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BREAKING | Israeli drone targets car on the University Road between Kfar Reman and Nabatieh in southern Lebanon.
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First the sea, now the sky.
By striking Ben Gurion Airport, Yemen is isolating Israel with modest means.
Israel continues to demolish homes in Tulkarem's Nour Shams Camp, occupied West Bank.
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❗️Member of the Supreme Political Council in Yemen, Muhammad al-Bukhaiti to Al Mayadeen:
"We tell the Americans, the British, and the Zionists that our military operations in support of Gaza will continue, no matter the sacrifices.
The Zionists have crossed red lines and must await Yemen's response."
Iran–US nuclear talks set to resume in Oman as Washington backs off from war threats
Tehran has affirmed that domestic enrichment of Uranium for a civilian nuclear program is a 'red line' ahead of the fourth round of talks with Washington
❗️Quds Brigades have announced that their fighters successfully shot down and took control of an Israeli drone while it was conducting reconnaissance missions east of Gaza City.
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BREAKING | US & Israeli warplanes target Sanaa International Airport with a series of brutal raids.
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❗️Smotrich says Gaza’s population to be expelled abroad ‘within months’
Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has stated that Israel will be in a position to “declare victory” in Gaza “within months”, according to Arutz Sheva.
Speaking at a conference in the illegal Israeli settlement of Ofra, Smotrich said Gaza will soon “be completely destroyed”, with its population concentrated by an Israeli-imposed security corridor in the south of the enclave. From there, Palestinians “will leave in large numbers to third countries”, said Smotrich, in the comments carried by Arutz Sheva.
This statement from the minister follows PM Netanyahu’s announcement yesterday that Palestinians in Gaza would be moved.
⭕️ The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) dismissed an Israeli proposal to dismantle the current aid system in Gaza.
"We do not accept a proposal and a plan that does not live up to the core fundamental humanitarian principles of impartiality, neutrality, and independent delivery of aid," OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke stated in Geneva.
Laerke also criticized the plan, saying it is "designed to further control and restrict supplies, which is the opposite of what is needed."
BREAKING | Israeli army announces that it will bomb Sanaa International Airport, calling on Yemenis to evacuate the airport and its vicinity.
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⭕️ Mia Schem, who was released in the 2023 prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel, says she felt safer in Hamas captivity than in Israel. Her statement comes as she is involved in a high-profile rape case against her Israeli fitness trainer. In 2023, Israel Police opened 6,405 rape investigations, but 81% were closed without indictment, with charges filed in just 16% of cases, and only 2% resulted in a conditional settlement.
(Maariv)
❗️Yemen officially imposes air traffic ban on Israel, halting flights to and from Israel
The Humanitarian Coordination Center (HOCC) in Sanaa, Yemen, has officially notified the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) of the Yemeni Armed Forces' decision to impose an indefinite air traffic ban on Israel.
This action follows Israel's escalating military aggression and war on Gaza. The ban applies to all flights to and from Israel, including Ben Gurion Airport, and urges international airlines to fully comply with the directive.
❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
– “48 martyrs and 142 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 24 hours."
– "The death toll and injuries since 18 March 2025 has reached 2,507 martyrs and 6,711 injuries."
Joint US-Israeli air raids hit major Yemeni cities
Dozens of warplanes participated in an operation that Israeli media reported as 'merely a repetition of the past'
⭕️ Israeli soldiers and settlers raid home of Palestinian activist featured in BBC documentary
Israeli soldiers and settlers stormed the Hebron home of Palestinian activist Issa Amro on Saturday, days after his appearance in the BBC documentary 'The Settlers' by Louis Theroux. Amro, co-founder of Youth Against Settlements, shared footage of the raid, saying it was “revenge” for exposing Israeli settlement practices in the occupied West Bank. One activist was injured, trees were cut down, and property was vandalized during the attack. In a tweet, Amro said: “Israeli settlers who attacked me yesterday told me that @realDonaldTrump is backing them up, they feel emboldened because of Trump administrative blind support.”
Amro guided Theroux through Hebron in the film, highlighting the impact of illegal Israeli settlements. In the documentary, he criticized the dehumanization of Palestinians and called out the double standards enforced by occupation forces. Israeli settlements in the West Bank remain illegal under international law.
Israeli army, intel chiefs give 'final tactical approval' for total invasion of Gaza
Top Israeli officials have declared that in a matter of months, Gaza will be totally destroyed' and ready to be occupied by Jewish settlers
Dozens of Israeli airstrikes 'disable' Yemen's main civilian airport
Israeli warplanes also bombed power stations in the capital, Sanaa, in retaliation for an air and sea blockade imposed by the YAF
❗️The Israeli army announces in a statement that it has completely put Sanaa International Airport out of service and carried out strikes on several power stations around Sanaa.
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UPDATE | Nearly two dozen Israeli airstrikes targeted Sanaa International Airport and multiple civilian sites across Yemen, including power stations, oil facilities, and a cement factory.
Among the targets were the Dhahban and Haiz power stations, a cement plant in Amran, and civilian aircraft and terminals at the airport.
BREAKING | Large fires have broken out as a result of Israel's attacks on different areas in Yemen's capital Sanaa, including the airport.
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❗️Israeli forces to demolish 15 West Bank homes today:
Israeli forces are preparing to tear down dozens of homes – 90 in total – in the Tulkarem and Nour Shams camps in the occupied West Bank, reports The Times of Israel.
Citing the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the report said Palestinian residents were given just five hours to gather their belongings and leave the homes.
The first 15 of 90 homes slated for demolition will be demolished today, said COGAT, according to The Times of Israel.
❗️Iran’s Nour News reports that nuclear talks between Iran and the United States will resume in Muscat, Oman, on Sunday, 11 May.
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❗️Hamas says 'no sense in talks' as Israel advances Gaza takeover, 'war of hunger and extermination'
Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim tells AFP there is “no sense” in pursuing ceasefire negotiations while Israel’s “war of hunger and extermination” continues in Gaza.
These remarks come after Israel approved 'Gideon's Chariots,' involving the "conquest" of the strip and further displacement of its 2.3 million residents.
⭕️ Public backing for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has grown even stronger since his March arrest, which triggered Turkiye's largest protests in ten years, according to recent opinion polls.
Surveys by leading pollsters Metropoll and Konda show Imamoglu leading President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by a significant margin in a potential one-on-one presidential race — despite elections not being scheduled until 2028.
Yemen vows 'unimaginable' response to Israel's bombing campaign of Hodeidah
Dozens were injured, and 70 percent of the Hodeidah port was damaged by the massive Israeli strikes late Monday
❗️Deputy Head of the Popular Committee in Nour Shams Camp, Yousef Fanadqa, to Quds News Network:
– "We do not feel there are any real solutions to the crisis in Nour Shams camp. Some families lost their homes two years ago and still haven’t received alternatives. We feel that Tulkarem and Nour Shams camps are marginalized and are not receiving the needed attention from the relevant authorities."
– "Our issue is not just about aid or food parcels — it's a national issue tied to the camp’s history and the refugee’s right to housing."
– "The demolitions are carried out under Israeli military orders, which means rebuilding is prohibited. This increases people's anxiety and reflects the need for an official stance on the matter."
❗️Israeli settlers set fire to agricultural crops during their attack on the Marj plain area between al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
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❗️A deaf Palestinian mother from Gaza bids a heartbreaking farewell to her son, who was killed by Israeli forces, expressing her grief in sign language as the world stands in sorrow and solidarity with Gaza’s children.
(Palestinian Ministry of Health)
❗️Former US Delta Force commander backs "Judea and Samaria" sovereignty
Retired three-star General William Boykin, a former commander of the US Army’s Delta Force and former Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, expressed support for Israel extending its sovereignty over the West Bank, which he refers to as "Judea and Samaria," during a tour with the Samaria Regional Council on Sunday.
“If we don't create a situation where we have sovereignty here, we're going to see another October 7,” he claimed.
❗️The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) says in a statement that it holds Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir fully responsible for the life of its Secretary-General Ahmad Saadat, denouncing his abuse and isolation in Megiddo Prison as part of a broader campaign to break the prisoners' movement through medical neglect, torture, and starvation.
The statement warns that other senior detainees, including members of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), are also facing brutal treatment.
The PFLP said it "reaffirms its commitment ... to spare no effort and to offer all necessary sacrifices to liberate all prisoners, foremost among them Secretary-General Ahmad Saadat and his fellow leaders."
The Front called for urgent international solidarity to expose these abuses and pressure Israel to end its escalating repression.