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| Responding to Netanyahu, Hamas rules out exiling its leadership or giving up its weapons |
| 2025-05-24 |
Their choice. And so the war continues. [IsraelTimes] Hamas spokesman Jihad Taha told the Qatari Al Jazeera channel last night, in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in which he presented a list of preconditions for ending the war, that the terror group will not give up the “weapons of the resistance,” referring to the weapons of Hamas and other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip.He further states that the group refuses to exile its leadership from the Strip, as they are part of the Palestinian people. |
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| Thursday’s death toll in Gaza rises to 80 |
| 2025-05-23 |
| [GEO.TV] Israeli attacks across the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... Strip have killed at least 80 Paleostinians since dawn, Al Jazeera reported, citing medical sources. |
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| Israeli military launches new wave of strikes in Southern Lebanon |
| 2025-05-23 |
[GEO.TV] The Israeli military has launched several attacks in south Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel..., Al Jazeera reported, citing reports from several Lebanese news outlets. Al Mayadeen said strikes targeted Wadi al-Aziya in the Tyre region and Deir Antar near the southeastern Lebanese border with Israel. Israel also bombed two mobile homes in Shamaa, south of the city of Tyre. |
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| Israeli settlers have attacked the outskirts of the Paleostinian town of Burqin |
| 2025-05-23 |
| [GEO.TV] Israeli settlers have attacked the outskirts of the Paleostinian town of Burqin, in the north of the occupied West Bank, setting fire to several houses and vehicles and wounding several people, Al Jazeera reported, citing a report from the Wafa news agency. The Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy Society said it treated eight burn victims from the blazes. Local sources told Wafa that a group of settlers, under the protection of Israeli military forces, attacked the al-Buq'an area of the town, burning about five homes and five vehicles belonging to residents. |
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| UN reports surge in Israeli strikes targeting Gaza's homes, hospitals |
| 2025-05-23 |
| [GEO.TV] An estimated 81% of Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... 's entire territory is now within Israeli-declared "militarised zones" or is subject to forced displacement orders by Israeli forces, Al Jazeera reported citing the latest UN situation report on the war-torn territory. The UN human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... office has also identified an "escalating pattern" of Israeli strikes on crowded hospitals, residential buildings and tent shelters in Gaza, as well as the "methodical destruction of entire neighbourhoods" in the territory. According to the situation report, the intensified Israeli assault on Gaza — since the recent launch of the "Gideon's Chariots" military campaign — has been carried out with "little, if any, care — to protect the lives of civilians in Gaza". "The use of weapons with wide area effects suggest deliberate, indiscriminate attack," according to the UN human rights office. |
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| Palestinian official says Lebanon camps to keep light weapons |
| 2025-05-21 |
[NAHARNET] The issue of Paleostinian arms in Leb ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...might be the ''last'' topic on the agenda of Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase.... ''This topic is new and is not the priority for the Lebanese and Paleostinians,'' Haitham Zuaiter, a member of the Paleostinian central and national councils, told al-Jadeed television. ''There is no proposal for removing Paleostinian arms in Lebanon,'' Zuaiter said, reminding that the national dialogue sessions chaired by Speaker Nabih KnobbyBerri ...perennial Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians... had called for ''removing Paleostinian arms outside the camps and controlling them inside the camps'' and that ''President Joseph Aoun has called for the removal of heavy-caliber arms.'' ''We support bringing Paleostinian arms under control inside the Paleostinian camps within the framework of serious discussions and a drastic solution,'' Zuaiter went on to say. He added: ''Honestly we cannot talk about the issue of Paleostinian arms without resolving the Paleostinian issue in the Lebanese arena in a comprehensive way.'' Warning that Israel might target Paleostinian camps in Lebanon the same it has targeted refugee camps in the Paleostinian territories, Zuaiter said Abbas will tell Lebanese officials that ''the Lebanese Army should not enter the Paleostinian camps by force.'' ''Paleostinian security forces are in charge of security inside the camps and would coordinate with Lebanese authorities,'' the Paleostinian officials added, noting that ''arms must be under the authority of the Lebanese state.'' ''What's needed is to prevent a repetition of the (1982) Sabra and Shatila massacre and had there been light weapons (in the hands of the Paleostinians at the time), this massacre would not have happened,'' Zuaiter added. Related: Mahmoud Abbas: 2025-05-20 Aoun says exchanging messages with Hezbollah, disarmament can't be done hastily Mahmoud Abbas: 2025-05-20 Report: Decision to disarm Palestinian camps taken, Abbas' visit decisive Mahmoud Abbas: 2025-05-13 Al Jazeera says Palestinian Authority has allowed it to resume work in West Bank Related: Nabih KnobbyBerri 05/17/2025 Ortagus to visit Beirut in a week, says occupation doesn't justify Hezbollah arms Nabih KnobbyBerri 05/05/2025 Berri reportedly warns that ''residents'' may act to liberate 5 points — Naharnet Nabih KnobbyBerri 04/27/2025 Why has Hezbollah escalated its rhetoric on arms? Related: Joseph Aoun 05/20/2025 Report: Hezbollah quietly ceding posts north of Litani to army Joseph Aoun 05/20/2025 Aoun says exchanging messages with Hezbollah, disarmament can't be done hastily Joseph Aoun 05/17/2025 Ortagus to visit Beirut in a week, says occupation doesn't justify Hezbollah arms |
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| Netanyahu says Qatar negotiators also discussing end to Gaza war if Hamas disarms |
| 2025-05-19 |
| [IsraelTimes] PM shifts from insistence only on limited, temporary hostage-truce deal; conditions end of conflict on Hamas fighters going into exile; announcement comes amid new IDF offensive Israel’s negotiation team in Qatar was exhausting “every possibility” for a deal to free the hostages, including a framework that would consider an end to the war, the Prime Minister’s Office said Sunday, indicating a shift in position by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu has until now insisted that the team would only negotiate on the basis of the US special envoy Steve Witkoff’s proposal for a short-term ceasefire and limited hostage exchange. However, in a statement, the PMO said that the team was now working toward the possibility of either Witkoff’s proposal, or an agreement to end the war through a comprehensive release of all hostages in Gaza and the complete surrender and exile of Hamas. “Under the prime minister’s direction, even at this hour, the negotiating team in Doha is working to exhaust every possibility for a deal — whether according to the Witkoff outline or within the framework of ending the war, which would include the release of all hostages, the exile of Hamas terrorists and the disarmament of the Gaza Strip,” the statement said. Talks are being held as the Israel Defense Force ramps up a new military offensive in Gaza aimed at seizing most of the Strip. The fighting was likely to significantly expand should the talks fail. “Thanks to [Netanyahu’s] policy of exerting military and diplomatic pressure, the government has so far succeeded in bringing home 197 hostages, and is doing everything possible to return the 58 remaining captives,” the PMO said. Meanwhile, an Israeli official told Ynet: “We are giving Hamas a chance to come back from the brink before we take the drastic action in Gaza. We may reach a deal after the fighting, but the conditions will be less favorable for Hamas, so it would be better for them to release our hostages now and reach a deal.” Israel has consistently said that the war will not end without the destruction of Hamas as a military and governing power. In recent talks, Netanyahu has insisted on only agreeing to a temporary ceasefire of roughly 45 days, which would begin with Hamas releasing about 10 hostages. However, in the past, he has floated the willingness to end the war if Hamas surrenders and disarms. Hamas has indicated a willingness to give up power in Gaza, but has so far refused to give up its weapons. Before addressing the negotiations in Qatar, the PMO statement began by criticizing former Israeli hostage negotiator, Brig. Gen. (res.) Oren Setter, who resigned from the team in October and in a February interview accused Netanyahu of missing two opportunities last year for a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas. In an interview with the Kan public broadcaster, Setter said that he saw an opportunity, under the current combined military and diplomatic pressure, to reach a comprehensive deal for the return of all hostages, but was “concerned it’s going to be missed — that once again, we’ll end up with a partial agreement.” Setter “undermined government policy through deliberate leaks and biased briefings from within the cabinet that harmed the negotiations, endangered our hostages and echoed Hamas’s false propaganda,” wrote the PMO, reiterating its February denial of his statements. “His claims that an agreement could have been reached earlier are completely baseless. As senior American officials have repeatedly testified, Hamas refused for many months to enter negotiations and was the sole obstacle to a deal,” the statement said. The reports come as the IDF significantly ramped up its military pressure in the Gaza Strip after launching its offensive dubbed “Gideon’s Chariots,” which will seek to “seize strategic areas” of the Hamas-run Strip. According to Israeli officials, the operation aims to seize strategic areas of the Strip, target Hamas, prevent the terror group from taking control of humanitarian aid supplies, and move Palestinians from northern to southern Gaza. Gaza’s Hamas-run authorities reported that widespread Israeli airstrikes have killed over 400 people since Thursday, including 100 people over Saturday night. The tolls cannot be verified and do not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel has blocked the entry of medical, food and fuel supplies into Gaza since the start of March to try to pressure Hamas into freeing Israeli hostages and has approved plans that could involve seizing the entire Gaza Strip and controlling aid. Mediators Egypt and Qatar, backed by the US, began a new round of indirect talks with Hamas on Saturday. However, sources close to the negotiations told Reuters there had been no breakthrough. A Hamas official told the news agency: “Israel’s position is unchanged, they want their prisoners released, without a commitment to end the war.” However, US hostage envoy Adam Boehler said Hamas’s release of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander last week was a “sign” that the terror group “understands” that it needs to release hostages “if they want this barrage of attacks to stop.” Boehler told ‘Fox News Sunday’ that hostage negotiations in Doha are very “fluid,” denying reports that they were not going well. At the same time, far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who has been a major opponent of any ceasefire deal, expressed his opposition to the negotiations in Doha and emphasized that no deal had been reached in a radio interview: “If we don’t collapse Hamas, if we don’t go to war until the end, this government has no right to exist.” “If our hostages don’t eat — there is no reason in the world for us to introduce humanitarian aid. It’s a mistake to make a deal right now and it’s a mistake to give humanitarian aid,” he said. Ben Gvir also tweeted: “A framework to end the war without defeating Hamas will not come to pass.” Potentially complicating the ceasefire talks further, a series of Israeli airstrikes last week killed Muhammad Sinwar, the de facto commander of Hamas in Gaza, according to reports on Sunday that said his body was found in a Khan Younis tunnel. His brother Yahya Sinwar, the former Hamas leader in Gaza, was killed last October, and another brother, Zakaria Sinwar, was reportedly killed in an airstrike Saturday. Senior Hamas official denies CNN report that group will release 7-9 hostages for 60-day truce [IsraelTimes] Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri tells the Qatari Al Jazeera channel that a CNN report claiming Hamas is willing to release nine hostages in exchange for a two-month ceasefire is false. The report had cited an unnamed Hamas official. Abu Zuhri further claims that Hamas is prepared to release all the hostages in one phase, on the condition that Israel agrees to end the war with international guarantees. He accuses Israel of trying to “confuse the public” with false reports in order to pressure Hamas. |
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| Likud coalition backs bill to label Qatar ‘terror-supporting,’ amid hostage talks in Doha |
| 2025-05-19 |
| [IsraelTimes] Legislation would bar Gulf state from serving as mediator in talks between Israel and third parties — but allows government to make exceptions The Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday advanced a bill to designate Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... a "terror-supporting state," citing the controversial Gulf country’s support for Hamas  ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,..., Hezbollah and other terror groups. The bill was approved amid the ongoing, so-called "Qatargate" scandal, in which several of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top aides are accused of having worked for Qatar to shift public opinion in Israel. It also comes as Israeli negotiators are in Doha, attempting to reach a hostage deal with the Hamas terror group, whose leadership has long been hosted there. The legislation, brought by Likud MKs Moshe Saada and Dan Illouz, Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kroizer and Religious Zionism MK Michal Woldiger, has been considered several times over the last year. The Ministerial Committee on Legislation, though not a formal part of the legislative process, is a way for the government to determine which bills it will back. The proposed legislation now awaits its preliminary reading in the Knesset. If passed, it would establish a legal category of "terror-supporting states" for the first time, with its preamble explicitly naming Qatar as the world’s leading financier of terrorism. Any nation given "terror-supporting" status would be subject to restrictions similar to those imposed on enemy states, including bans on donations, trade and diplomatic processes with Israel. The proposed law would also prevent Israel from allowing a "terror-supporting state" to be involved in any negotiations between Israel and a third party. However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... this would not necessarily prevent Qatar from mediating on the issue of the Gazoo hostages, since a subsection of the bill determines that "the Ministerial Committee for National Security Affairs may determine that a specific terror-supporting state shall be exempt from this restriction." Qatar is one of the states mediating the talks, though Israeli officials have publicly blamed Doha for Hamas not accepting recent compromise proposals. The bill has reached the Ministerial Committee for Legislation two separate times — once at the end of 2024, and once in January — but according to a Channel 12 report citing minutes from the meetings, the National Security Council blocked it at the request of Prime Minister’s Office officials, while citing opposition from the security establishment. The National Security Council said at the time that it did not oppose the legislation, and that, on the contrary, it supported it. The PMO called the Channel 12 report "fake news," and said the bill was being "seriously considered." The PMO is currently embroiled in the so-called "Qatargate" scandal, in which several of Netanyahu’s top aides are suspected of taking money from the Gulf state in exchange for public relations work while working for Netanyahu, in the process committing multiple offenses. Netanyahu has also come under criticism for allowing Qatar to fund the Hamas-run Strip, and even dispatching officials to ensure the payments continued, in the years before the October 7, 2023, attack that started the ongoing war. Some reports — rejected by the prime minister — have alleged that he ignored intelligence that the funds were going to the terror group’s military wing. The preamble to the bill approved Sunday alleges that Qatar — "acting as a wolf in sheep’s clothing" — has, "in addition to its direct support for terror organizations," also "invested more than $1 trillion around the world with the goal of advancing global Jihad, through ’donations’ to campuses in the US, support for sports teams, [and] investments in leading lobbying groups in the US." The Gulf state has done so, the bill says, "with the goal of directing public opinion, in the US and globally, against Israel and against Jews." Recent investigations — in the wake of the emirate’s plan to donate a plane for US President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... ’s use — have outlined Qatar’s billion-dollar investments in American educational institutions, its retention of dozens of lobbying firms in Washington, and its personal relationships and business ties to members of Trump’s inner circle. The Gulf state also funds the Hamas-friendly Al Jazeera network, which broadcasts to hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide. The Trump administration has praised Qatar’s role in hostage talks and in the Middle East generally. The US president visited the state at the end of his Mideast tour last week, which did not include Israel, and lauded its investment in a US air base, as well as its recently announced deals with American companies and defense contractors. |
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| Israel announces military operation in north and south of Gaza Strip |
| 2025-05-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ground forces have launched a large-scale ground operation, "Gideon’s Chariot," in the northern and southern areas of the Gaza Strip. This was reported on the Israeli army's Telegram channel.  "Over the past week, the Israeli Air Force has carried out a preliminary wave of strikes, hitting more than 670 Hamas terrorist targets across the Gaza Strip in an effort to disrupt enemy preparations and support ground operations," the statement said. It is specified that the Israeli military hit such targets as warehouses with weapons and ammunition, launchers of anti-tank missiles, underground infrastructure facilities. It is also claimed that members of the movement, recognized by the Israeli side as terrorists, were eliminated. As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Gaza Strip Health Ministry reported on May 18 that 96 people were killed and more than 140 were injured after the morning attack by Israel. The ministry noted that civilian objects were hit. The ministry also added that after the resumption of shelling by Israeli troops in Gaza, a total of more than 3,000 people were killed and about 9,000 were injured. The IDF also struck the Palestinian semi-exclave in early May. According to Al Jazeera, at least 66 people were killed in an Israeli air force attack on May 7, and 63 Palestinians the day before. More from regnum.ru Israel to allow food into Gaza to prevent famine Israel will allow the import of a “basic amount” of food products to the Gaza Strip to prevent the threat of famine in the enclave. This was reported on May 18 by the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "On the recommendation of the Israel Defense Forces and in view of the urgent need to expand the intensive fighting to defeat Hamas, Israel will provide the population with basic food supplies to prevent a hunger crisis from arising in the Gaza Strip," the statement said. Netanyahu's office also added that Israel intends to work to prevent Hamas from taking control of the distribution of humanitarian aid so that it does not end up in the hands of terrorists. The office added that the hunger crisis would jeopardize the continuation of the large-scale ground operation "Gideon's Chariots" to defeat Hamas |
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| Israel airstrikes kill at least 100 in Gaza amid ceasefire talks, incl. 3rd Sinwar brother | |
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| [GEO.TV] Israeli ... KABOOM!... s killed at least 100 Paleostinians across the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... Strip overnight, local health authorities said on Sunday, as mediators hosted a new round of ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas  ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has expanded its strikes on the enclave, killing hundreds of people since Thursday, in preparation for a new ground offensive to achieve "operational control" in parts of Gaza. [X]
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| Hamas Calls on Arab League to Impose Sanctions on Israel |
| 2025-05-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Palestinian movement Hamas called on participants in the Arab League summit in Baghdad to impose sanctions against Israel. Representatives of the movement reported this on social networks.  There will be lots of indignant talk, and probably some mustache cursing, but in the end too many of them need Israel to stand between them and Iraq’s nukes.“We call for fulfilling our historic role and taking practical steps to stop Israeli aggression against Gaza and lift the blockade on it, and we also demand that Arab countries and the entire international community immediately impose sanctions on Israel,” the statement said. The movement also demanded that the Israeli authorities be condemned “as war criminals,” since “hundreds of people are dying and being injured” in Gaza. As reported by Regnum, on May 7, the Al Jazeera television channel stated that at least 66 people were killed in just one day as a result of the IDF attacks on the Gaza Strip. Dozens of civilians were injured, and several areas of the enclave, including refugee camps, were subjected to bombing and artillery shelling. On May 1, Gaza Health Director General Munir al-Barash called on the UN to declare the enclave a famine zone. According to him, about 91% of residents face critical food shortages, and another 65% do not have access to clean drinking water. On May 16, the chairman of the council of imams of Kizlyar and the Kizlyar region, Muhammadhabib Magomedov, reported that five volunteers of the Dagestani charity foundation Insan were killed as a result of the bombing of the Jabaliya camp in the Gaza Strip. According to him, the volunteers were distributing money to those in need when the tragedy occurred. |
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| Israeli attacks on Gaza kill |
| 2025-05-16 |
| [GEO.TV] Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 84 people, medical sources told Al Jazeera, as indirect ceasefire talks continue in Qatar. At least 50 people were killed in Israeli attacks on northern Gaza, including in Jabalia refugee camp, since the early hours of Wednesday, according to medical sources. Gazans say over 100 killed since morning; IDF reports hitting dozens of terror targets [IsraelTimes] Army says man who raised funds for Hamas military operations killed in an airstrike last week A Hamas  ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...operative responsible for raising funds for the terror group’s military wing was killed in an Israeli ... KABOOM!... last week, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet announced Thursday, as the military pounded the Gazoo Strip with strikes it said hit numerous terror targets. Paleostinian media reported that bombings had killed at least 115 Paleostinians, citing medical sources. The figures could not be independently verified and did not differentiate between civilians and combatants. The IDF said it had struck over 130 terror targets in the Strip over the past 48 hours. The targets included rocket launchers, cells of operatives, and buildings used by terror groups to plan attacks on forces, the military said. Ground troops also killed several operatives and destroyed Hamas infrastructure in both northern and southern Gaza, the IDF added. According to the military, fundraiser Jasser Hussein Ali Shamieh "was responsible for the transfer of tens of millions of dollars to Hamas’s military wing." "These funds were used to build up the force of the military wing, pay Hamas terrorist salaries and fund the terror organization," the IDF said, adding that the money also "enabled the continuation of fighting and the sustainability of Hamas’s brigades in northern Gaza." Shamieh himself previously served as a battalion commander in Hamas’s Gaza City Brigade, the military said. In recent days, the IDF has been gearing up for a planned major offensive in the Gaza Strip, which officials said would be launched if no hostage deal is reached with Hamas by the end of US President Donald Trump ...Never got invited to a P.Diddy party... ’s visit to the region on Friday. Hamas said in a statement that Israel was making a "desperate attempt to negotiate under the cover of fire" as indirect ceasefire talks continue through Trump envoys and Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... i and Egyptian mediators in Doha, Rooters reported. Amir Selha, a 43-year-old Paleostinian from north Gaza, told AFP Thursday morning he heard "intense Israeli shelling all night." "Tank shells are striking around the clock, and the area is packed with people and tents," he said. He added that in the early morning, Israeli army drones dropped leaflets in his neighborhood, warning residents to move south. Most Gazooks have been displaced at least once during 19 months of war between Israel and Hamas. Israel carried out the latest strikes on the day Paleostinians commemorate the "Nakba," or catastrophe, the Arabic term used for the exodus and expulsion of some 700,000 Paleostinians during Israel’s War of Independence against invading Arab armies in 1948. With most of the 2.3 million people in Gaza …or whatever the real number is — possibly as much as 1.5 million before 10/7, possibly a good deal less… internally displaced, some residents of the tiny enclave say suffering is greater now than at that time.“What we are experiencing now is even worse than the Nakba of 1948,” Ahmed Hamad, a Palestinian in Gaza City who has been displaced multiple times, told Reuters. “The truth is, we live in a constant state of violence and displacement. Wherever we go, we face attacks. Death surrounds us everywhere.” Your ruling government started a war. Until the war ends, your environment will be warlike. If you don’t like it, make your government return the hostages and surrender. Palestinian health officials …ie Hamas big turbans… told Reuters the Israeli attacks had escalated since Trump started his visit on Tuesday to the Gulf states of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which many Palestinians had hoped he would use to push for a truce.The latest strikes follow attacks on Gaza on Wednesday that killed at least 80 people, Hamas health officials claimed. The IDF on Tuesday carried out a massive airstrike targeting an underground command compound below the European Hospital where Hamas’s leader in Gaza, Muhammad Sinwar, was believed to be sheltering. The IDF has since bombed the area several times, in an apparent attempt to prevent anyone from approaching the tunnel beneath the medical center. The IDF has not yet confirmed whether Sinwar, the younger brother of former Hamas leader and October 7 terror mastermind Yahya Sinwar, was killed in the strike. Related: Jabalia: 2025-05-15 At least 90 Palestinians massacred in past 24 hours Jabalia: 2025-05-14 Hamas' Muhammad Sinwar reported zapped in Gaza, eliminated Jabalia: 2025-05-10 IDF says it razed major tunnel in Rafah after Hamas operatives provided location, struck 60+ targets across Gaza while overnight the IAF hit dozens in the Morag Corridor; 2 IDF soldiers killed in fighting Thursday |
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