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❗️WHO issues urgent warning as Gaza’s hospitals collapse under siege
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent warning about the total collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system. In statements released Saturday, WHO confirmed that all hospitals in northern Gaza have ceased operations, while key facilities in the south (Nasser Medical Complex and Al Amal Hospital) are at imminent risk of shutting down.
The organization warned that Gaza hospitals going out of service will have “dire consequences for patients and the injured,” and called for immediate protection of remaining operational facilities. WHO is also urging the urgent and safe passage of essential medicines and supplies into Gaza to prevent further catastrophe.
❗️The Madleen Freedom Flotilla attempting to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza, arrived at Egypt’s coast earlier today and is now en route to Gaza, according to activists on board.
German citizen Yasemin Acar, one of the passengers, accused Berlin of complicity in what she called Israel’s “Holocaust in Gaza,” stating: “Germany never eliminated Nazism; I see no difference between Nazis and Zionists.”
❗️Footage has emerged of the massacre in Gaza’s Sabra neighborhood, where Israeli warplanes bombed a residential home just moments ago. The strike buried civilians, including children, beneath the rubble.
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BREAKING | Gaza Civil Defense spokesman reports that Israel killed 6 children in a shelling of the Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City.
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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
❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
– "95 martyrs and 304 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 48 hours."
– "The death toll and injuries since 18 March 2025 has reached 4,497 martyrs and 13,793 injuries."
❗️Akram Shaheen was preparing to donate a kidney to his brother Karam, who suffers from kidney failure and depends on dialysis. But their plans were destroyed when an Israeli airstrike hit the European Hospital in Gaza, leaving Akram severely injured and unable to move.
With Akram immobilized, Karam’s only chance at survival vanished in an instant. Now, both brothers face a race against time, trapped in a collapsing health system with no clear path to survival.
(Quds News Network)
UPDATE | Gaza Civil Defense spokesman reports:
"The number of martyrs from the Israeli bombing of the Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City may exceed 30."
❗️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.