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‼️ "Peace will lead to normalization, or normalization is part and parcel of the peace."
In an interview with CNN, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said that normalizing relations with Israel is inevitable if a peace agreement is reached.
❗️An Israeli airstrike on a tent sheltering displaced civilians in the Shanti area, north of Gaza, has killed five Palestinians: a man, his wife, and their three children.
Local sources identified the father as Arafat Deeb. The entire family was killed in the assault.
❗️Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza:
– "Al-Shifa Medical Complex is operating at 20% capacity due to the occupation's destruction of the health system in the Gaza Strip."
– "We are facing a tragic situation, and kidney patients die every day due to the inability to treat them."
– "International organizations are striving to provide assistance, but the occupation is preventing the entry of aid."
❗️Israeli military vehicles deliberately rammed a bus transporting pilgrims early Saturday in the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
The incident occurred near Jenin Governorate Square as the bus was getting ready to head to Jericho. From there, the pilgrims were expected to cross the Karama Bridge into Jordan on their way to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage.
No injuries were reported.
(WAFA)
Iran summons Austrian envoy citing 'baseless claims' over nuclear program
Vienna issued a report claiming Iran's nuclear program has reached an 'advanced stage and cannot be stopped'
❗️Around 110 trucks loaded with flour for the World Food Programme (WFP) were raided in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.
The aid was intended for distribution starting tomorrow, Sunday.
Israeli authorities also changed the convoy’s route at the last moment from the Netzarim corridor to the Kerem Shalom crossing.
❗️Reuters: UN nuclear watchdog may formally censure Iran for first time in nearly 20 years
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to distribute its quarterly reports on Iran to member states ahead of the board meeting scheduled to begin on 9 June. One of these will be a more detailed, "comprehensive" report addressing issues such as Iran's level of cooperation, as required by a board resolution passed in November.
"We expect the comprehensive report to be tough, but there were already no doubts over Iran not keeping its non-proliferation commitments," one European official said.
Following the release of the report, the United States is set to draft a resolution declaring Iran in violation of its safeguards obligations.
The draft will be discussed with other board members in the coming days before being formally introduced by the four Western powers during the quarterly session.
⭕️ Qatar has condemned Israel’s approval of 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, calling it a clear violation of international law.
In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said the move breaches UN Security Council resolution 2234 and undermines Palestinian rights. It urged Israel to end its settlement expansion and reaffirmed support for a 'Two-State Solution'. The Arab Parliament and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation also issued condemnations earlier in the day.
❗️Two Palestinian men were shot and killed outside a restaurant in Kafr Qasim, a city inside the Green Line with a majority Palestinian population.
According to Wafa news agency, the killings reflect ongoing Israeli police inaction and the absence of serious efforts to address rising crime affecting Palestinian citizens of Israel. The death toll from such shootings has now reached five in the past 24 hours, and 99 since the start of the year. Last year, 221 Palestinians were killed in similar incidents, 222 the year before.
❗️Ansarallah has declared air routes used by Israeli warplanes to target Yemen as dangerous zones, warning all airlines to avoid them. The group says the decision is meant to protect air and maritime navigation in areas where its forces are active.
Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Supreme Political Council, told the Saba news agency that directives have been issued to mark these paths as unsafe. He also hinted at upcoming operations, promising “good news” soon and claiming Israeli aircraft involved in the aggression will become “a source of mockery.”
❗️An Israeli drone attacked a car in Deir al-Zahrani, south Lebanon, at dawn today, killing one person.
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❗️Hamas sources commented on Witkoff's proposal to Asharq al-Awsat:
"The proposed formula for a 60-day ceasefire is vague and allows Israel to return and carry out attacks in Gaza, based on the attacks in Lebanon, whenever it wants."
A Hamas source confirmed that the proposal "contains many traps" and that many of its conditions complicate the situation for the Palestinians. Therefore, Hamas is "carefully studying it to respond." According to him, this requires clarification and perhaps even changes to the wording.
❗️US President Donald Trump:
"They're very close to an agreement on Gaza... I think we have a chance of making a deal with Iran also... If we could have a deal without bombs being dropped all over the Middle East, that would be a very good thing."
Germany examining new arms shipments to Israel based on Gaza 'humanitarian situation'
Berlin has been a major supporter of Tel Aviv, claiming Israel has the 'right to defend itself' since the start of its genocide of Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli war chief vows to build ‘Jewish state’ in occupied West Bank
Katz was firing back at French President Emmanuel Macron, who called Palestinian statehood a ‘moral duty’ and warned of a tougher European stance against Israel over the Gaza war
❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
– "60 martyrs, including 1 martyr who was recovered, and 284 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 24 hours. The statistics do not include hospitals in the North Gaza Strip Governorate due to the difficulty of accessing them.
– "The death toll and injuries since 18 March 2025 has reached 4,117 martyrs and 12,013 injuries."
❗️Saudi Arabia denies 2025 Hajj visas to Palestinian refugees with Syrian travel documents
Saudi Arabia will not grant Hajj visas in 2025 to Palestinian refugees carrying Syrian travel documents, according to the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria.
The decision effectively bars thousands of displaced Palestinians from performing the pilgrimage, deepening concerns over their growing statelessness and restricted mobility.
⭕️ Michele Emiliano, President of Italy’s Puglia region, has issued a powerful letter accusing the Israeli government of committing genocide against Palestinians and calling for an immediate suspension of all relations with its representatives.
The letter, released after a regional council motion opposing commercial ties with Israel, directs all regional officials and employees to sever contact with Israeli government representatives, except those working to end the massacre in Gaza. Bari’s city council also voted to exclude Tel Aviv from future editions of the Fiera del Levante, a major economic fair. Emiliano condemned the Gaza blockade and denounced global silence on the humanitarian crisis as “irresponsible.”
❗️Thousands gathered yesterday in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, for a mass rally in support of Gaza, mobilized by Ansarallah.
Protesters waved large Palestinian flags and chanted slogans against Israel, referred to as the “criminal entity.” The demonstration came hours after Ansarallah launched a ballistic missile toward Israel in response to Israel’s blockade of Gaza, intercepted by Israeli forces.
⭕️ UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini has warned that the limited aid entering Gaza “makes a mockery of the mass tragedy unfolding” and urged political action to end the ongoing starvation.
In a post on X, Lazzarini said the UN and its partners must be allowed to operate freely to assist those in need and uphold their dignity. He added that the aid reaching Gaza currently covers just over 10 percent of the population’s daily requirements.
❗️Over 12,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces in Gaza since the start of the war, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office.
The monitor says 700 people were arrested in May alone, with more than 3,500 still held in Israeli prisons. At least 44 detainees from Gaza have died in custody. Israel is currently holding 1,846 people as “unlawful combatants,” denying them legal rights, and 3,577 others under administrative detention without charge, many of whom have reported torture and starvation.
❗️One person was killed and three others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, according to Syrian state media.
SANA reported that the Israeli military targeted three locations in the countryside of Latakia and Tartous governorates.
❗️A child was rescued just moments before Israeli warplanes bombed near his location in Gaza.
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❗️UN states conditions in Gaza have reached lowest point since war began
"Any aid that gets into the hands of people who need it is good," UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York. But, he added, the aid deliveries so far overall have had "very, very little impact."
"The catastrophic situation in Gaza is the worst since the war began," he said.
❗️Israel will reportedly block a planned visit by a delegation of foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Turkiye to the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli media.
The ministers were expected to meet Palestinian Authority officials in Ramallah to push for Palestinian statehood ahead of a UN conference spearheaded by Saudi Arabia and France. But Israeli outlets Walla and The Times of Israel report the government will bar the visit, as part of its broader rejection of the 'Two-State Solution'.
UPDATE | Israeli army:
"A short while ago, the IDF struck weapon storage facilities containing coastal missiles that posed a threat to international and Israeli maritime freedom of navigation, in the Lattakia area of Syria.
In addition, components of surface-to-air missiles were struck in the area of Lattakia."
❗️BREAKING | Israeli warplanes bomb Tartous and Latakia on Syria's coast.
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British intelligence give Al Qaeda a facelift ... and a nose job.
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Riches vs ideology: Extremists battle over Syria's spoils
Sharaa trades principles for power – courting the west, purging rivals, and invoking the Umayyad past to cement neo-Islamist rule in post-Assad Syria.
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Brazilian oil unions demand energy embargo on Israel
Two of the largest federations of oil trade unions called on President Lula help prevent the ‘ongoing Nakba’ and stay ‘on the right side of history’