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❗️Al-Masirah:
"Saudi rocket and artillery shelling targets border areas in Yemen’s Saada province."
WATCH | Quds Brigades fighters shelling Israeli vehicles in the "Netzarim Corridor," and capturing two Israeli drones.
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UPDATE | Lebanese Health Ministry:
"At least one person was killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in Wadi al-Hujayr, southern Lebanon."
❗️Israeli War Minister Katz stated that the army currently has no plans to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, emphasizing that the man-made starvation and blockade remains a key strategy of the military.
"As I mentioned in my statement, Israel's policy is clear and no humanitarian aid is about to enter Gaza," Katz said.
❗️Quds Brigades - Jenin:
"Our fighters engaged a Zionist infantry force that had surrounded a house in the town, confronting them with intense and precise gunfire.
❗️At least 6 Palestinians were killed and a number of wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the Hassona family's home in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
Renowned Palestinian photographer and photojournalist Fatma Hassona was killed in the airstrike.
❗️Local sources report that renowned Palestinian photographer and photojournalist Fatma Hassona was killed, along with several family members, in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Gaza City.
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❗️Overnight, the Israeli army targeted a civil defense center run by the Islamic Message Scouts in the southern Lebanese town of Tayr Harfa.
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Will Yemen turn its missiles on the UAE and Saudi Arabia?
As Washington’s latest military campaign drags into its second month, Yemen’s battle lines remain firmly drawn—with growing questions over whether Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are next to be pulled into a war they can neither control nor win.
By Bandar Hetar
❗️BREAKING | US warplanes launch 6 airstrikes on Kamaran Island off the coast of Hodeidah, west of Yemen.
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Moroccan dockworkers union calls for boycott of Maersk ship transporting arms to Israel
Opposition to Israel's genocide is growing in Morocco, which normalized relations with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords
Washington prepares new shipment of bombs for Israel ahead of ‘vigorous expansion’ of Gaza assault
The shipment aims to complement an arms transfer from earlier this year, which was halted by the former US administration and unfrozen by Trump
US airstrikes in Yemen lay groundwork for 'ground invasion' by UAE-backed militias: Report
UAE-backed Yemeni factions plan to take the port city of Hodeidah from the Ansarallah-led Yemeni government in the wake of the US bombing campaign
❗️More than 700 Israeli settlers, protected by Israeli occupation forces, invaded Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the third day of Passover celebrations.
The Israeli military continues to facilitate settler incursions into the Islamic holy site under the guise of Jewish holidays. Meanwhile, Palestinian worshippers face severe movement restrictions and heightened security measures at the mosque.
These restrictions reflect Israel's deliberate policy to Judaize Al-Aqsa Mosque and erase its Islamic and Arab identity.
❗️Hamas urgently calls upon the masses worldwide to mobilize for the global solidarity week 'Gaza Cries Out to You':
– "'Gaza Cries Out to You'... A Global Solidarity Week to Support Our People and Reject the Zionist War of Extermination."
– "In light of the ongoing barbaric Zionist aggression against Gaza and the escalation of brutal massacres against innocent civilians - with full US support and international silence - we, issue an urgent appeal to participate in a global week entitled 'Gaza Cries Out to You.'"
– "We call for mass mobilization over the coming week to support Gaza's steadfastness, condemn the aggression, and demand an end to the genocidal war by escalating all forms of solidarity action - including marches, sit-ins, and angry protests around the world."
– "We declare Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (April 18-20) as days of global anger against the occupation, rejecting both US and the international community's complicity."
"Where's my mother?"
Civil defense crews in Gaza claw through rubble with their bare hands to save a child wounded in an Israeli airstrike on her home.
Syrian state forces continue sectarian killings of Alawites
Over 40 Syrian Alawites have been killed in the past two weeks, while over a dozen young women have been abducted and remain missing
Israel continues deadly attacks on south Lebanon
South Lebanon has come under several Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours, including one targeting a civil defense center in Tayr Harfa
⭕️ Israel’s War Minister Israel Katz says troops will remain in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely.
“Unlike in the past, the (Israeli military) is not evacuating areas that have been cleared and seized ... [it] “will remain in the security zones as a buffer between the enemy and (Israeli) communities in any temporary or permanent situation in Gaza — as in Lebanon and Syria.”
(AP)
⭕️ The Federation Council of Russia has approved the ratification of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement with Iran.
Moscow now expects Tehran to do the same, "as soon as possible," though Iranian parliamentary procedures may delay the process. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said Iran has expressed readiness to accelerate approval.
The 20-year agreement establishes a legal framework for long-term cooperation and strategic partnership across sectors including defense, counterterrorism, energy, finance, transport, industry, agriculture, culture, science, and technology.
(TASS, APA)
BREAKING | Israeli drone targets a vehicle in Wadi al-Hujayr, southern Lebanon.
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BREAKING | The White House announces in a statement that some Chinese imports to the US are now subject to tariffs as high as 245%.
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❗️BREAKING | US warplanes launch over 25 airstrikes on Yemen in the past 3 hours, targeting the governorates of Al-Bayda, Hodeidah, Amran, and Saada.
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WATCH | "How can the US learn from history when it has no history?"
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❗️Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on X:
"Today, the dictator of Iran – Ayatollah Khamenei – posted a call to eliminate Israel.
Let me be clear:
Israel will not be eliminated.
What must be eliminated is Iran’s axis of terror."
INFOGRAPHIC | Map of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, from enrichment facilities in Natanz and Fordow, to the operational Bushehr power plant and uranium mines in Saghand.
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⭕️ The United Nations (UN) reports that the Israeli army has killed at least 71 civilians in Lebanon since the 'ceasefire' came into effect on 27 November, 2024.
Among those killed were 14 women and nine children.
BREAKING | Spokesman for Hamas's Qassam Brigades Abu Obeida:
– "We announce that we have lost contact with the group holding the soldier Edan Alexander after a direct [Israeli] strike targeted their location. We are still trying to reach them as of this moment."
– "Our assessment is that the occupation army is deliberately attempting to eliminate the pressure of the dual-national prisoner file in order to continue its genocide against our people."
❗️Office of the US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, on X:
"'A deal with Iran will only be completed if it is a Trump deal. Any final arrangement must set a framework for peace, stability, and prosperity in the Middle East -- meaning that Iran must stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weaponization program. It is imperative for the world that we create a tough, fair deal that will endure, and that is what President Trump has asked me to do.'
- Ambassador Witkoff"
⭕️ Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate (GID) announced today that it had detained 16 individuals and foiled a plot involving rockets, explosives, and a drone production facility.
Authorities stated that at least one rocket was fully assembled and ready for launch. The case had been under active surveillance by Jordanian intelligence since 2021.
Additional activities include the recruitment and training of individuals inside Jordan—some of whom were later sent abroad for advanced instruction.
"The plot aimed at harming national security, sowing chaos and causing material destruction inside the kingdom," the statement read.