. As part of this plan, the army will open the border fence at two specific locations under its control.
This move facilitates tours organized by two "educational" institutions, Midreshet HaGolan and Midreshet Keshet Yonatan, into Wadi al-Ruqqad, a valley on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights that features a tributary of the Yarmouk River.
An invitation posted on the Hebrew website Kipa, states that the two institutions, "in cooperation with the Northern Command of the army and the 210th Division, invite the public to participate for the first time in tours to Wadi al-Ruqqad, located outside the Israeli-Syrian border... Until a few months ago, only a few Israelis were permitted to visit the valley." The tours, according to the announcement, "will be held during the Pesach (Passover) holiday, twice daily, a morning tour and an afternoon tour."
❗️Medical Director of the Baptist Hospital in Gaza to Al Jazeera:
– "There is no room in the hospital to accommodate new wounded."
– "We do not have the capacity to provide medical care for the wounded."
– "There is no safe place in all of Gaza City."
❗️Turkiye does not want a confrontation with Israel in Syria, according to Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
Fidan also said that if the new administration in Damascus wants to have "certain understandings" with Israel, then that is their own business.
(Reuters)
'Hundreds of millions blown for minimal success': Washington hits snag against Yemen
Yemen’s Ansarallah has managed to reinforce its military sites and has retained the ability to target both US warships and the depths of Israel
⭕️ According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, over the past 24 hours, more than 86 Palestinians were killed and over 280 injured as Israel carried out some of its heaviest and most relentless bombing across the Gaza Strip in one of the war’s most brutal nights.
Palestinian journalist Khalil Abu Elias posted on Facebook:
"A few hours and Gaza will be erased.
You will only find us in paradise.
Farewell to the most unjust 'Arabs' history has ever known."
A Palestinian girl in Gaza wrote:
"Our news will no longer bother you from now on.
It’s just a matter of days, and everyone will be gone.
May God not forgive anyone who stayed silent about our oppression."
One Palestinian sheikh said: "I just buried my daughter without her head."
Israel expands north Gaza ground assault as massacres intensify
The Israeli army recently reoccupied the Netzarim axis, and is working to create a new corridor splitting Gaza into three parts
❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
– "86 martyrs and 287 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 1,249 martyrs and 3,022 injuries."
– "The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 50,609 martyrs and 115,063 wounded since 7 October 2023."
❗️At least 24 Palestinians were killed as a result of the Israeli occupation's bombing of the Al-Aqqad family home in the Al-Manara neighborhood in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.
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Turkiye calls Israel 'biggest threat to regional peace' after deadly Syria strikes
Officials in Tel Aviv have stated that a confrontation with Ankara could occur if the country persists in treating Syria as a 'Turkish protectorate'
Israel kills over 110 Palestinians in mass-casualty attacks across Gaza
The Israeli army has been relentlessly bombing any remaining schools, mosques, and shelters in Gaza as it seeks to expand its occupation of the strip
❗️A number of injured Palestinians arrive at Al Ahli Baptist Hospital after Israeli artillery shelling hits the Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City.
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"That's another thing we'd like to get solved, and I think we will get it solved."
When asked about Israel planning to occupy Gaza, US President Donald Trump says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might visit the White House next week in order to discuss about "Israel" and "what's going on."
❗️Medical sources to Al Jazeera:
"28 martyrs in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, 23 of them in the southern Gaza Strip."
❗️Qassam Brigades mourns the loss of one of its leaders, Hassan Ahmad Farhat (Abu Yasser), along with his son, Qassam Brigades fighter Hamza Farhat, and his daughter, Jinan Farhat.
Abu Yasser was assassinated in an Israeli attack on his home in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon (Saida) at dawn today.
❗️Medical sources to Al Jazeera:
“23 martyrs in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today.”
⭕️ The Trump administration proceeded with the sale of over 20,000 US-manufactured assault rifles to Israel last month, according to a document reviewed by Reuters. This move advanced a deal that the Biden administration had previously put on hold.
On 6 March, the US State Department informed Congress of the $24 million sale, stating that the intended recipient was the Israeli National Police, according to the document.
❗️Israeli occupation forces raise an Israeli flag on the roof of a house in Jenin Camp, occupied West Bank.
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BREAKING | Yemeni Armed Forces announces that it targeted the aircraft carrier USS Truman and a number of warships in the Red Sea in the second clash in the past 24 hours.
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❗️Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkiye, and Bulgaria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on a new green energy corridor.
The agreement was signed during the 11th Southern Gas Corridor and 3rd Green Energy Advisory Council Ministerial Meetings in Baku on 4 April.
Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said on X, “This marks the launch of another regional project in the field of green energy, with Azerbaijan as the source.”
He added that the project will boost renewable energy transmission, trade, and regional energy security.
❗️Israel has killed at least 34 Palestinians in raids across the Gaza Strip since dawn today, 28 of them in southern Gaza.
(Medical sources to Al Jazeera)
A heartbreaking photo shows the tiny, lifeless body of a Palestinian infant at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, killed by an Israeli airstrike on central Gaza.
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⭕️ According to Reuters, the US Senate voted down an attempt to prevent $8.8 billion in arms sales to Israel on Thursday.
With votes of 82-15 and 83-15, lawmakers rejected two resolutions aimed at blocking the sale of heavy bombs and other weapons. The resolutions to prevent the arms sales were put forward by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
During his speech, Sanders highlighted the civilian death toll and the worsening malnutrition and starvation among children, exacerbated by recent aid blockages.
He stated, "What is happening now is unimaginable. It has been 31 days and counting without any humanitarian aid reaching Gaza, nothing at all. No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel, for over a month."
US Senate overwhelmingly votes to uphold US arms transfers to Israel
The show of support for the Israeli genocide in Gaza coincided with an announcement by Trump stating that Netanyahu will return to the US capital 'in the not-so-distant future'
❗️Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Anata in occupied Jerusalem.
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Hamas leader killed alongside family in Israeli strike on south Lebanon
Lebanon’s prime minister called for ‘maximum pressure’ on Israel to halt its daily violations of the ceasefire
❗️Al-Youm News correspondent reports the death toll in Gaza since dawn today:
– "The death toll from the bombing of Dar al-Arqam School in Al-Tuffah neighborhood has risen to 35 martyrs after four more bodies were recovered this morning."
– "17 martyrs in an airstrike on Al-Akkad family's home in Al-Manara neighborhood, south of Khan Yunis, while eight people remain missing under the rubble."
– "Six martyrs were brought to the morgue at the European Hospital, some recovered from eastern Rafah and others succumbing to injuries from a previous strike."
– "Three martyrs in an artillery strike on Al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza."
❗️Jewish settlers, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, attack residents in Al-Minya area, southeast of Bethlehem, occupied West Bank.
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❗️Media Office of the Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam:
– "The attack on Sidon or any other Lebanese region is a blatant violation of Lebanese sovereignty and a clear breach of UN Resolution 1701 and the security arrangements for halting hostilities."
– "Prime Minister Salam emphasizes the need to exert maximum pressure on Israel to compel it to stop its ongoing assaults, particularly on residential areas, stressing that a complete cessation of military operations is essential."
❗️Photos of the building Israel targeted to assassinate Hamas official Hassan Farhat (Abu Yasser), southern Lebanon, Sidon (Saida).
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Hamas official Hassan Farhat (Abu Yasser) was assassinated in the Israeli attack on the southern Lebanese city of Sidon (Saida) a few hours ago.
His daughter and son were killed alongside him.