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⭕️ Eighteen months into their genocidal war on Gaza, Israeli occupation forces have reportedly destroyed only 25% of the tunnels used by the Palestinian resistance in the strip, according to a Haaretz security source.
The reports emerge as Israel renews its offensive across Gaza—particularly in Rafah, where it had previously claimed to have defeated Hamas—while expanding buffer zones in both northern and southern areas of the strip.
Israel destroyed ‘only 25 percent’ of Hamas tunnels in Rafah: Report
Israeli army assessments say half of Hamas’s fighting force remains intact in Rafah, despite Tel Aviv’s previous claims that the resistance group was ‘defeated’ in southern Gaza
BREAKING | For the second time, Israeli drone targets a bulldozer in the town of Aita al-Shaab, south Lebanon.
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A Palestinian youth was injured after being shot by Israeli occupation forces, during their raid on Askar refugee camp east of Nablus.
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❗️At least five Palestinians have been killed and others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on civilians gathering near the General Service Hospital in Gaza City.
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Washington 'vetoes' Gulf funds for Lebanon reconstruction: Report
The World Bank estimates Lebanon needs $11 billion for reconstruction and recovery due to the ongoing Israeli war on the country
❗️BREAKING | Israeli drone bombs a bulldozer in Aita al-Shaab, south Lebanon.
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Turkish, Israeli delegations meet in Azerbaijan for ‘deconfliction’ talks
Israel reportedly made it clear that the establishment of Turkish bases in central Syria’s Palmyra is a ‘red line’
❗️Israel releases Palestinian prisoner Omar Hamamreh from the occupied West Bank town of Husan, west of Bethlehem, after 11 consecutive years of imprisonment.
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❗️Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office:
– "Israeli occupation forces were supposed to release prisoner Ahmad Manasra from Nafha prison, where his family was waiting for him."
– "The family was surprised to receive a call from a Bedouin man in the Beersheba (Bir al-Sabaa) area, informing them that Ahmad was with him — the occupation had deliberately released him far from the prison gate."
– "Manasra spent nine and a half years in Israeli prisons and was released just a short while ago."
❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
– "The shortage of medications and medical supplies has reached dangerous and unprecedented levels."
– "37% of essential medicines are completely out of stock."
– "59% of medical consumables are completely out of stock."
– "Operating rooms, intensive care units, and emergency departments are functioning with severely depleted stocks of life-saving drugs and supplies."
– "80,000 diabetic patients and 110,000 patients with high blood pressure have no access to medication at primary care centers."
– "54% of cancer and hematology medications are unavailable."
– "The closure of border crossings to medical and pharmaceutical supplies is worsening the crisis and adding catastrophic challenges to providing care for the sick and wounded."
❗️Israeli settlers attack Palestinian shepherds and their property, destroying their vehicles in Masafer Yatta, south of Al-Khalil (Hebron), occupied West Bank.
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❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
– "40 martyrs and 146 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 24 hours."
– "There are still a number of victims 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 1,522 martyrs and 3,834 injuries."
– "The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 50,886 martyrs and 115,875 wounded since 7 October 2023."
Israeli reservists dismissed over protest letter demanding end to Gaza war
The air force reservists say the war is being waged for personal and political reasons, while endangering the lives of the living captives in Gaza
Ten Palestinian prisoners from Gaza—most of them elderly—arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah after being released from Israeli prisons. The detainees exhibited signs of torture.
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Gulf-backed genocide: How Arab monarchies fuel Israel’s war machine
From weapons and trade to logistics and espionage, Persian Gulf monarchies are quietly underwriting the occupation state’s war on Gaza and its broader regional aggressions.
By Mawadda Iskandar
❗️Hamas
– "What the city of Rafah is witnessing in terms of the bombing of homes and residential blocks, and the destruction of infrastructure, represents a dangerous escalation in the brutal genocide war against our people. It is a desperate attempt to claim a military achievement through the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity—flagrant violations of international law—carried out by the head of the fascist Zionist government before the eyes and ears of the entire world."
– "The announcement by the criminal Netanyahu of the establishment of what he called 'Philadelphia Corridor 2,' and the actions of the fascist occupation army to impose a new reality in the city of Rafah, isolate it from the rest of the Gaza Strip, forcibly displace its residents, and annex it to what is known as the buffer zone on the border with our sister country Egypt, confirms that the criminal, Nazi-like occupation does not only target Rafah. Rather, it seeks to completely isolate Gaza from its Arab depth and deprive our people of their only gateway to the outside world."
– "What is happening in Rafah embodies a flagrant model of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and forced displacement. This could not have happened without the regional and international silence, and the absence of decisive and deterrent decisions against the leaders of the criminal fascist occupation government. This necessitates urgent action by the international community, and Arab and Islamic nations, to stop it."
⭕️ Iraq has signed two energy deals with US companies to double its electricity production to 54,000 megawatts.
The first, with GE Vernova, involves building gas power plants producing 24,000MW. The second, with UGT Renewables, sets up a 3MW solar project with international financing and a two-year tech transfer plan.
The move follows the US decision not to renew a sanctions waiver allowing Iraq to buy power from Iran.
(The National)
Washington 'vetoes' Gulf funds for Lebanon reconstruction: Report
The World Bank estimates Lebanon needs $11 billion for reconstruction and recovery due to the ongoing Israeli war on the country
⭕️ Gaza – The Palestinian NGOs Network confirmed in its latest report that at least two million people have been forcibly displaced in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli aggression, with residents forced to flee dozens of times under relentless bombing.
The report added that the Israeli occupation is planning to establish detention camps to confine the displaced as a prelude to their expulsion.
The network stressed that the ongoing siege, now in its 40th day, has prevented the entry of basic necessities such as food, medicine, and water, leaving Gaza facing mass extermination through bombing and starvation.
The report also pointed out that 60,000 children are at risk of disease due to famine, while the occupation refuses to vaccinate children against dangerous illnesses—posing a biological threat to the population in the strip.
Infographic | US exports and imports of goods to and from China.
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❗️An image of Ahmed Manasra following his release after spending nearly a decade in Israeli detention.
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❗️Sudan accuses UAE of complicity in genocide at ICJ hearing, says massacres in Darfur by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) would not be possible without Emirati support.
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❗️Medical sources to Al Jazeera:
“17 martyrs in Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip since dawn today.”
A bittersweet reunion between a Palestinian girl, one of 10 prisoners released today and brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah. He had been detained since the start of the war in October 2023.
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BREAKING | The Lebanese Army received a request from UNIFIL to evacuate the entire southern Lebanese town of Aita al-Shaab over concerns of potential Israeli airstrikes, though no specific targets were identified.
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❗️Israeli occupation forces detain Palestinian civil service workers at the entrance of the Jenin camp, northern West Bank.
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⭕️ Ekrem Imamoglu, the Turkish Republican People's Partys (CHP) presidential candidate and former Istanbul mayor who was arrested over investigations targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB), is set to appear in court tomorrow in two separate cases.
The first trial concerns remarks Imamoglu made about Istanbul’s Chief Public Prosecutor Akin Gurlek, criticizing him and labeling investigations into CHP-run municipalities as politically motivated. He is being charged with "targeting individuals involved in anti-terror efforts” — a crime punishable by up to 7 years and 4 months in prison, and could result in a ban from public office and loss of political rights.
In a second case, Imamoglu is also facing trial today over allegations of rigging a public tender during his term as mayor of Beylikduzu, a district of Istanbul.
❗️Last night, Israeli police shot and murdered 25 year old Palestinian Wahib Abu Arar in the town of Ararat al-Naqab, Negev Desert.
Today, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited the site where Abu Arar was shot, declared support for the murder, and threatened to carry out another one in the future.
❗️Israeli occupation forces violently beat and shove Palestinians during their attempts to prevent their homes from being demolished in the village of Al-Rihiya, south of Hebron, West Bank.
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