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❗️UNRWA: Gaza's aid distribution model is ineffective and an invitation to people's deaths
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BREAKING | The Israeli army warns people in Gaza to only approach humanitarian aid distribution centers during official hours announced by the US-Israeli backed Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF), from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
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❗️Prisoners' Media Office:
- More than 10,000 Palestinian prisoners in occupation prisons are living a catastrophic humanitarian reality.
- What is happening inside the occupation's prisons is systematic medical neglect that amounts to a crime.
⭕️ UNRWA warns of severe hygiene crisis for women and girls in Gaza
UNRWA has raised alarm over the worsening conditions faced by women and girls in Gaza, citing acute shortages of hygiene supplies and clean water under Israel’s ongoing siege.
“Many women and girls are forced to use old clothes or torn fabric in place of pads, often reusing them without proper washing,” the agency reported, warning that the situation is causing deep shame, anxiety, and lasting harm to their dignity and mental wellbeing.
BREAKING | At least eight Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire near the US-Israeli aid distribution site in southern Gaza’s Rafah on Saturday, according to medical sources at Nasser Medical Complex cited by Al Jazeera Arabic.
The latest killings bring the total number of Palestinians slain near the US-backed aid points to 118 since 27 May, as Israeli forces continue to target areas where desperate civilians gather for food and relief.
❗️The Media Committee in Tulkarem, occupied West Bank:
– "The occupation continues its assault on Tulkarem for the 132nd day, military escalation and demolitions during Eid al-Adha."
– "This morning, occupation forces raided the town of Attil, north of Tulkarem, stormed several commercial shops, and subjected their owners to interrogation after detaining them."
– "A large-scale demolition operation took place in Tulkarem Camp, targeting dozens of residential buildings."
– "Loud explosions were heard in Nour Shams Camp on the first day of Eid."
– "Demolition operations continue, affecting more than 20 buildings as part of the occupation’s plan to demolish 48 buildings in Nour Shams."
– "Occupation forces are enforcing a strict siege on both Tulkarem and Nour Shams camps."
– "The occupation is still seizing a number of residential buildings on Nablus Street and in the northern neighborhood of the city, specifically those opposite Tulkarem Camp, after forcibly evacuating their residents and turning them into military outposts."
❗️France denies weapons sent to Israel are used in Gaza war amid dockworker protests
French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Saturday that military shipments passing through French ports are not being used by Israel in its war on Gaza. The statement came in response to protests by dockworkers opposing the loading of arms bound for Israel.
“We don’t deliver military materiel used in Gaza,” Barrot told RTL radio, reiterating that French arms sales to Israel are restricted to Iron Dome components or equipment intended for re-export.
France backs off from Palestinian state recognition, urges KSA to normalize with Israel
Paris and Riyadh are sponsoring a UN conference in New York to discuss the establishment of a Palestinian state later this month
❗️BREAKING | Israeli occupation forces deploy reinforcements and bulldozers to Tulkarem Camp, West Bank, to begin demolishing 58 homes under a new plan.
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❗️Freedom Flotilla Coalition's Madleen vessel is expected to arrive in Gaza within the next 48 - 72 hours.
The International Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza confirms that the Madleen has reached the northern Egyptian coast.
⭕ Gaza Health Ministry: Access to Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis is now impossible after Israeli forces declared the area a “dangerous combat zone” and forced residents to evacuate. Patients and medical staff remain inside with no safe route or medical supplies.
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❗️Israeli drone seen over Beirut skies amid rising tensions
An Israeli drone was heard buzzing over Beirut on Saturday morning. While the model has not been confirmed, Israel often deploys the Hermes 900, an armed surveillance drone produced by Elbit Systems.
The drone’s presence comes just two days after Israel launched its fourth round of airstrikes on Beirut since the November ceasefire with Hezbollah. Lebanese authorities have condemned the strikes as violations of the truce, while Israeli officials have threatened further escalation unless Hezbollah disarms.
❗️“Let me down, I want to hug her”: Palestinian man mourns mother killed near US-Israeli aid center in Rafah
An injured Palestinian man was seen pleading to be let down so he could embrace his mother one last time, after she was killed while approaching the US-Israeli aid distribution point of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in Rafah.
❗️Israeli forces arrest eight Palestinians in southern occupied West Bank
Israeli troops arrested eight Palestinians across the Hebron district on Friday, according to WAFA news agency. Five were detained near a water spring in the town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem. In Al-Mafqara, located in the Masafer Yatta area, two brothers were taken while tending livestock near their home, while a third individual was arrested in the town of Al-Shuyukh, northeast of Hebron.
BREAKING | At least three Palestinians have been killed in a fresh Israeli airstrike targeting northern Gaza, according to local reports.
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❗️In the southern Lebanese town of Srifa, residents obstructed a UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol that had entered a residential neighborhood without being accompanied by the Lebanese Army and placed a Hezbollah flag on one of the patrol vehicles.
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⭕️ A traffic light in Spains says "STOP ISRAEL" on red traffic lights and "FREE GAZA" on green traffic lights.
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French dock workers block arms shipment to Israel
Amnesty International has warned that France is 'fueling genocide' in Gaza by allowing the shipments to continue
❗️Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon reports that an Israeli force kidnapped a shepherd from the Ain al-Khokh area, outside the town of Shebaa, and took him to Israel.
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❗️BREAKING | Gaza’s Health Ministry warns that fuel shortages threaten to shut down hospitals, which depend on generators to run critical departments. Current reserves will last only three days.
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French woman takes Israeli officials to court over murder of grandchildren in Gaza
The landmark case follows other probes in Latin American and Asian courts targeting Israeli war criminals
⭕️ Activists stormed the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) office yesterday to protest its failure to cover the genocidal crimes carried out by the occupation in Gaza.
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❗️“They won’t be enriching. If they enrich, then we’re going to have to do it the other way.”
US President Donald Trump stated on Friday that Iran would not be permitted to enrich uranium.
⭕️ Director of field hospitals in Gaza: Civilians are seeking refuge in Nasser Hospital, but Israeli forces are bombing medical facilities. What’s happening in Gaza, he said, surpasses anything seen in previous wars or global conflicts.
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❗️Canada strips Jewish National Fund of charitable status after 57 years, forcing its shut down after court rejects final appeal
In a crushing legal blow, a Canadian federal court has upheld the government’s decision to strip the Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF) of its charitable status, ending a 57-year run of tax-exempt support for Zionist colonization in Palestine. The court’s May 30 decision rejects JNF Canada’s final legal appeal, marking the official collapse of its status as a registered charity.
The JNF has been funneling Canadian donations into Israeli military projects and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, and has been condemned for greenwashing war crimes by planting forests over depopulated Palestinian villages. While the CRA first revoked its status in August 2024, the court’s ruling cements the order, forcing the organization to begin shutting down operations. One of Canada’s oldest Zionist institutions is now legally defunct.
'No calm in Beirut, no stability in Lebanon' until Hezbollah disarmed: Katz
Beirut condemned the latest ceasefire violations by Israel and threatened to walk away from a US-led coordination mechanism
⭕️ BCG staff revolt over role in Israeli-run Gaza aid project
Boston Consulting Group is facing backlash from its own staff after a leaked memo revealed the firm’s involvement in an Israeli-led aid system in Gaza. Known as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the project was designed to bypass the United Nations and give Israel control over how and where aid is delivered in the territory.
Employees accused BCG of helping build a system that links food access to forced displacement, calling it “morally indefensible” and warning it could support ethnic cleansing. They also said the work violated BCG’s own ethics policy, which bans working with clients involved in illegal or harmful activities.
In response, BCG leadership fired a partner and claimed they weren’t fully informed about the project’s details.
Staff are now demanding public accountability, donations to UN-approved agencies like UNRWA, and a clear statement distancing the company from cooperation with the Israeli government.
⭕️ UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini condemned Israel’s ongoing ban on international journalists entering the Gaza Strip, calling it “unprecedented in any war in modern history.” Speaking at a press briefing in Amman on 6 June, Lazzarini warned that the restriction is obstructing independent coverage and concealing the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding under Israel’s assault.
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❗️Israeli forces shot and killed at least six Palestinians this morning near an aid point in al-Akhawah, south of Rafah. The attack comes as US- and Israel-backed aid sites, run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, continue to open and close inconsistently.
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⭕️ The US State Department is considering allocating $500 million to the US-Israeli backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
The funds would be provided through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which is currently being integrated into the State Department.
(Reuters)