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BREAKING | An Israeli raid targeted the eastern mountain range in the Bekaa Valley, east Lebanon.
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❗️Israeli forces abandoned Qalandia checkpoint when the sirens sounded in Jerusalem.
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❗️Israeli army statement:
"Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in a number of areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by the IAF prior to crossing into Israeli territory.
Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol."
Mexican president receives Palestinian ambassador's credentials
Mexico last year joined South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ
Putin vows to support Syria's de facto government, calls for ‘practical cooperation’
Putin’s message to self-appointed President Ahmad al-Sharaa comes weeks after Syrian government forces massacred thousands of Alawites in a sectarian rampage
The residential building in Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza, that was bombed earlier today by the Israeli military.
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❗️Lebanese National News Agency:
"The Lebanese Red Cross handed over the body of a Syrian soldier to the Syrian side of the Josieh border crossing."
Israeli occupation forces persist in demolishing Palestinian homes in Jenin, as their offensive extends into its 59th consecutive day.
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Thousands flood Turkiye's streets protesting arrest of Istanbul mayor
The Turkish government has identified hundreds of social media accounts and has detained dozens of people for 'provocative posts' about the mayor's arrest
❗️Military spokesman for Hamas's Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida:
○ "We salute our sincere brothers in Yemen for their honorable stance and unwavering support for the people of Gaza, despite the heavy price they are paying for their steadfast loyalty to Al-Aqsa and Palestine."
○ "Today, Yemen's missiles crossed paths with Gaza's missiles in the skies over Tel Aviv, sending a clear message that Gaza is not alone. Behind it stand the free people of this nation, who will never abandon it to its arrogant enemies."
○ "We call upon all the free people of our nation to join the battle to defend Al-Aqsa and to continue their unwavering support for Gaza. Together, we will break the resolve of the criminal Zionist enemy and force an end to its aggression."
CCTV footage captures Syrian militants engaging in robberies in the town of Hawsh al-Sayyed Ali, on the Lebanese-Syrian borders.
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BREAKING | The Israeli army issues new evacuation orders for new areas in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
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❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
○ "85 martyrs and 133 injuries have arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals, as a result of the multiple attacks and massacres committed by the occupation since dawn today in the Gaza Strip."
○ "A number of victims are still under the rubble, and efforts are underway to retrieve them."
Despite over a year of brutal airstrikes and ground operations, Israeli forces failed to eradicate the resistance’s military capabilities.
Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, launched a barrage of rockets toward Tel Aviv on 20 March for the first time in months, coming after over 700 Palestinians were killed by Israel within a period of two days.
“The Qassam Brigades bombarded Tel Aviv with a barrage of rockets in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians,” the resistance movement announced via its Telegram channel.
The Israeli army said one rocket was intercepted, and two others “fell in open areas.”
The last time the Qassam Brigades or other resistance groups launched rockets at Israel was in early January, weeks before the ceasefire agreement.
⭕️ During a visit to Jerusalem this week, US Senator John Fetterman, a staunch supporter of Israel, received a gift from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—a silver-plated beeper.
The exchange took place during a formal meeting between the two officials. In return, Fetterman gifted Netanyahu a framed news article highlighting efforts to commemorate Netanyahu’s late brother, Yoni Netanyahu, in Philadelphia, where the PM once lived as a teenager.
That is when Netanyahu offered his gift. "What do you give a man who has everything? A beeper," he remarked while handing Fetterman a small silver box. "This is a silver-plated beeper. The real one is much lighter—insignificant in size, yet capable of changing history."
BREAKING | Israeli airstrikes hit the town of Jbaa in southern Lebanon.
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❗️Israeli media: Channel 14 evacuated its staff and Channel 12 evacuated its studios due to the sound of air raid sirens.
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BREAKING | Sirens sound in Jerusalem due to a missile launched from Yemen.
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The battle between ‘Greater Israel’ and "Neo-Ottomanism" in Syria
As Israel escalates its warnings about Turkiye’s hegemonic ambitions and military influence in Syria, a once-strategic partnership is unraveling into a deep rivalry that could reshape the region.
By Mohamad Hasan Sweidan
❗️Young Palestinian man, Bilal Ibrahim Ghaben, was shot to death by Israeli occupation forces in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.
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BREAKING | Local sources in Gaza report that Qassam Brigades commander Osama Tabash was assassinated in Khan Yunis, by Israeli artillery shelling.
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WATCH | Qassam Brigades publish a video of the moment it targeted Tel Aviv with a barrage of rockets in response to Israel's ongoing massacre of Palestinians.
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❗️Jenin Camp Media Committee:
○ "The Israeli occupation continues its assault on Jenin city and its refugee camp for the 59th consecutive day, carrying out widespread home demolitions, arson attacks, and converting residential buildings into military outposts."
○ "In the past hours, Israeli forces have deployed additional tanks, military vehicles, and bulldozers to accelerate the demolition process."
○ "On Monday, occupation forces issued demolition notices for approximately 66 homes in the Hawashin and Al-Lub neighborhoods, as well as for Azzam Mosque, Joura Al-Dhahab, and Al-Samran neighborhood. The demolitions are being justified under the pretext of road expansion and new routes to facilitate the movement of Israeli military vehicles."
○ "Last night, Israeli forces set fire to several homes near the Saadi family council hall inside the camp. Meanwhile, they continue to block the road leading to Jenin Governmental Hospital from the camp’s entrance using dirt mounds."
○ "Israeli bulldozers have destroyed 100% of the streets in Jenin refugee camp and nearly 80% of the roads in Jenin city. Additionally, the residents of 3,200 homes have been displaced, while Jenin’s economy has suffered a sharp decline, exacerbating poverty rates among its population."
○ "Since the beginning of the assault, Israeli forces have forcibly evacuated 3,200 homes in the camp, bringing the total number of displaced residents to 21,000."
○ "The Israeli aggression on Jenin and its camp has resulted in the killing of 36 Palestinians, including two who were shot by Palestinian Authority security forces, which have been complicit in Israeli crimes by targeting and arresting resistance fighters."
○ "More than 227 Palestinians have been arrested or detained by Israeli forces since the start of the assault, with dozens subjected to field interrogations, beatings, and abuse."
BREAKING | Israeli warplanes bomb Al-Shaboura Camp, Rafah, southern Gaza.
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UPDATE | Al Mayadeen correspondent: 13 martyrs and 40 wounded in Israeli raids on homes in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
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❗️UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR):
"We, at the SOHR, are shocked at the fierce systematic cyber attacks and smear campaigns against SOHR and its platforms and accounts on social media. This coincides with unfounded accusations and baseless claims against SOHR of 'circulating lies about massacres and the mass genocide committed recently against people of the Alawite community in the Syrian coastline.'
Those claims contradict unrefuted evidence documented by the murderers themselves, when they appeared in video footages bragging about the systematic sectarian-based killings; let alone the statements by the Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa to Reuters about mass killings against the Alawites, as well as satellites images which showed corpses and mass graves.
The Syrian Observatory calls upon parties behind those attacks and campaigns to focus their efforts and redirect their funds to prevent similar massacres and violations and to deter racist rhetoric and language, instead of wasting those efforts and funds attempting to intimidate SOHR’s director and stifle his voice.
No matter how many fabricated reports or smear campaigns are launched, the attacks by “electronic flies” and efforts to falsify awareness can never erase facts about those heinous crimes.
Despite the smear campaigns and intimidation attempts, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights vows to continue supporting victims, countering injustice and disclosing facts whatever it costs."
❗️Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office:
"More than 350 Palestinian children are languishing in Israeli occupation prisons, subjected to the most horrific physical and psychological violations, amid the international community's silence."
❗️Israel bombed the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, killing at least 6 Palestinians.
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Qassam Brigades targets Tel Aviv with first rocket barrage in months
The attack was announced as a response to the massacres Israel has committed since it renewed its war on Gaza two days ago
❗️Israeli shells Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, with artillery.
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