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❗️BREAKING | Sirens sound in Tel Aviv and surrounding areas due to launches from Yemen.
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Netanyahu sets displacement of Palestinians from Gaza as 'condition' to end genocide
The Israeli leader said the current invasion of Gaza seeks to 'complete the work'
❗️Israeli artillery shelling targeting northeast of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
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❗️Lebanese Minister of Education Rima Karami:
"A salute to the students of the south, whose villages and towns are subjected to constant attacks."
❗️Yemeni President and Head of the Supreme Political Council in the Sanaa government, Mahdi al-Mashat:
– "Yemen's support for the Palestinian people embodies the highest form of Arab and Islamic unity."
– "Our decision remains to place all our capabilities and forces at your disposal until the aggression stops and the siege is lifted."
– "Israel and those behind it do not target the people of Palestine or Gaza alone, nor Lebanon, Iran, or Yemen alone, but rather the entire [Arab and Islamic] nation."
❗️Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (1/2):
– "We have achieved many goals and we have plans to achieve more."
– "We are committed to achieving all the war goals in Gaza, and the work is not over yet."
– "There are 20 living prisoners and 38 bodies, and we will work to recover them all."
– "We have returned 197 kidnapped persons so far, and we will return all the kidnapped persons later."
– "Our forces are striking Hamas hard, and I have ordered, along with the Defense Minister, to carry out stronger strikes."
– "I am prepared to end the war in Gaza, but on conditions that guarantee Israel's security and prevent Hamas from remaining in control of Gaza."
– "If there is a possibility of a ceasefire to return the kidnapped soldiers, we are ready, but it will be temporary."
BREAKING | Israeli drone strike on a motorcycle in Aitaroun, south Lebanon.
This is the third targeted attack by Israel today, resulting in the killing of the third citizen since this morning.
❗️Al-Arabi TV correspondent Islam Bader:
"Unfortunately, under the protection of the Israeli occupation army and surveillance by hovering quadcopter drones…
All assets of Kamal Adwan Hospital were looted (including patient beds, medications, medical supplies, generator fuel, and solar panels).
Solar panels powering the water wells in Beit Lahia were also stolen.
This is organized chaos sponsored by the Israeli occupation forces."
❗️Israeli army spokesperson:
"Earlier today (Wednesday), the IDF attacked and eliminated a commander in the 'Radwan' force of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, using aircraft, in the Yater area in southern Lebanon."
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The World Bank and the path to devouring Syria’s assets
With tacit US approval and key Persian Gulf financing, the World Bank is re-entering Syria under the guise of technical cooperation – signaling the start of a new phase of austerity, privatization, and foreign control over state assets.
❗️The British government announces that it is committing $5.4 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza.
"The Israeli government’s failure to allow full humanitarian access to aid workers is abhorrent. Far too few trucks are crossing into Gaza," UK Minister for Development, Jenny Chapman said.
"The UK is clear - Israel will not achieve security through prolonging the suffering of the Palestinian people," she added.
❗️Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces, uprooted olive trees near the fence area in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus.
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❗️UAE unveils new Arabic-language artificial intelligence (AI) model
Developed by Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), the model, Falcon Arabic, seeks to reflect the full linguistic richness of the Arab world using a "high-quality native (non-translated) Arabic dataset," according to a statement it released.
The model also delivers performance comparable to others up to ten times larger, the statement added.
❗️The United States plans to name Thomas Barrack, President Donald Trump’s longtime advisor and the current US ambassador to Turkiye, as special envoy for Syria.
(Reuters)
❗️A total of 87 trucks carrying various types of aid have entered the Gaza Strip so far, allocated to several international and local organizations.
(Gaza Government Media Office)
❗️Medical sources in Gaza:
82 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since dawn today.
BREAKING | Israeli army issues an evacuation order for large areas in the northern Gaza Strip and northwest Gaza City.
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❗️Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baqaei:
– "Iran has agreed to the Sultanate of Oman's proposal to hold a fifth round of talks with Washington in Rome."
– "The Iranian delegation is determined to protect the Iranian people's rights to the peaceful use of nuclear energy, including uranium enrichment, and to lift sanctions."
❗️Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2/2):
– "All areas of the Gaza Strip will be included in safe zones under our control."
– "We will work in the first phase to bring humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip to avert a humanitarian crisis."
– "We are working to prevent Iran from enriching uranium and we maintain our right to defend ourselves."
– "We have dealt the Houthis in Yemen heavy blows, but we have not said our final word yet."
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❗️Spanish Minister of Labor and Social Economy and Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz called for the immediate implementation of the recently approved parliamentary law banning arms sales to Israel.
She emphasized the need for urgent action, stating that sanctions must be imposed on a "genocidal state" carrying out a massacre in Gaza before the eyes of the world.
Diaz also stressed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is using starvation as a weapon of war, saying the international community is falling short in its response and must do more.
❗️An Israeli flag can be seen in the US-led African Lion 2025 military exercises in Morocco.
This comes after images circulating online showed members from the Golani Brigade participating in the event.
❗️Local sources to Al-Mayadeen:
SDF sends military reinforcements to the towns of Hajin and Baghouz in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside, amid tensions and recent clashes with Syrian government forces.
Israeli army opens fire on foreign diplomats in occupied West Bank
Tel Aviv issued an apology, 'regretting the inconvenience' as EU officials demand an investigation into the incident
⭕️ Released Israeli captive Yarden Bibas said he met late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who, after informing him of the death of his wife and two children, asked how he could help and granted his request.
“When Sinwar arrived at the tunnel, I said to him that this is my best friend and I want to stay with him. He said there was no problem, you can stay with him. After around two weeks, they separated us. I don’t know why,” Bibas said in an interview on Israeli Channel 12.
Lebanese, PA presidents commit to ‘disarming’ Palestinian factions during Beirut meeting
Beirut has been under heavy US pressure to disarm Hezbollah and Palestinian resistance groups based in Lebanon
❗️Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says that he has just instructed the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to summon the Israeli Ambassador to Rome in order to "obtain official clarification" on what happened in Jenin.
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❗️Hamas in a press statement:
"The direct gunfire by Israeli occupation soldiers toward 25 Arab and European ambassadors and diplomats during their visit to Jenin Camp is a blatant display of the occupation’s arrogance, brutality, and violation of all international norms and conventions.
The ongoing Israeli aggression against Jenin and its camp for the fifth consecutive month, alongside continued attacks on Tulkarem, Nablus, and other West Bank governorates, reflects a frenzied attempt to carry out plans of annexation and displacement through intensified settlement expansion and the theft of land from its rightful owners."
US-sponsored ceasefire falls apart in north Syria as clashes reignite between SDF, govt forces
There are key disagreements between the SDF and Damascus over a recent deal to integrate the Kurdish group into the Syrian army