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⭕️ According to a report by Israel Hayom:
The Israeli shekel dropped to its lowest in six months on Wednesday as the dollar climbed past 3.8 shekels, driven by institutional investors pulling funds out of the country. This comes in the wake of what’s being described as the “ambush” meeting between Netanyahu and Trump, alongside the official start of US tariffs on Israeli goods. Analysts say the meeting gave the impression that Trump is sidelining Netanyahu — “as if Netanyahu were Zelensky and Israel were Ukraine” — raising fears that Israel’s political and economic risk is growing. With confidence in Netanyahu’s government faltering, investors are backing away, seeing better long-term opportunities in the US for now.
Yesterday evening, Jordanian security forces cracked down on protesters near the Israeli embassy in Amman, using force to suppress the demonstration.
As a key ally of Israel, the Jordanian government has systematically stifled dissent against the Gaza genocide, routinely arresting and intimidating protest organizers.
⭕️ In remarks made during a meeting in Algeria, Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi confirmed that the indirect talks between Iran and the US, set for 12 April in Oman, will focus solely on the nuclear issue—specifically, "making transparency and giving assurances about the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the removal of the cruel sanctions."
Araghchi said the talks in Muscat will be a test of US seriousness, given its history of unilateralism and violations.
The negotiations will be led by Araghchi and US envoy Steve Witkoff.
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❗️Lebanon’s National News Agency:
“Intense low-altitude flights of Israeli enemy drones over the town of Sidon in southern Lebanon.”
❗️BREAKING | US warplanes bomb residential area in Hodeidah, west of Yemen, killing at least 6 civilians, including 3 children.
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❗️Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrey Rudenko:
"If the United States attacks Iran, Russia is not obligated to provide military assistance under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement with Iran."
⭕️ Israeli military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir visited southern Gaza earlier today and told troops that he expects them to defeat the Qassam Brigades’ Rafah Brigade.
“You have returned to fight in the Gaza Strip, in an area where our forces are operating for the first time. I expect you to defeat the Rafah Brigade and secure victory wherever you are engaged,” Zamir told the troops.
The military had previously claimed to have defeated the Rafah Brigade back in September.
Israeli occupation forces violently harass Palestinians at Beit Furik checkpoint near Nablus, including brutalizing an elderly man, before kidnapping multiple civilians.
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UPDATE | Yemeni Health Ministry:
"Two martyrs and 13 injured in initial toll from the US airstrikes on Hodeidah city."
BREAKING | US airstrikes target the Hodeidah Governorate in western Yemen.
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⭕️ Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by dozens of military vehicles, stormed the Tal al-Sayfar area in the Quneitra countryside.
Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee proudly announced a tour of southern Syria, which Israel has vowed to demilitarize entirely.
"We have no intention of intervening in the internal conflict, but we will not tolerate any threat to Israel's security."
❗️Israeli journalist Barak Ravid:
"Netanyahu said in a video released by his office before departing Washington back to Israel that a nuclear deal with Iran would be acceptable only if it included the 'explosion' of all of Iran's nuclear facilities and 'the dismantling of all equipment - under American supervision and implemented by Americans.' He noted that if that does not happen and Iran drags out the talks, a military option should be used. 'Everyone understands that. I discussed this at length with President Trump,' Netanyahu said."
❗️Israel has dropped 90,000 tons of US explosives on Gaza—40 kilograms (88 pounds) for every man, woman, and child. That’s 6.5 Hiroshima bombs.
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❗️The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that public lawsuits have been filed against 819 individuals in connection with the protests over Ekrem Imamoglu:
“Following investigations into illegal meetings and protest marches held in our province, and based on 20 separate case files, proceedings were initiated against 829 individuals. As of today, the process of filing public lawsuits against 819 of them at the Istanbul Criminal Courts of First Instance has been completed. Of those charged, 278 are currently under arrest, while 10 suspects remain at large.”
❗️Egyptians gather near the Gaza border, to oppose the displacement of the strip’s residents.
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An Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building packed with displaced Palestinians in Gaza City’s Shujaiya neighborhood, killing at least 11 people—including women and children—and wounding 35 others.
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❗️Director of Field Hospitals at the Ministry of Health in Gaza to Al Jazeera:
– "We cannot find medicine to treat our sick children in the Strip."
– "The children of Gaza are suffering from numerous illnesses without access to treatment."
– "There is a spread of diarrhea and hepatitis among Gaza’s children due to the lack of clean water and proper food."
– "Most of the wounded arrive at hospitals with full-body burns, and Israel is using new weapons."
🇾🇪 Yemeni Armed Forces announced the downing of a US MQ-9 drone over Al-Jawf Governorate using a locally made missile, marking the third such incident in ten days and the eighteenth since the onset of their support for Gaza.
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❗️BREAKING | US warplanes launch 8 airstrikes on the capital Sanaa, Yemen.
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Netanyahu says 'explosion' of Iran nuclear program only acceptable path toward deal with US
Indirect talks between the US and Iran over its nuclear program are set to begin in Oman following a 'diplomatic breakthrough'
Russian Duma ratifies 20-year strategic pact with Iran
The vote in Moscow came days ahead of a historic summit in Oman between top US and Iranian officials
BREAKING | US forces launch three airstrikes on an agricultural area south of Sanaa, Yemen.
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❗️Medical sources tell Al Jazeera:
"21 martyrs in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today."
Pentagon prepares to expand 'unrelenting' attacks against Yemen
The Yemeni army remains largely unaffected and continues operations, despite the heavy civilian casualties and a deepening humanitarian crisis
❗️A funeral procession for Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
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US army reduces presence at Syrian oil field, transfers forces to Iraq: Report
Following the takeover of Syria by Turkish-backed extremists, Washington promoted a deal to end clashes between government forces and Kurdish troops in the northeast
Russia–Iran–China: All for one, and one for all?
Although perhaps not yet obvious to Washington, a US war on Iran will be viewed as one against Russia and China too. Both Putin and Xi know that Trump's war is singularly directed at the transformational global 'changes they are driving together.'
By Pepe Escobar
Erdogan files criminal complaint against opposition leader
Charges were filed after CHP leader Ozgur Ozel 'insulted' the Turkish president
❗️Local sources in Syria are reporting that the Israeli army advanced with military vehicles, accompanied by drones, into Tal al-Sayfar in the southern Syrian Quneitra countryside.
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❗️Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on X:
"President Trump has been a remarkable friend of the State of Israel.
He has been a great champion of our alliance. We are working together to bring our hostages home - all of them."