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❗️The military spokesperson for the Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida:
– “We commend the heroic shooting operation near the town of Bruqin, west of Salfit, carried out by our people in the West Bank.”
– “We call on the masses to rise up against the Israeli occupation in defense of Al-Aqsa, in response to the Israeli aggression targeting the West Bank and its refugee camps, and in solidarity with their steadfast Palestinian brothers and sisters in Gaza.”
❗️Head of the "Samaria" Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, on the shooting in the northern occupied West Bank:
“We expect the Israeli government and the senior IDF command to officially declare that the doctrine of containment is dead, and to flatten the villages from which four shooting attacks were launched on the same road. It’s time to carry out a military operation there and level [them], exactly like we’re doing in Khan Yunis.”
UPDATE | According to Israeli reports, one settler has been killed and the other is in critical condition.
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From BFFs to blocked: Trump ghosts Netanyahu in redrawing the region
Trump is reshaping West Asia without Israel in the room – and Netanyahu can’t get him on the line.
By Anis Raiss
Apparently, dignity and glory now come gift-wrapped from Riyadh – and sealed by Trump.
Back in 2015, however, Abu Mohammad al-Julani begged to differ.
Israeli army admits civilians make up 80 percent of those killed in Gaza since March
Israel privately relies on the Palestinian Health Ministry's figures for the total death toll, while publicly dismissing the data as unreliable
⭕️ US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani signed a statement of defense cooperation between the two countries. President Donald Trump also signed a joint declaration of cooperation with the Emir.
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❗️Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud said today that Saudi Arabia fully supports the US-Iran nuclear talks and hopes for positive outcomes.
(Reuters)
❗️Saudi and Qatari F-15 fighter jets were seen soaring in formation to welcome US President Donald Trump during his Gulf tour earlier today.
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❗️i24NEWS Military Correspondent, Yinon Shalom Yatach claims that besides leader of Hamas in Gaza, Mohammad Sinwar, among those who were targeted in the brutal attack on Khan Yunis yesterday evening were Qassam Brigades military spokesman Abu Obeida and commander of the Rafah Brigade Mohammad Shabana, commenting, "We'll wait."
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Trump calls on Syrian president to normalize with Israel, expel Palestinian resistance factions
Normalizing relations with Syria would implicitly recognize Israel's occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights
⭕️ Oman’s Grand Mufti urges India to recall the legacy of former Muslim rulers, praises Pakistan’s defensive response
Following a ceasefire between India and Pakistan after several days of intense cross-border fire and aerial operations, Oman’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Ahmad bin Hamad al-Khalili, called on the Indian government to remember the “kindness and benevolence” of its former Muslim rulers.
In a public statement, the Grand Mufti congratulated Pakistan on their “victory over their aggressors,” referencing the recent escalation with India.
❗️Israel has killed at least 80 Palestinians in strikes across the Gaza Strip since midnight, 59 of them in northern Gaza.
(Medical sources to Al Jazeera)
⭕️ Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to visit Iran, though the timing of the trip is still under discussion, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today.
On Tuesday, Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani told Russian state news agency RIA Novosti that Putin’s visit to Iran “is currently being worked out.”
⭕️ Onur Genc, CEO of the financial group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), stated on Wednesday that Turkish businesses and banks stand to gain from the removal of US sanctions on Syria.
"The lifting of the sanctions would allow the Turkish companies to go there now much better, and the Turkish banks to be able to finance them - so it will help," he said.
(Reuters)
UPDATE | Contrary to earlier Hebrew reports, the current status is that the two settlers are reported to be in critical condition, and there is no longer talk of deaths in the Israeli media anymore.
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❗️Israeli soldiers opened fire on photojournalist Courtney Bonneau earlier today while she was documenting Israeli military activity near the Lebanese town of Houla. The incident occurred despite prior coordination with both the Lebanese Army and UNIFIL, who had granted her permission to photograph near an illegal Israeli military base in Houla, South Lebanon.
Bonneau reported that two Israeli soldiers emerged from the base and began shooting shortly after she captured footage and images of the area. She was in Houla attending the funeral of a civilian killed by Israeli fire the previous day. “Lebanon is occupied. The Israeli army is killing people here almost every day,” she wrote in a statement on social media. Her attempt to document that reality, she added, was met with gunfire—not accountability.
BREAKING | Shooting operation near the Israeli settlement of Bruchin in Salfit Governorate, northern occupied West Bank, leaves two Israeli settlers in critical condition, according to Israeli media. There are early reports of a death.
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Qatar inks $200bn jet order with Boeing during Trump visit
During his ongoing tour of the Persian Gulf, the US president has obtained investment pledges worth hundreds of billions in US industries
BREAKING | Israel announces it will bomb for several buildings in north of Gaza, issuing "evacuation" orders.
Among the buildings are schools, a hospital l,and a university
❗️Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced that he will meet with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani tomorrow after the NATO Informal Foreign Ministers Meeting in Antalya.
(TRT)
Netanyahu says Macron 'stands with Hamas' for criticism of Israeli-created famine in Gaza
Israeli army officers have quietly acknowledged that the blockade on Gaza will lead to mass starvation if not immediately reversed
⭕️ Qatar signed a $200 billion deal with Boeing to purchase 160 jets for Qatar Airways, the largest 'widebody' aircraft order in the history of the company. Trump and Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani attended the signing ceremony in Doha.
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⭕️ "Young, attractive guy."
US President Donald Trump described Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa as a fighter with a strong past, adding that he is young and attractive.
❗️Israeli occupation forces continue to demolish Palestinians' homes in the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq neighborhood in the middle of Nour Shams camp in West Bank's Tulkarem.
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⭕️ Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi dismissed US President Donald Trump’s labeling of the country as the “most destructive force” in west Asia as “deceptive,” just days after the fourth round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States.
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❗️Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds to French President Emmanuel Macron's condemnation of Israel's Gaza policy:
"Macron has once again chosen to side with a murderous Islamist terrorist organization and to echo its false propaganda, while accusing Israel of blood libel.
Israel is engaged in a multi-front struggle for its existence following the horrific massacre carried out by Hamas against innocent civilians on 7 October, including the murder and abduction of dozens of French citizens.
Instead of supporting the Western democratic camp fighting Islamist terror organizations and calling for the release of the hostages, Macron is once again demanding that Israel surrender and reward terrorism.
Israel will neither stop nor surrender.
Prime Minister Netanyahu is determined to achieve all of Israel’s war objectives: the release of all our hostages, the military and governmental defeat of Hamas, and ensuring that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel."
🇾🇪 In the span of less than 24 hours, the Yemeni Armed Forces announced three missile strikes targeting Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, including two hypersonic ballistic missiles and one Zulfiqar ballistic missile.
The strikes disrupted air traffic and sent thousands fleeing to shelters, according to thei military statements.
Israel escalates massacres after dropping bunker busters on Gaza's Khan Yunis
Dozens were killed in attacks on Wednesday morning after Israel carried out what it says was an assassination of top Hamas leader in Gaza, Mohammad Sinwar