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US pressures allies against attending UN summit on Palestinian statehood
France initially planned to recognize a Palestinian state at next week's conference in New York, but backed down under US pressure
❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:
– "123 martyrs, including 3 recovered martyrs, and 474 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 24 hours."
– "The death toll and injuries since 18 March 2025 has reached 4,821 martyrs and 15,353 injuries."
BREAKING | An Israeli drone attacked a motorcycle in south Lebanon's Deir Seryan in what appears to be a targeted assassination.
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❗️UK training Israeli troops on British soil despite Gaza genocide allegations
The British Ministry of Defense has confirmed that Israeli army personnel are currently undergoing training in the UK, despite mounting allegations of genocide and war crimes in Gaza. Responding to a question in parliament on 12 June, Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said that “a limited number” of Israeli soldiers are attending UK-based military courses as part of routine defense cooperation.
The disclosure comes as the UK maintains steadfast support for Israel’s war on Gaza, even after the ICJ ruled that the genocide case against Israel has legal grounds to proceed, and several governments, rights groups, and legal experts have labeled the campaign an act of genocide.
❗️The eight volunteers from the Madleen vessel who were detained by Israel 3 days ago are set to be deported in the coming days, according to their legal advisers.
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⭕️ Gulf stocks retreat as regional tension rises
Leading Gulf stock markets declined during early trading today following the US move to withdraw personnel from West Asia ahead of upcoming nuclear negotiations with Iran.
US President Donald Trump stated on Wednesday that American personnel were being relocated because "it could be a dangerous place," and emphasized that the United States would not permit Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.
BREAKING | Leaked documents released by Iranian media reportedly reveal that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi has been fully coordinating with Israel and carrying out its directives.
These files are part of the sensitive intelligence cache Iran recently seized from Israel.
⭕️ Binance announced that its platform is now fully available in Syria, letting users trade over 300 cryptocurrencies using the Syrian pound as US lifts sanctions.
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Large crowds of Palestinians participate in a protest against displacement and demolitions carried out by Israeli forces in the Negev, in southern occupied Palestine.
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❗️Hamas's Qassam Brigades announces that its fighters destroyed a house in which an Israeli infantry unit had taken cover, using several pre-planted highly explosive devices, resulting in enemy soldiers being killed and wounded.
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The demolition continues—footage shows Israeli forces carrying out home demolitions amid their ongoing assault on Tulkarem camp.
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❗️Israeli army claims it arrested Hamas members in Syria’s Beit Jinn
The Israeli military says it carried out an overnight operation in Syria’s Beit Jinn region, arresting an unspecified number of Hamas members.
In a statement, the army said the detainees were “transferred to the territory of the country for further investigation by Unit 504,” referring to its military intelligence interrogation unit.
Recent Planet Labs images reveal the immense destruction following weeks of ongoing Israeli mass demolition and detonation of homes and infrastructure in displaced Palestinian neighborhoods in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza and Rafah City.
Jabalia: January 2024 vs. May 2025.
❗️Oman’s foreign minister has confirmed that the sixth round of US-Iran nuclear talks will be held on Sunday in Muscat, amid rising regional tensions. The announcement follows US President Donald Trump’s warning that Tehran “can’t have a nuclear weapon,” alongside reports of US personnel withdrawals from parts of West Asia due to unspecified security threats.
The State Department has authorized voluntary departures from Bahrain and Kuwait and ordered non-essential staff to leave. Meanwhile, oil prices spiked more than 4 percent following reports that Washington is preparing to evacuate its embassy in Iraq. US intelligence suggests Israel is preparing for a potential strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, as stalled negotiations further heighten fears of escalation.
After a night spent in the open under threat of killing or injury by Israeli forces, hundreds of Palestinians in northern Gaza managed to obtain desperately needed flour amid the ongoing Israeli war of hunger and siege that has gripped the region for over 19 months.
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⭕️ Today alone, Israel has massacred at least 21 Palestinians seeking aid and wounded nearly 300 more. Since the US-Israeli Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began operating on 27 May, the total toll from these aid-site attacks has risen to 245 killed and over 2,152 injured.
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❗️Argentina to move embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2026, Milei lashes out at pro-Palestine voices
Argentinian President Javier Milei announced on 11 June that his government will relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2026, signaling deeper alignment with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s increasingly isolated administration. Speaking before the Israeli Knesset during his second state visit since taking office, Milei said he was “proud” to confirm the move, declaring that “Argentina stands by you in these difficult days.”
Milei also used the address to attack Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who was detained and deported by Israeli forces after joining a Gaza-bound aid flotilla earlier this week. He accused Thunberg of being a “hired gun for a bit of media attention,” while reaffirming support for Israeli hostages, including four Argentine nationals held in Gaza.
⭕️ Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will not be present at next week’s Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada. MBS did not provide a reason for turning down Canada’s invitation to the annual event.
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❗️The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and Israel accuse Hamas of killing 5 aid-workers in an attack on a GHF bus yesterday at night.
Local sources report that the workers killed were Palestinians working with the US-Israeli aid distribution mechanism to guard the site.
GHF contractor reveals 'horrific' details of US-Israeli 'aid traps'
Over 160 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces at GHF aid sites since the controversial plan was launched late last month
⭕️ The UN General Assembly is set to vote today on a draft resolution calling for an immediate, unconditional, and lasting ceasefire in the Gaza war, following the US's veto of a similar proposal in the Security Council last week.
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⭕️ UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese: I hope the Egyptian authorities do not take orders from the perpetrators of crimes, and that they facilitate the swift passage of the participants in the "Resilience Convoy," who left everything behind in an attempt to break the blockade on Gaza.
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Iran vows new enrichment facility in response to IAEA board vote
The nuclear watchdog accused Tehran of non-compliance with its nuclear obligations amid heightened regional tensions and the possibility of an attack on Iran
❗️The Islamic State is reactivating fighters and eying a comeback in Syria and Iraq. (IS) militants are reviving sleeper cells and stepping up operations in both Syria and Iraq, security officials warn. While the group's operational reach remains limited, security sources from Iraq, Syria, and Western nations confirm IS is identifying targets, recruiting fighters, and distributing weapons, hoping to exploit instability under Syria’s new interim leadership.
According to SITE Intelligence Group, IS has claimed fewer attacks this year, just 38 in Syria and 4 in Iraq during the first five months of 2025, marking a significant drop from last year. Nonetheless, officials say they’ve thwarted at least a dozen major plots in 2025 alone. Iraqi forces, for example, intercepted two IS couriers in December and later prevented a suicide bombing in Daquq.
Israeli army bulldozers just started demolishing several homes in the Jenin refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank, as part of a campaign to establish new roads in the camp to facilitate future Israeli military attacks in the area.
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❗️Moroccan activists from the Sumud (Resilience) convoy were forcibly deported by Egyptian security forces via Cairo Airport after arriving to participate in efforts to break the siege on Gaza.
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Issam Al-Jashi, one of the activists of the Resilience Convoy, told Quds Network:
Egyptian security arrested us and deported us immediately upon our arrival at Cairo Airport.
We were beaten and insulted by the security forces.
A very limited number of activists were able to enter Egypt, while the remaining activists coming from Europe were deported to Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Turkey.
❗️Israeli army kills unarmed brothers in Nablus, labels them ‘terrorists’
During its largest raid on Nablus in two years, the Israeli military claimed it “eliminated two terrorists and arrested 10 wanted individuals” in a 30-hour operation. However, eyewitness footage shows Israeli soldiers shooting two unarmed Palestinian brothers who were attempting to reach their home to evacuate their family.
The army said it searched over 400 buildings, interrogated dozens on-site, and recovered makeshift weapons and ammunition.
❗️The Palestinian Authority announced on Thursday that internet and landline communication services in Gaza have gone down after the last remaining fiber optic cable was attacked by Israel.
“All internet and fixed-line communication services in the Gaza Strip have been cut off following the targeting of the last remaining main fiber optic line in Gaza,” the PA’s telecommunications ministry said in a statement, accusing Israel of attempting to cut off Gaza from the world.
⭕️ For first time in two decades, IAEA says Iran breaching nuclear pact
The UN nuclear watchdog's 35-member Board of Governors found Iran to be in violation of its non-proliferation commitments for the first time in nearly two decades, potentially setting the stage for a referral to the UN Security Council.