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❗️Israeli airstrike hits Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
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❗️Amichai Stein, correspondent for Israeli news outlet I24, reports that "the Yemeni missile was intercepted in Saudi skies."
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❗️Sirens sounded in Beersheba (Bir al-Sabaa) a short while ago. The Israeli army announced that it "intercepted one missile launched from Yemen ... before it crossed into [Israel's] territory," adding that "the alerts were activated according to policy."
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WATCH | Israel Reignites Its War on Gaza
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Yemen’s eastern front: The new battleground for regional and global powers
As the war on Yemen escalates, the battle for influence in its eastern region has intensified, with Saudi Arabia and the UAE vying for strategic dominance, Israel expanding its covert military footprint, and the US intervening militarily on its behalf.
By Mawadda Iskandar
Maersk shareholders to vote on banning Israel arms transfers over Gaza genocide
The vote comes as Israel resumes its brutal war on the strip, killing at least 420 people in less than 24 hours
UN condemns Israel's 'significant expansion' of illegal West Bank settlements
Israel's settler movement sees the election of President Trump as an 'opportunity' to illegally annex occupied Palestinian territory
BREAKING | Israeli warplanes bomb south of central Gaza, in the Gaza Strip.
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Reinforcements for the Lebanese Army have been deployed around the town of Hawsh al-Sayyid Ali, near the border with Syria.
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❗️Al-Mayadeen correspondent:
○ "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants are still in the part of the Lebanese town of Hawsh al-Sayyid Ali they entered, amid a cautious calm in the area."
○ "The bodies of three Lebanese citizens are still being held by HTS."
Palestinian civilians flee Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza as Israel resumes its aggression on the strip.
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Palestinians in Gaza 'dying every minute' as Israel intensifies bloodshed
Hundreds of women and children have been killed since Tel Aviv resumed its genocidal war on Gaza hours ago
❗️Israel's Channel 13:
"After the resumption of fighting in Gaza, the 'Otzma Yehudit' party, led by Ben Gvir, has reached an agreement with the Likud party to return to the government. This comes two months after the party’s leader, Ben Gvir, announced his withdrawal from the government in protest against the approval of the prisoner deal.
According to the agreement, 'Otzma Yehudit' ministers will return to their previous positions that they held before their resignation."
❗️BREAKING | Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades in Gaza:
"With deep pride and honor, the Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees in Palestine, mourn the loss of Commander Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Batran ("Abu Yusuf"), Commander of the Artillery Unit and member of the Military Council in the Central Brigade.
He was martyred at dawn on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in a cowardly and treacherous assassination operation carried out by the Nazi Zionist enemy, targeting his family's home in Al-Bureij refugee camp, after a life filled with jihad, resistance, and immense sacrifices. He joins his son, daughter, and brothers who were martyred during the genocide in a previous assassination attempt."
❗️Director of the Ministry of Health in Gaza to Al-Arabiya TV:
"174 children, 89 women, and 32 elderly people have been killed in Israeli bombing since last night."
❗️Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif al-Qanou to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed:
○ "Hamas was and remains keen to complete the agreement's stages, but Netanyahu, driven by his own personal interests and an attempt to escape his own crises, reversed the agreement."
○ "All mediators are aware of Hamas's commitment to the terms of the agreement, despite Netanyahu's procrastination and reversal. They must reveal this to the world."
❗️An Israeli army graduation ceremony for officers was interrupted as sirens rang in Beersheeba (Bir al-Sabaa) due to a Yemeni ballistic missile attack.
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UAE lobbying Washington to 'torpedo' Arab reconstruction plan for Gaza: Report
An Emirati official publicly said last month that he sees ‘no alternative’ to Donald Trump’s plan to forcibly displace Gaza’s population
❗️Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations says Russia has intel that the Israeli army is preparing for another ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
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❗️Reports of renewed clashes on the Lebanese-Syrian border near the town of Hawsh al-Sayyed Ali.
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⭕️ The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Movement mourns its military spokesman, Abu Hamza:
"With pride and honor, the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine announces to our great Palestinian people and to the Arab and Islamic nations the martyrdom of leader Naji Abu Seif (Abu Hamza), the spokesperson for Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine. He was assassinated by the criminal army in a treacherous attack that also targeted his family and the family of his brother.
The martyr was known in the media as a voice of the resistance—fearless in speaking the truth, eloquent in his speech, and courageous in his steadfast defense of our people’s rights. He never wavered in his commitment to the cause.
This cowardly and spiteful assassination, carried out by the criminal Zionist entity as part of a series of brutal massacres that have claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians, including children and women, in recent hours—with full support, encouragement, and funding from the US administration—comes amid the disgraceful silence of a powerless and complicit world. However, this crime will only strengthen our determination to continue defending our people and their rights until the complete failure of this aggression.
Indeed, it is Jihad ... of victory or martyrdom."
❗️Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza:
“The death toll from the Israeli bombing of Khan Yunis and Rafah since dawn today has risen to 160 martyrs.”
❗️Israel drops leaflets near the northern club in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, with the message:
"To everyone present in this shelter, whether in the tent or the building: You are in a dangerous combat zone, and this location is not safe!
Evacuate immediately and move as far away as possible."
❗️Hezbollah:
"Hezbollah strongly condemns the Zionist enemy’s resumption of its genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza, targeting children, women, and defenseless civilians as they sleep, while the people of Gaza suffer under a suffocating siege and severe starvation— a blatant violation of all international laws and humanitarian conventions.
The decision of Netanyahu’s terrorist government to overturn the ceasefire and reignite the war, in full partnership with the US administration and under disgraceful international silence, confirms that this rogue entity and its American backers do not honor any commitments or agreements. They are two sides of the same bloodthirsty coin, knowing only the language of killing and destruction. This also exposes the true nature of the US administration, which persistently seeks to destabilize the region by supporting aggression against Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, backing the Zionist military machine, and imposing new realities through force and firepower.
Hezbollah reaffirms its unwavering support for the heroic Palestinian resistance and the honorable people of Gaza. We call on the Arab and Islamic nations, as well as all free people around the world, to expose the US-Zionist partnership in this genocidal war against the Palestinian people. We urge what remains of the free international community, including the United Nations, the Security Council, and human rights organizations, to take immediate action to halt this ongoing crime against humanity and to raise their voices against Zionist-American savagery.
The Zionist enemy, which has failed to break the resistance’s will after 15 months of brutal war, will not succeed in erasing the just Palestinian cause or forcibly displacing its people from their land through this renewed aggression. Palestine will remain the central cause of the nation, Gaza will remain a symbol of dignity and resilience, and the Palestinian people will continue to be an inspiration for all nations fighting for justice and sacred rights."
❗️The Israeli military announced that it carried out airstrikes on artillery systems near Khan Arnabeh, in southern Syria.
The military said that the artillery systems "posed a threat" to Israel.
"The presence of weapons in southern Syria endangers the State of Israel. The military will not tolerate any threats in the region and will take necessary action to neutralize them," the occupation army emphasized.
Israel reveals 'Silver Plow': Operation to 'prevent Hezbollah cross-border incursions'
Yedioth Ahronoth released a report on Monday detailing how Israel planned and carried out the destruction of at least 120 kilometers of Lebanese territory.
The operation, aimed at preventing supposed cross-border infiltrations, has left a trail of devastation, with no vegetation remaining in its wake.
UPDATE | Six government officials have been killed in Israel's latest strikes:
○ Issam Al-Dalis, Head of Government Work Follow-up
○ Yasser Harb, member of the Hamas Political Bureau
○ M. Muhammad al-Jamasi, member of the Political Bureau of Hamas
○ Ahmed al-Hatta, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice
○ Major General: Mahmoud Abu Watfa, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior
○ Martyr Commander Major General: Bahjat Abu Sultan, Director General of the Internal Security Service.
BREAKING | Unconfirmed reports by Palestinian sources say that military spokesman for the PIJ's Quds Brigades Abu Hamza (Naji Abu Seif) was assassinated by Israel during its renewed aggression on the Gaza Strip, alongside his family.
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❗️Hamas announces that five senior members of its political bureau were killed yesterday evening in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
"The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) mourn to our great people in Palestine and abroad, to our Arab and Islamic nation, and to the free people of the world, a group of great martyred leaders, among the symbols of national work in the Gaza Strip, who ascended to Allah as martyrs at dawn today following a savage and treacherous zionist airstrike that deliberately and directly targeted them and their families:
○ The great martyr leader: Issam al-Daalis, Chairman of the Government Work Follow-Up Committee.
○ The great martyr leader: Yasser Harb, member of the Political Bureau of Hamas.
○ The martyr leader and advisor: Ahmad Al-Hatta, Deputy Minister of Justice.
○ The martyr leader Major General: Mahmoud Abu Wutfa, Deputy Minister of Interior.
○ The martyr leader Major General: Bahjat Abu Sultan, Director General of the Internal Security Service."
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy acknowledges that Israel is breaching international law by blocking aid to Gaza for the past 15 days.
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