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❗️“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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❗️A Palestinian man was seen bidding a final farewell to his father, who was killed this morning in an Israeli airstrike targeting a vehicle belonging to the Al-Bureij Municipality in central Gaza.
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❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
– "The direct threats to residential areas surrounding hospitals are clear actions taken by the occupation as part of its systematic plan against the healthcare system."
– "Nasser Medical Complex is the only functioning hospital in Khan Yunis after the European Hospital went out of service and access to Al-Amal Hospital became nearly impossible due to its location in an evacuation zone."
– "The shutdown of Nasser Medical Complex would result in a humanitarian catastrophe with unforeseeable consequences."
– "The Ministry of Health warns against reaching a point that would mark the total collapse of the healthcare system in the southern Gaza Strip."
– "The Ministry urgently renews its appeal to relevant parties to intervene immediately to protect healthcare institutions and to compel the occupation to allow the entry of medical supplies and essential needs to provide emergency care."
❗️Iran calls US travel ban racist
Alireza Hashemi Raja, director general for the affairs of Iranians abroad at the foreign ministry, described the US travel ban, set to come into force on 9 June, as “a clear sign of the dominance of a supremacist and racist mentality among American policymakers."
He further stated in a ministry release issued Saturday that the decision “indicates the deep hostility of American decision-makers towards the Iranian and Muslim people."
❗️Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich says Israel has a plan to escalate in the occupied West Bank if France and other European states push ahead with recognition of a Palestinian state.
The plan includes annexing Area C, forcibly displacing the residents of Khan al-Ahmar, and destabilising the Palestinian banking system.
❗️At least 24 Palestinians have been killed so far today in ongoing Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources on the ground.
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When the narrative fits, the US fires missiles. But when it doesn't? No outrage, no action, just complicity in the killing of children.
US double standards at their finest.
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Israel’s expanding shadow in Africa’s Great Game
As Africa re-emerges as a battleground for global influence, Israel's deepening infiltration into the continent reveals an agenda aligned with western hegemony, exploitation, and the erosion of traditional pro-Palestinian solidarity.
By Mawadda Iskandar
❗️The Israeli army announces that 4 soldiers were killed, including Staff Sergeant Yoav Rever and Sergeant Major Chen Gross, in the ‘security incident’ that took place in southern Gaza earlier today.
It says that the names of the other soldiers will be announced soon, and that 5 other troops were injured in the ‘incident.’
GHF shutters aid sites 'until further notice' amid Israeli massacres, internal shakeup
Famine continues to stalk Palestinians as Israel seeks to dismantle the UN aid distribution system and replace it with the US-based GHF
❗️Medical sources in Gaza report that at least 35 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks throughout the Strip since dawn.
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Washington sanctions ICC judges over Gaza genocide probe
Four judges were targeted for authorizing investigations into US and Israeli war crimes, as Washington escalates its campaign to cripple the court
❗️Israel announces that 19 year old Staff Sergeant Yoav Rever from the Yahalom unit was killed in battles in southern Gaza.
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⭕️ 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.
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⭕️ Around 50,000 people are expected to gather in Rome today for a mass demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, according to Italy’s ANSA news agency. Organized by a coalition of left-wing parties, the protest has faced backlash from the Italian Jewish community. Meanwhile, the Palestinian student movement has distanced itself from the event, accusing organizers of exploiting the cause for political gain.
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⭕ UNIFIL warns Israeli strikes on Lebanon threaten regional stability
UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti described Israeli attacks on Lebanon, particularly in Dahiyeh, as a serious threat to regional stability and a violation of Lebanese sovereignty and UN Resolution 1701.
“This is not only a violation of Lebanese sovereignty and Resolution 1701, but also a great danger to the fragile stability that prevails in this tense region after the ceasefire agreement,” he said.
“These attacks will not only lead to increased tension and conflict, but will also make the situation very dangerous in a region that has been embroiled in war for fifteen months,” he warned.
Tenenti added that UNIFIL continues to carry out its mandate and called on the Israeli army to withdraw from occupied areas in southern Lebanon.
❗️On the first day of Eid al-Adha, an Israeli airstrike leveled the Jabalia al-Balad home of photojournalist Abdulraheem Khader, killing 48 members of his extended family - most of them children.
Khader had left for work that morning. He only learned of the massacre when neighbors called to tell him his house had been hit. By the time he returned, nothing was left but rubble.
“I was only able to bury four of them,” he said.
❗️Israel recovers body of Thai captive from Rafah
Israel says it has recovered the body of Natthapong Pinta, a Thai national taken captive during the 7 October operation, from southern Gaza’s Rafah. The Israeli prime minister’s office claims Pinta was killed by the Mujahideen Brigades, though the circumstances of his death remain unclear. Given the intensity of Israeli bombardment on the area, rights groups have warned that many captives were most likely killed by Israeli airstrikes rather than by Palestinian factions.
❗️Gaza health catastrophe: Over 350,000 Palestinians chronically ill as medical system collapses
More than 350,000 Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from chronic illnesses amid the total collapse of the healthcare system, according to the Palestinian Medical Relief Society. The crisis comes as the World Health Organization warned Thursday that Gaza’s medical infrastructure is “collapsing,” with patients unable to access treatment due to Israeli attacks and restrictions.
Israel vows 'escalation' of West Bank land theft if EU recognizes Palestine
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has ordered the development of a plan to impose ‘Israeli sovereignty’ over the occupied territory
US pressures Baghdad to approve 'illegal' Kurdistan gas deals
The US is pushing Iraq to reduce its energy dependence on Iran, which it seeks to strangle with economic sanctions
⭕️ Netanyahu justifies arming criminal militias in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed providing weapons to clans in Gaza that he says oppose Hamas, following reports that some members and leaders of these criminal groups were involved in looting humanitarian aid and have links to ISIS, such as Yasser Abu Shabab.
“On the advice of security officials, we activated clans in Gaza that oppose Hamas. What’s wrong with that?” Netanyahu said in a brief video posted on social media. “It only saves the lives of Israeli soldiers, and publicizing this only benefits Hamas.”
❗️Quds Brigades announces that, in coordination with Qassam Brigades fighters, its forces targeted an Israeli command and control center near Canada Hall, southeast of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, using several heavy mortar shells.
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❗️Israeli media reports a new ‘security incident’ in northern Gaza, where Israeli occupation forces were subjected to mortar fire.
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❗️Israeli army spokesman tells Palestinians in the Gaza Strip that movement toward the humanitarian aid distribution sites is only permitted during daylight, between 6 am and 6 pm.
Outside the daylight hours, from 6 pm to 6 am, "the area is considered a closed military zone," and entering it poses a "great danger."
❗️Israeli Finance Minister and settler leader Bezalel Smotrich:
"We have an escalation plan in the West Bank if France and other European countries continue to push for recognition of a Palestinian state.
Our plan includes imposing sovereignty over Area C in the West Bank, displacing the residents of Khan al-Ahmar, and disrupting the banking system."