New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, faces a series of complex challenges following his taking of the constitutional oath in a city considered one of the largest, most diverse, and most influential in the world.

New York City, home to approximately 8.5 million people, is one of the world's most important cities, hosting the largest Jewish community outside Israel, and boasts extensive demographic and cultural diversity, alongside a massive annual budget approaching $100 billion, a budget that exceeds those of many countries.

Zohran Mamdani's election program primarily focused on addressing the living concerns of New York residents, including clear promises to reduce living costs, such as providing free public buses, intervening to prevent rent increases for city-supervised housing units, in addition to launching programs to support childcare, and establishing municipal grocery stores that offer food at reduced prices.

New York residents are eagerly awaiting the implementation of these promises, but achieving them will not be an easy task, as the cost of this program alone could reach about $7 billion additional to the city's budget, and some of these items require approvals that are not within the mayor's jurisdiction, such as the decision to make public buses free, which falls under the governor's authority, not the mayor's.

Mamdani faces these challenges amid ongoing smear campaigns and criticisms that began during his election campaign and continue to this day, as the celebratory atmosphere of his inauguration coincided with the organization of protest rallies against him, primarily attended by supporters of Israel.

These protests are linked to Mamdani's political positions, particularly his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist government, and his rejection of the genocide that occurred in Gaza, which has put him in confrontation with multiple adversaries.

It is worth noting that Zohran Mamdani is entering a phase full of challenges, facing parties that reject his democratic socialist-oriented programs, other parties that oppose his positions on the Israeli occupation government, in addition to extremist currents that fundamentally reject a Muslim person holding the position of mayor of a city considered one of the world's most important, not just in the United States.

Zohran Mamdani, the first elected Muslim mayor of American New York City, took the constitutional oath on the Holy Quran in the early hours of the new year 2026, in a special ceremony.

It is recalled that Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral elections held on November 4th last month.

"After only 3 days of their marriage, the dream turned into a painful tragedy, after strong winds knocked down a dilapidated wall onto the couple's tent, which was not a choice, but a fate imposed by the occupation", with these words, the Palestinian journalist Huda Na'im recounted a part of the worsening humanitarian suffering in the Gaza Strip at the beginning of the new year.

And Na'im adds in a tweet on the X platform "The bride Yafa Akkar ascended in a cruel moment, because the Israeli occupation prevents the entry of reconstruction materials, and does not even allow temporary caravans to protect people from winds and death, as for the groom, he remained alive to bear alone the weight of the tragedy: a wife who departed before life began".

And the story of the bride Yafa is not an isolated incident, it is part of a "miserable human reality" according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which described the situation in Gaza saying: that "the humanitarian conditions in Gaza remain miserable, and the needs far exceed the capacity of the humanitarian community to respond".

In the meantime, the media advisor for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Adnan Abu Hasna warned that Gaza may return to square one if this situation continues, especially with no dramatic improvement in conditions as expected after the ceasefire.

And while the world celebrates the beginning of 2026 amid atmospheres of joy, merriment, and delight, Gaza entered its new year amid atmospheres of sorrow, misery, and worries, as a mother and her child were martyred due to a tent burning in an accommodation center in the middle of Gaza City, and a girl was martyred in the Nuseirat camp in the middle of the sector due to the bitter cold inside the tents, in addition to the injury of a number of people by occupation fire due to scattered targeting in the south of the Gaza Strip.

And amid the massive destruction left by the genocide war, hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents and their children face the cold, rain, and frost, and find nothing but dilapidated tents to shelter from the cold, while occupation forces continue to besiege the sector and prevent the entry of medicine, food, fuel, tents, and building materials, in a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement, amid international silence and neglect.

And in his comment on the situation, the director of the governmental media office in Gaza Ismail Al-Thawabta says: that "The Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip welcome 2026 while suffering under the weight of deep wounds and accumulated pains, left by one of the ugliest crimes of genocide in modern history, committed by the Israeli occupation over two continuous years, amid widespread aggression, suffocating siege, systematic starvation, and comprehensive destruction of the means of life".

And Al-Thawabta adds, in a press conference that 2025 was one of the harshest years on the sector's residents, where more than 2.4 million people were subjected to policies of systematic killing, ethnic cleansing, and starvation, while the occupation turned Gaza's cities and towns into rubble, destroyed the infrastructure at an unprecedented rate, and razed entire residential neighborhoods to the ground, leading to the forced displacement of more than two million Palestinians.

And according to Al-Thawabta, the past year witnessed a near-total collapse of the humanitarian system in the Gaza Strip, as a result of the direct and deliberate targeting of hospitals and medical staff, educational institutions, places of worship, accommodation centers, ambulance and civil defense teams, and journalists, in addition to systematic policies to prevent the entry of food, medicine, and fuel, which led to the martyrdom of thousands of children, women, and the elderly, and the threat of hundreds of thousands with hunger and epidemics.

And he added saying: "We hope that 2026 will constitute a real turning point, through the complete cessation of aggression and the end of genocide, and the transition to a path of comprehensive humanitarian recovery, and the beginning of rebuilding the Gaza Strip on fair and sustainable foundations, ensuring the dignity of the Palestinian human being and his right to a safe and dignified life".

And Al-Thawabta confirms that the urgent priorities are represented in an immediate and permanent cessation of Israeli aggression, the complete lifting of the siege, the comprehensive withdrawal of occupation forces from the sector, the permanent opening of all crossings for humanitarian aid, relief, fuel, and medical supplies, and ensuring the free movement of citizens without restrictions.

And the office called for launching a serious path for reconstruction that includes rebuilding homes, infrastructure, health, educational, and service facilities, supporting the exhausted health sector, enabling relief institutions to perform their duties, securing the basic needs of the displaced, and ensuring their safe and dignified return to their areas.

And despite the deterioration of humanitarian conditions, Israel imposed at the beginning of the new year a series of illegal restrictions on the access of humanitarian aid, where 37 humanitarian organizations face a threat of banning activities in the Gaza Strip, including "Doctors Without Borders, the Norwegian Refugee Council, CARE Organization, World Vision, and Oxfam", in addition to a complete ban on the work of UNRWA.

And the Israeli occupation authorities placed dozens of international non-governmental humanitarian organizations before two options with no third: either submit to their conditions or cancel their license and prevent them from working in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.

And the Israeli conditions require the organizations to submit complete lists of their Palestinian employees for security checks, and to ensure that none of them has called for boycotting Israel, which some international organizations refused out of fear of exposing their Palestinian employees to persecution that endangers their lives and threatens the safety of their families.

The targeting of humanitarian work organizations prompted the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor to call on the international community, the United Nations, and its member states, especially the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions, to take all necessary measures to pressure Israel to lift the ban on entering temporary housing (caravans) and basic shelter supplies into the Gaza Strip, and to ensure their entry and distribution without restrictions and without linking them to any political or security considerations.

And the Euro-Mediterranean Monitor said in a statement that Israel uses the siege as an executive tool for the ongoing crime of genocide and producing a lethal living reality, by preventing and disrupting repair and reconstruction and preventing the entry of necessary materials and equipment to remove rubble and repair homes, water and sewage networks, and electricity, in addition to obstructing the humanitarian response and undermining the ability of relief parties to provide the minimum protection.

And it clarified that the policy of "denying shelter" pursued by Israel targets the destruction of the residential environment for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and depriving them of their right to housing and safe living, as it is impossible to understand the destruction of entire cities and neighborhoods, preventing their repair and reconstruction, and preventing the entry of any temporary alternatives to shelter their residents, as a side effect of military operations, but as a deliberate pattern aimed at emptying the place of its original inhabitants by turning housing into a practical impossibility and pushing families into continuous forced uprooting.

And the Euro-Mediterranean Monitor emphasized that the continuation of these catastrophic conditions in the absence of any serious movement to find urgent solutions to the crisis multiplies health and humanitarian risks and takes a toll on the most vulnerable groups, especially children, the elderly, and the sick, and at the same time raises the possibilities of collapsing homes and destroying tents, exposing the displaced to multiple dangers including floods and the spread of diseases related to water pollution and sewage overflow, which turns daily life into a continuous suffering that threatens their dignity and lives together.

And it confirmed that it is not permissible, under any pretext, to subject the basic humanitarian needs of civilians to any security conditions or political bargains, as protecting the right to life and personal safety and providing adequate shelter are binding legal obligations under the rules of international humanitarian law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and do not accept suspension or derogation or use as a pressure card, noting that any deliberate restrictions on entering and providing basic shelter supplies represent a serious violation of these obligations, and directly contribute to deepening the harm inflicted on residents who are already living under conditions that continuously threaten their lives and dignity.

The leader in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Taysir Suleiman, revealed the movement's position on the issue of Turkish or Islamic forces participating in any potential security force in the Gaza Strip, confirming that the movement welcomes any international presence aimed at protecting the Palestinian people, and categorically rejects any forces whose goal is to fight the resistance or disarm it.

Suleiman explained that the Palestinian people in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, and the territories occupied in 1967 are subjected to continuous aggressions by the Israeli occupation, noting that what is happening in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and what the Gaza Strip witnessed in the recent period of direct killings and genocide, confirms the need for real protection for Palestinians.

He added that any international talk about introducing forces into Gaza must start from a clear objective, saying that the mission of these forces, as expressed by Hamas and Palestinian factions, is to stand at the border areas and protect the Palestinian people from Israeli aggressions and prevent any infiltrations, confirming that any agreement that achieves this goal is welcomed and called for.

Suleiman emphasized that the movement clearly rejects any military or security presence whose goal is to fight the resistance or disarm it, saying that Hamas considers any such action a deviation from what is agreed upon, and constitutes a breach of a path that is supposed to lead to protecting the Palestinian people, not targeting them.

Regarding the Israeli rejection of Turkish or Islamic forces participating, the Hamas leader considered that the occupation always seeks to empty any initiative of its content, explaining that Israel only wants forces that work to serve its interests and do not stand against its aggressions.

Suleiman said that the occupation well understands that Turkish or Islamic forces will not be on the side of Israeli aggressions, and will not participate in fighting Hamas or Palestinian factions or the resistance in the Gaza Strip, predicting that the coming days will witness an escalation in Israeli opposition to any Turkish presence in this context.

The Hamas leader warned that the scenario sought by the occupation is to form forces similar to UNIFIL forces in southern Lebanon, which allows Israel to move freely without any real intervention or genuine restrictions from the United Nations or the Security Council.

Suleiman pointed to what he described as the contradiction in the Israeli and American proposal, noting the American administration's talk about the desire of more than 50 countries to participate, confirming that this large number of countries will not accept working according to the Israeli vision that targets the resistance or imposes inspections or pursuit of Palestinian fighters.

The Hamas leader concluded by emphasizing that any security or political arrangements that impose a government or authority that obeys the occupation's orders and implements its policies are rejected Arabically and Palestinianly, stressing that Hamas and the Palestinian resistance will not accept any formula that diminishes the Palestinian people's right to resistance or affects their security and dignity.

Warnings from the Occupation Army to Netanyahu: Absence of a political vision for Gaza brings Hamas back to expansion.

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper revealed a sharp disagreement that erupted within the Israeli Occupation's Security Cabinet regarding the future of the Gaza Strip, where the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Occupation Army "Ayal Zamir" issued a direct warning to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a security meeting held last week.

Military fears of "power vacuum"

Zamir called on the Prime Minister to make a clear decision regarding the entity that will manage the sector in case the International Stabilization Force "ISF" fails, which is promoted by Washington as part of US President Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the Hamas movement.

The Chief of Staff warned that the absence of a political vision will inevitably lead to Hamas expanding again, noting that the army refuses to enter a new military adventure without clear political cover.

Trump's plan and intelligence skepticism

The Israeli army expresses deep skepticism about the International Force's ability to disarm Hamas, despite American pressures to implement Trump's 20-point plan, which stipulates the creation of a "Peace Council" that oversees the appointment of a technocratic government.

In this regard, intelligence agencies confirmed before the Knesset that Hamas is working to strengthen its military and organizational capabilities and develop its combat tactics significantly since the end of the last war.

Proposals for "Green Rafah" and phased division

Tel Aviv is heading to apply the "Green Rafah" experiment, which involves returning residents to rebuilt areas after undergoing strict security vetting. But this step faces internal opposition from ministers like "Bezalel Smotrich".

At the same time, officials warn against the "phased division" approach (Brosot) that Washington may push towards, which could give Hamas an opportunity to exploit the security vacuum in areas that have not been rehabilitated yet.

Israeli occupation forces continue to carry out demolition operations in Nour Shams camp in Tulkarm in the West Bank, where about 25 buildings housing more than 100 homes are being targeted.

Amjad Shhada clarified that the demolition operation began in the western area of the camp, known as the "Slaughterhouse" neighborhood, then the bulldozers moved to the eastern area, specifically in the "Manshiya" neighborhood, as part of a new wave of demolitions.

He added that the demolition of these homes is part of a series of operations including 3 camps that the occupation has been raiding for about 11 months in the northern West Bank, where the total number of homes demolished since the beginning of the incursions has reached about 500, according to the Popular Committee for Nour Shams Camp Services.

Shhada indicated that the ongoing demolition operations have led to the destruction of half the homes and more than a quarter partially, making only a quarter of the homes habitable in the camp in the event of the occupation's withdrawal.

He added that the demolition operations come as part of a strategy aimed at displacing and weakening the camp residents, who number more than 40,000 Palestinians, alongside the continuation of daily incursions, raids, and arrests carried out by occupation forces in the West Bank.

Arrests and incursions

The latest incursions included scattered areas of the West Bank, including the town of Anabta and Kafr al-Labad east of Tulkarm, the town of Halhul and Dura north and south of Hebron, in addition to areas in Bethlehem such as Hussan and Beit Jala.

Israeli occupation forces arrested, on Friday, three Palestinians from Hebron governorate during extensive raids on citizens' homes.

These moves come amid the continuation of settler assaults on Palestinian citizens.

World newspapers covered intertwined issues in the international scene, led by the Palestinian-Israeli issue, amid warnings that the prevailing calm in the region may be temporary, alongside developments extending from Ukraine to Latin America.

The British newspaper The Guardian revealed that Israel allows certain companies to import specific goods into the Gaza Strip, while preventing humanitarian organizations from importing the same materials.

The newspaper quoted military, diplomatic, and humanitarian sources that these goods are currently being sold in the open market inside Gaza, despite passing through 3 Israeli checkpoints under strict surveillance.

A diplomatic source expressed shock at the ability of commercial channels to import these goods, ruling out that this could happen without the knowledge of the Israeli authorities.

The newspaper considered that this disparity hinders the work of humanitarian organizations supporting Palestinians at a time when the need is increasing, while providing profitable opportunities for traders capable of obtaining import permits from Israel.

As for the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, it published an article forecasting the new year for Israel, which is supposed to be the first in 3 years without a state of war, but the newspaper warned that the current calm may be temporary, amid continued tension on the northern and southern fronts and across the seas.

The article indicated that Hezbollah has not disarmed, and Hamas is not ready to do so, while Iranian preparations continue for what it described as the upcoming battle with Israel, in addition to Israel's future expectation of dealing with the Houthi file in Yemen.

As for the director of the International Crisis Group, Comfort Ero, she considered in an article for Foreign Policy magazine that postponing details as an exit from the state of war is an approach whose success is doubtful.

Comfort Ero said that the ceasefire in Gaza shows the risks of short-term solutions, where Palestinians are crammed into less than half the sector's area, while Israel controls the rest of the areas, hinders reconstruction, and continues its strikes as a transitional phase.

In another file, the Washington Times reported that Azerbaijan and Armenia are gradually distancing themselves from Moscow and approaching Washington following the peace agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump.

The newspaper pointed to Azerbaijan's strategic importance, as it is the only country bordering Russia, Iran, and Turkey together, and Washington views it as a reliable partner that maintains relations with Israel.

The Washington Post said that Russia succeeded in provoking global anger regarding an alleged Ukrainian attack on one of the residences of Russian President Vladimir Putin, noting tension in Trump's position on supporting Kyiv.

For its part, the New York Times spoke in a report from the Ukrainian front about soldiers' doubts about the war's imminent end, with conviction that it will continue for at least another two years.

The Wall Street Journal concluded that China will not make concessions to the United States in Latin America, confirming that Beijing's ambitions have gone beyond the economy to the strategic dimension.

The question of opening the Rafah Crossing remains one of the most complex and sensitive files in the Israeli political and security scene, as it intersects with direct American pressure and the internal coalition calculations of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of committing war crimes in Gaza.

While Washington insists on opening the crossing in both directions for humanitarian and political reasons, Netanyahu finds himself forced to maneuver between the requirements of his American ally and the threats from his partners in the ruling coalition, who see opening the crossing as an unacceptable concession.

Israeli political estimates indicate that Netanyahu is likely heading towards opening the Rafah Crossing, even if partially or intermittently, in an attempt to "grasp the stick from the middle." The man does not want to enter into direct confrontation with the American administration, especially President Donald Trump, and at the same time seeks to avoid the disintegration of his government coalition from within.

Based on understandings reached by Netanyahu and Trump during their last meeting at Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, which stipulate opening the crossing after Netanyahu's return to Tel Aviv.

The main obstacle to implementing this step lies in the strong opposition expressed by far-right parties within the coalition, headed by the "Otzma Yehudit" party led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and the "Religious Zionism" alliance led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

Before Netanyahu's trip to America to meet Trump, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich explicitly threatened to withdraw from the government if Netanyahu proceeded to open the crossings, considering it an assault on what they call "Israeli security."

In contrast, American pressures escalated during Netanyahu's meetings in the United States, where officials in the Trump administration emphasized the necessity of opening the Rafah Crossing "in both directions," linking it to broader plans related to the humanitarian situation in Gaza and "Trump's plan" and post-war arrangements.

Opening the Rafah Crossing has become a "matter of time" after the step was postponed before Netanyahu's trip to Washington for internal political reasons, and an American official was quoted as saying that the announcement of opening the crossing may be issued within a few days directly after Netanyahu's return to Israel.

In the context, it was mentioned that clear understandings were achieved between Netanyahu and Trump, including not only opening the crossing but also starting reconstruction work in the Rafah area south of the Gaza Strip, in areas where the Israeli army claims it has ended most of the military infrastructure of the Palestinian resistance.

The most likely scenario is Netanyahu resorting to a policy of political and security compensation for his opposing partners. Instead of abandoning opening the crossing, he may offer them "prices" in other arenas, with the aim of keeping them within the coalition and avoiding early elections. This price could come in various forms, including:

A broader military escalation against Hamas in Gaza, to market opening the crossing as a "tactical measure" that does not affect deterrence.

More military and settlement encroachment in the West Bank as a reassurance message to right-wing parties and Smotrich, the sponsor of the "Decisive Plan" based on the vision of "Greater Israel" between the sea and the river in all historical Palestine.

Expanding the circle of regional confrontation, whether through strikes in Lebanon or operations against direct or indirect Iranian targets, within what Netanyahu calls a "multi-front battle."

In the end, according to Israeli estimates, Netanyahu's inclination to open the Rafah Crossing is not a conviction in itself, but a result of complex balances imposed on him by American pressures on one hand, and fears of coalition disintegration on the other.

According to Israeli analyses, opening the crossing—if it happens—will likely be a limited step accompanied by escalation or concessions in other arenas, in an attempt to maintain the government's survival and meet Washington's demands without losing his right-wing allies.

Retired Colonel Mikhail Milstein, former head of the Palestinian Affairs Department in the Military Intelligence Division of the Israeli Army (Aman), sees Hamas viewing the decision by Trump and Netanyahu to open the Rafah Crossing as a "major political and moral achievement in its favor."

In his comment, Milstein said that "reports talking about American-Israeli understandings to open the crossing in both directions are presented in Hamas's internal discourse as evidence of its success in imposing new equations after the war, and marketed as a step that restores the Gaza Strip to what it was before October 7."

Milstein says that "the essential question for Israel does not relate to symbolism only, but to the practical implications on the ground."

He wondered: "What will Israel do if it detects the entry or exit of elements it does not want to exist? And how can the movement of individuals be controlled in a crossing that is supposed to be open in both directions?"

In contrast, military correspondent for the Walla website Amir Buchbut expressed a great deal of caution regarding these reports, noting that there is no official and final confirmation yet regarding the opening of the Rafah Crossing, at least from the Israeli government, large circles of which oppose this step.

The military correspondent clarified that the picture may become clearer with Netanyahu's return to Israel, but what is happening "behind the scenes" in the corridors of the coalition parties remains surrounded by large question marks.

Buchbut raised a series of questions he described as essential, such as: Will opening the crossing be limited to pedestrians or will it include goods? Who will oversee security inspections? And how will Israel ensure the prevention of smuggling weapons or materials of military use into the Gaza Strip?

The military correspondent even went further, wondering how the Israeli government could agree to open the crossing amid the file of recovering the body of the last abducted soldier in Gaza, Major Ran Guili.

Between Milstein's reading, which sees opening the crossing as a direct gain for Hamas, and Buchbut's skepticism, which highlights the security and political ambiguity, it becomes clear that the Rafah Crossing remains an open file on complex possibilities that go beyond the decision to open itself to the strategic implications it carries for Israel and the region as a whole.

Amid the occupation's recognition of what is known as Somaliland, the secessionist region located in northern Somalia, which had maintained secret contacts with the occupation, historical documents resurfaced again, discussing the efforts of the Jewish Agency, with assistance from Britain and America, to establish a state for European Jews in that area about 81 years ago.

And accounts published a set of historical documents, which were reviewed and translated the most important parts of them, which included correspondences from the American Foreign Ministry to the Kingdom of Ethiopia, to arrange the establishment of a region under autonomous rule, special for European Jews, in addition to a booklet drafted by Herman Furberg, head of the Gildemeester Committee for Jewish Aid, which was founded in 1938 in the Netherlands, during the Nazi period.

Furberg was one of the most prominent workers on the file of European Jewish migration to Ethiopia, and those seeking to establish a state for them from land cut in the Harar region with parts of Ethiopia and Somalia, which was explicitly called Somaliland at the time.

And the head of the Jewish organization, in the correspondences included in his book, said, "I believe that there is only one region that combines in itself the four advantages I mentioned, and my proposal is to unify what is called the Harar region in Ethiopia with part of British Somalia, and establish a state for European Jews there."

And he added: "This region is wide enough as it will be easy to allocate between 60-70 thousand square miles for this purpose, and it is inhabited by a small number of agricultural residents, who are not expected to cause major difficulties, and nevertheless, it will be necessary to remember the lessons learned from the Palestine experience, that is, preventing the region from being flooded with people coming from other parts of Ethiopia, and preventing the entry of foreign agitators."

And Furberg emphasized that "the climate in the plateau is completely healthy and suitable for Europeans, as for those parts of the Somali coast that have a bad climate, they can be improved within a reasonable period of time through irrigation."

And he said that "the Harar region is particularly suitable for agriculture, and therefore for mass migration, as it will have ready markets for its agricultural products, and later industrial ones, within Africa, and in Arab countries, and in parts of India."

And he pointed out that "from a political point of view, these regions belong, as previously mentioned, to Great Britain and the Ethiopian Empire."

And Furberg mentioned, in his speech to the British, that the British government proposed in 1935 to the Emperor of Ethiopia that he hand over to him the port of Zeila and some other parts of British Somalia, if he was ready to make certain concessions to Italy."

And he continued: "Therefore, it is not unlikely that the British government today is ready to cede a relatively larger part of Somalia, with the port of Berbera, to the European Jewish state that we envision."

And Furberg said "that the Ethiopian Imperial House claims descent from the Jewish King David, and the Emperor bears the title Lion of Judah", adding "shouldn't that also mean a certain commitment to providing the needed help to these non-blood brothers in Europe, and receiving them with conditions befitting the twentieth century?"

And he indicated by saying: "As for the Jews, on their part, they should not have objection to recognizing the supreme sovereignty of the Ethiopian Emperor, with some guarantees from Great Britain and the United States of America.. Let the Lion of Judah prove that he combines the courage of David, the wisdom of Solomon, and the good management of the Queen of Sheba."

And the book, documented by the Holocaust Museum, without presenting it as an electronic copy, included a letter from Furberg to the King of Ethiopia Haile Selassie, which included the following text: "Your Majesty.. A group of Jewish men and women of European origin presents the following petition to Your Majesty, hoping that it will receive your kind attention and approval, and our group revolves around Mr. Herman Furberg, whose name and work in connection with the settlement project in Harar must be known to Your Majesty."

And the letter added: "In order to refer to our geographical and political goals, the group has adopted the temporary name The Council for an Autonomous Jewish Region in Harar, Harar Council, and we hope that Your Majesty will allow us to continue using this name or an alternative name that is more appropriate."

And the signatories said, "No doubt Your Majesty is aware that large numbers of innocent men and women in Europe have suffered severe persecution at the hands of the Nazis in recent years. And this persecution has fallen particularly hard on the Jewish people, who have reached suffering, and we seek the basic principles, and prepare a basis for an agreement negotiated with Your Majesty."

And the proposal included allocating what was described as the Harar region, of which Somaliland would be part, "under Your Majesty's sovereignty, for the migration of European Jews, and representations will be made to the British government regarding regional arrangements in British Somaliland, allowing free access to the sea through the ports of Berbera and Zeila."

And according to the letter: "The migration will take place in large and organized groups, heading to lands that have been carefully identified and allocated in advance, and all immigrants wishing to settle in the Harar region are required to take an oath of allegiance to Your Majesty, and after completing the migration procedures, they obtain full rights and duties of citizenship within the Harar region, and this citizenship does not entitle its holders to obtain citizenship in other parts of the Ethiopian Empire.

And it continued: "The autonomy of the region extends within its borders only. And all internal affairs are managed by a governing body elected by the region's inhabitants. And a royal governor or viceroy is appointed as Your Majesty's representative, and his rights and duties are defined in a special democratic constitution for the region, and English is the official language, and all education is in this language."

And the letter indicated that the King of Ethiopia has the right to obtain "an agreed fair share of some taxes imposed in the region, and this income will increase with the growth of industrial and cultural life in it, and the responsibility for loans contracted by the Harar region is limited to the citizens of that region, and does not impose any obligation on the Ethiopian government."

We are fully aware of the many difficulties involved in implementing this project, but the necessity …

And the documents reveal that Furberg was enthusiastic about establishing a Jewish state in Somaliland and Ethiopia, and abandoning the Balfour Declaration, in which Britain pledged to establish a "national home" for Jews in Palestine after occupying it.

And Furberg said in one of his correspondences: "Abandoning the Balfour Declaration will be a sacrifice offered by the Jews.. Abandoning independence in Palestine, and the national homeland in the Holy Land, is indeed a heroic sacrifice sacrificed on the altar of humanity, and this sacrifice will be justified if it contributes to shortening the duration of the war, even by a few days; and it will be justified doubly if it creates the possibility for millions of Jews to live in political and economic security and this possibility exists in fact; it exists here and now, and it means Somaliland."

And he wondered "Has the Jewish people throughout the world, and not only those persecuted by Hitler, looked for years with confidence to the peoples of England and the United States. Who can doubt that these two peoples will appreciate the greatness of the sacrifice represented in abandoning the Balfour Declaration?"

And Furberg said: "The benefits resulting from establishing such a state will be greater for non-Jews than for Jews, and it seems certain that abandoning the Balfour Declaration will remove the poison from Arab-Jewish relations, and make friendship and understanding between the two peoples possible, and I have already pointed to the benefits that will accrue to the British Empire and to the United Nations. And the whole world will be freed from a potential and permanent source of disturbance."

And he continued: "And for Jews in England and the Americas, establishing an autonomous Jewish state outside Palestine will be a great improvement in their own situation, and the idea of establishing a Jewish state outside Palestine is not new, and a not insignificant number of regions have been studied from this angle."

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The occupation announced on Tuesday the suspension of the work of more than twenty international humanitarian organizations in the Gaza Strip, including Doctors Without Borders, claiming their non-compliance with new rules imposed by the occupation authorities to scrutinize the work of international organizations operating in the sector.

The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs of the occupation stated that about 25 humanitarian organizations, representing nearly 15 percent of the total non-governmental organizations operating in Gaza, will not renew their permits starting from January 1, 2026, on the pretext of not meeting new requirements related to disclosing employee data, funding, and operational mechanisms.

This decision comes in the context of the occupation's siege of the sector and obstruction of the work of international humanitarian organizations that are allowed to enter Gaza.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) launched a broad public campaign to assert its dominance in the previous electoral cycle, spending more than $100 million on the 2024 elections to oust critics of "Israel" from Congress.

AIPAC spent more on elections in that cycle than any other single-issue lobbying group; it celebrated its affiliated political action committee, the United Democracy Project, as "one of the largest bipartisan political action committees in America"; and attributed to itself the credit for supporting 361 pro-"Israel" candidates who won in hundreds of electoral races.

This success was met with widespread public outrage over Israel's genocide in Gaza, leading to a violent backlash and igniting a growing movement to eliminate AIPAC's influence and support independent candidates for Congress committed to rejecting support from pro-Israel lobbying groups. Now, with the 2026 midterm elections approaching, AIPAC and its preferred candidates have retreated from the aggressive electoral strategy they pursued in previous elections.

This does not mean AIPAC intends to relinquish its influence. While the group has not officially endorsed any new candidates in this electoral cycle, there is still plenty of time, and it is working covertly to bolster its preferred candidates' campaigns. For example, AIPAC's board chairman held a fundraiser earlier this month for a congressional candidate in Illinois, who publicly stated she is not seeking the group's endorsement. In another district in the same state, AIPAC donors rallied support for a real estate mogul's bid for Congress.

These moves represent the latest in a series of strategic adjustments AIPAC has made in recent years amid the changing political landscape regarding Israel-related issues.

Former Democratic Representative Mary Newman from Illinois, whose ouster in 2022 was aided by pro-Israel donors, said: "They fully realize their image is at rock bottom."

At this point in the previous electoral cycle, AIPAC had already endorsed most of its candidates. But with an increasing number of candidates adopting the slogan of rejecting AIPAC money and attacking those who receive it, the group is returning to a quieter strategy it used for years to enhance its influence.

Newman added: "AIPAC has a bad reputation across the country. When they knock on doors and participate in campaigns and events here, they find ordinary centrist Democrats saying: 'No, no more AIPAC support and no more corporate political action committee support'".

Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, said that merely refusing AIPAC money will not be enough to be the new standard for progressive candidates for long.

Friedman added that abstaining from receiving the group's money "means nothing" in itself. "What will matter is the candidates' positions, or incumbents seeking re-election, on the issues at hand. And as it becomes clear that AIPAC will bypass the 'people don't want our money' argument and find other ways to support candidates, the real question will be: what is people's stance on the issues that serve as a real litmus test for AIPAC?"

It seems California Governor Gavin Newsom has taken note of this anti-AIPAC trend. During a press tour amid rumors of his potential presidential run, Newsom stated earlier this month that he would not accept any money from this group. In October, Newsom said on the "Higher Learning" podcast: "I haven't thought about AIPAC in years, and it's interesting that it's the first thing they mention."

Despite Newsom's statements, his record on Israeli policy raises questions about his willingness to align with the Palestinian cause. He has celebrated accolades from far-right pro-Israel groups like the Anti-Defamation League, and in his last two public statements commemorating the October 7 attacks, he did not mention the Palestinians who were killed. Newsom did not call for a ceasefire in Gaza until March 2024, after both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris had done so.

While some Palestine advocates praised Newsom for vetoing an online hate speech bill, which they said would target politically protected speech, Newsom did not cite these concerns among his reasons for the decision. California's powerful tech industry had also hoped he would veto the bill.

Newsom also faces criticism over a controversial bill he signed in October to address antisemitism in California schools, which a coalition of teachers' unions, civil rights organizations, and interfaith dialogue groups sees as restricting legitimate criticism of "Israel" and pro-Palestine voices. Opponents have filed a lawsuit to prevent the law from taking effect on January 1.

Anticipating criticism, other candidates have remained silent on their political stances toward Israel. George Hornedo, who is challenging Democratic Representative André Carson in Indiana, had created a pro-Israel secret page on his campaign website this summer, which was later removed. Hornedo has not publicly stated whether he would accept funding from AIPAC or not, but he declared that his campaign "rejects corporate political action committee funding".

Hornedo said in a statement: "I do not coordinate with any national organizations, nor do I rely on them or seek any financial intervention from them in these elections. This campaign focuses on rallying support directly here in Indianapolis, not on inviting national groups to shape or dictate the elections." He added: "My position on Gaza is clear. Gaza must be flooded with humanitarian aid, and the United States should not supply any country with offensive weapons unless their use complies with international humanitarian law."

Hamid Baig, communications director at the Policy Project of the Middle East Understanding Institute, said: "We are seeing an increase in the number of Democrats abstaining from AIPAC money because it has become an electoral liability." He added: "But it is unclear whether they will maintain this stance by rejecting support from other organizations - and foremost, though not exclusively, the Democratic Majority for Israel - which adopt political agendas similar to AIPAC's, especially regarding providing Israel with more weapons."

In its current approach, AIPAC has returned to a strategy it employed in previous elections, directing money to candidates through other channels to keep its name - and the growing criticisms it faces - out of the electoral race. AIPAC donors have supported their candidates by donating to other undisclosed funding groups that appear unrelated to Israeli politics, such as the "314 Action" political action committee, which helps elect scientists, and which pumped huge sums into the campaign of Democratic Representative Maxine Dexter from Oregon in the previous elections, whom AIPAC never officially endorsed.

Newman said: "We know that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) fully realizes how bad its reputation is. To the extent that it removes its brand from electoral campaigns and directs its money through other political action committees and donors, such as 314 Science, the DMFI Foundation, and many small political action committees, and of course individual AIPAC members who donate, so that candidates can claim they received money from donors, not from AIPAC, to avoid linking their names to it."

This does not necessarily mean AIPAC is retreating under criticism, but rather returning to its previous modus operandi before it began direct spending on elections in the 2022 cycle.

Before launching its major political committee and affiliated political action committees, AIPAC had been active in politics for more than half a century, operating quietly in congressional halls and around Washington, D.C., to establish one of the most successful lobbying apparatuses in the country. AIPAC initially started as a mechanism to counter negative media coverage of Israel, and soon expanded its focus to include influencing U.S. policy toward Israel. The organization established itself as a primary source of information on Middle East issues for Congress members, created regional offices across the country, fueling a network of local pro-Israel activists. AIPAC exerted regular pressure on presidents and congressional offices, funded trips to Israel for Congress members, and hosted members to speak at its annual policy conference, thus expanding its influence in power corridors without delving into electoral politics.

This approach achieved resounding success, enabling AIPAC to maintain bipartisan consensus in favor of "Israel" in Congress for decades. The organization had long declared it would not launch a political action committee (PAC), but that changed with the increasing number of candidates launching campaigns criticizing unconditional U.S. military support for Israel in the late first decade of the millennium. AIPAC then began spending on campaigns, starting with funding ads from "Democratic Majority for Israel," attacking Bernie Sanders in Nevada during his 2020 presidential primary campaign.

In 2021, the organization launched the AIPAC PAC, allowing it to engage in congressional races. Shortly after, it officially launched its political committee, the United Democracy Project. This group drew attention during the 2022 elections for endorsing 37 Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

Osama Anderabi, spokesperson for Justice Democrats, said: "It is clear that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) fully realizes how dangerous it is to Democratic voters who see it as a far-right lobbying group, adopting a right-wing agenda, funded by huge right-wing donors seeking to buy our votes in elections.. Voters don't care about politicians who say one thing to their voters and another to billionaire Republican donors, but AIPAC is adept at finding candidates willing to reject credibility and embrace moral cowardice if it means getting a seat in Congress."

Israeli media outlets reported today, Thursday, that the Israeli occupation army is accelerating its preparations for the possible outbreak of what it described as a "surprise war" on 3 fronts: Iran, Lebanon, and the occupied West Bank.

For some time, Israel has been threatening to wage a new war on Iran and carry out extensive attacks in Lebanon, while Israeli ministers are inciting the resumption of the genocide war in Gaza, amid ongoing escalation in the occupied West Bank.

The commander of the Central Command in the Israeli army, Avi Blot, considered yesterday, Wednesday, that Tel Aviv must prepare for a "surprise war" and "maintain a high level of readiness."

The Israeli Channel 12 private channel said that "in light of the events in Iran, the Israeli army is accelerating its preparations for the possible outbreak of a surprise war on 3 main fronts: Iran, Lebanon, and the West Bank."

It indicated that this comes within a multi-year plan extending until 2030, led by Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, and includes, among other things, a major expansion of the Israeli army's activities and presence in outer space.

It added that the Chief of Staff "pointed to two main axes in the multi-year plan, namely caring for individuals and engaging in the field of outer space," and the Israeli army defines space as a dimension for developing defensive, offensive, and intelligence capabilities.

The channel indicated that the outlines of the plan are beginning to emerge after about two years of fierce fighting, and as part of it, alongside working on setting the plan, there is a process of preparing for war, even for the possibility of executing a surprise operation, with Iran at the forefront of this operation.

It claimed that Tel Aviv fears that Tehran will respond to the internal demonstrations in Iran by attacking Israel to prevent the fall of the regime, according to its claim.

According to the channel, "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conducted discussions and consultations yesterday, Wednesday, from Miami (in the United States, which he has been visiting for several days) regarding the protests in Iran."

It said that the Prime Minister's office refuses to comment specifically on what is happening in Iran, fearing that any statement from Netanyahu or a senior state official would push Iran to act against Israel to silence the protests.

It quoted a high-ranking Israeli official - whom it did not name - as saying "We are monitoring a serious internal event in Iran. It is premature to know its consequences."

Since Sunday, Iranian cities, including the capital Tehran, have witnessed protests in which thousands of people participated due to rising foreign currency prices and deteriorating economic conditions.

Before these protests, Israel had been waving for weeks its intention to wage a new war with Iran and launch a "wide attack" against what it claims are Hezbollah sites in Lebanon if Beirut fails to disarm the party before the end of 2025.

In June last year, Israel, with American support, waged a war on Iran that lasted 12 days, and Tehran responded with missile attacks, before the United States announced a ceasefire.

Both Israel and Iran consider each other their arch enemy, and they have exchanged accusations for years of responsibility for sabotage acts and cyber attacks.

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced on Thursday that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli genocide since October 2023 has risen to "71,271 martyrs and 171,233 injured".

The ministry added in a statement that hospitals in the sector received during the past 24 hours "two martyrs, one new and the other recovered, in addition to an injury".

The statement did not provide additional details regarding the circumstances of the fall of the killed and the injured, while Israel continues to violate the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10, 2025, by carrying out bombing operations and shooting towards Palestinians.

Israel has killed 416 Palestinians and injured 1,153 others as part of its violations of the agreement since October 11.

In addition to the victims, the genocide launched by Israel on October 8, 2023, with American support, and which lasted two years, has caused massive destruction affecting 90 percent of the civilian infrastructure in the sector, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about 70 billion dollars.

The village of "Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya" south of Nablus woke up on Thursday to a new crime, as a result of which a young Palestinian man was martyred, while another is fighting for his life after a serious injury from bullets fired by occupation forces, in a bloody incident on the vital road connecting the governorates.

Ambush at the southern entrance. In the details, the village council mourned in an official statement the young man Khatab Muhammad Ismail Al-Sarhan Draghma (26 years old), who died as a result of his critical wounds he sustained near the southern entrance to the village, located on the (Nablus-Ramallah) road.

The council also indicated that another young man who was in the place was injured, his wounds described as serious, and he was urgently transferred to Salfit Government Hospital for treatment.

Holding the body. Occupation forces did not suffice with shooting; the General Authority for Civil Affairs - after officially informing the Palestinian Ministry of Health of the martyrdom news - confirmed that the occupation army detained the body of the martyr "Draghma", exacerbating the policy of punishment even after death, which aroused anger and sorrow among the people.

The year 2025 was heavy on the occupied West Bank, amid escalating aggression by the Israeli army and settler attacks, alongside the genocide war on the Gaza Strip, leading to a sharp deterioration in humanitarian, security, and economic conditions, and deepening the violation of Palestinians' rights and daily lives.

Official and rights data revealed a noticeable increase in the numbers of martyrs and wounded, extensive intensification of arrest campaigns, expansion of military operations and settlement, alongside declining economic indicators, in a scene reflecting the tightening of the Israeli grip on the West Bank during the year.

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics recorded, citing the Ministry of Health, the martyrdom of 1102 Palestinians and the injury of 9034 others in the occupied West Bank since the start of the war on Gaza in October 2023, due to the aggression of the Israeli army and settler attacks.

The Bureau clarified that the population of the State of Palestine reached about 5.56 million people by the end of 2025, including 3.43 million in the West Bank.

It indicated that the continuation of human losses and restrictions on movement, work, and services directly affected demographic stability and the social reality.

In the file of arrests, Palestinian rights institutions stated that Israel escalated arrest campaigns and repressive measures in various areas of the West Bank during 2025.

These institutions documented about 7 thousand arrest cases during the year, including 600 children and 200 women, while the number of arrests since October 8, 2023, reached about 21 thousand cases, including 1655 children and 650 women, without counting detainees in Gaza and the occupied interior.

According to the data, the number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons exceeded 9300 prisoners, including 3350 administrative detainees, in addition to 1220 detainees classified by Israel as "illegal" fighters.

Rights institutions also documented the martyrdom of 32 Palestinian prisoners inside prisons during 2025, raising the toll of martyr prisoners since the start of the genocide war to 100 people, with the identities of 86 announced, including 83 who died as a result of torture and medical neglect.

The report confirmed that Israel continues to hold the bodies of a number of Palestinian martyrs, and has turned prisons and detention camps into arenas of systematic torture, in a flagrant violation of international law and Geneva Conventions.

Since January 21, 2025, the Israeli army has continued a wide military operation in northern West Bank, starting in Jenin camp and extending to Tulkarm and Nour Shams camps, resulting in the destruction of hundreds of homes and the displacement of more than 50 thousand Palestinians.

The operations led to the demolition of thousands of housing units and caused extensive changes in the geographical and demographic structure of the camps, through digging new roads and carrying out intensive demolition operations.

On the settlement front, Israeli authorities approved during 2025 the construction of more than 28 thousand new settlement units in the occupied West Bank.

The "Peace Now" movement, specialized in monitoring settlement, said that the Israeli Supreme Planning Council approved since the beginning of the year 28 thousand and 163 housing units, in an unprecedented record number.

The movement added that there are plans to discuss building 1033 additional units, including 126 units in the Sanur settlement, which had been evacuated previously, before Israel agreed to re-establish it in May 2025.

The number of settlers in the West Bank is estimated at about 750 thousand settlers, including 250 thousand in East Jerusalem, and they carry out almost daily attacks against Palestinians, in an effort to impose a reality of forced displacement.

The movement noted the escalation of settlement since the genocide war in Gaza, as Israel tightens its grip on the West Bank, raising fears of forced displacement of Palestinians.

In the education sector, West Bank schools witnessed repeated incursions and demolition orders, including the demolition of Khalat Umira Elementary School in the Yatta Directorate south of Hebron on December 1, 2025.

Eight universities in the West Bank were also subjected to raids and vandalism, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.

The Bureau indicated that human losses in the education sector at the Palestinian level reached 18 thousand and 979 students, in addition to 1399 university students, 797 teachers and administrators, and 241 employees in the higher education sector.

Economically, indicators for 2025 showed a sharp deterioration in the West Bank's economy, with the gross domestic product decreasing by 13%, despite recording a slight growth of 4.4% compared to 2024.

The unemployment rate in the West Bank reached about 28% of the total workforce, amid declining job opportunities and tightening Israeli restrictions and slowing economic activity, while the number of unemployed at the Palestinian level reached about 650 thousand people.

The popular march on the Galata Bridge in Istanbul in support of Palestine concluded, with participation of more than 500 thousand people.

The march started Thursday morning, organized by "Humanity Alliance" and "National Will Platform", with participation of more than 400 civil society associations and organizations, and sponsorship of "Turkish Youth Foundation" under the slogan "We will not submit, we will not be silent, and we will not forget Palestine", to demand stopping the Israeli massacres in Palestine.

Some participants arrived at the event site on foot or by boats, after closing the roads leading to the bridge to traffic, while ships anchored around the bridge were decorated with Turkish and Palestinian flags.

The event witnessed the raising of a large banner with the phrase in Turkish and English "Justice for Gaza", alongside the flags of Turkey and Palestine, while another banner was hung on the side of the bridge bearing the phrase "Long live Palestine".

The participants chanted anti-Israel slogans, said Allahu Akbar, and raised flags of Turkey, Palestine, and the self-governing region of East Turkestan in China.

Artists participated in the event by performing hymns and songs that the audience interacted with, while a large number of local and international media followed the event.

The event witnessed participation of several ministers, officials, parliament deputies, heads of civil organizations, and political figures.

It also witnessed wide attendance from the Turkish sports community, including Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak, presidents of the Wrestling Federation Taha Akgül, Karate Federation Arjoment Taşdemir, and Beşiktaş Club Serdal Adalı.

Alongside members of the Fenerbahçe Club board, Abdullah Kavakcı deputy president of Galatasaray, the technical director of the football team in Galatasaray Okan Buruk, the international wrestler Rıza Kayaalp, in addition to officials and athletes from various federations and clubs.

The number of participants in the event reached 520 thousand people, as it ended after delivering several speeches and reciting prayers for the martyrs and the Palestinian people.

In 2025, Israel attacked six countries: Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, and Yemen.

It also carried out strikes in the territorial waters of Tunisia, Malta, and Greece on aid fleets heading to Gaza.

According to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), an independent conflict monitoring organization, Israel carried out at least 10,631 attacks between January 1 and December 5, making it one of the most geographically extensive military operations in a single year.

ACLED collects and records reported information on political violence, demonstrations, and other politically significant non-violent events from local, national, and international news sources and international bodies.

To map Israeli attacks during this year, violent events such as airstrikes, drone attacks, shelling and missile attacks, remote explosives, and other armed attacks were filtered.

These events include violent attacks by Israeli forces; however, they exclude the significant increase in attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. In addition, they do not include other Israeli attacks, such as house demolitions and nightly raids that occur daily.

Gaza remains the bloodiest area, where Israel killed more than 25,000 people this year and injured at least 62,000.

Israel violated the ceasefire in Gaza that came into effect at noon on October 10, 2025, hundreds of times, resulting in the deaths of at least 400 Palestinians and the injury of 1,100.

Israel also violated the first ceasefire earlier in 2025, which ultimately led to its end.

According to ACLED, in 2025, until December 5, 2025, Israel attacked:

These statistics are based on confirmed reports, and are likely to be lower than the actual number of attacks due to reporting gaps in conflict areas.

Throughout the year, Israel launched at least 8,332 attacks on Palestine, averaging 25 attacks per day.

This includes at least 7,024 attacks on Gaza and 1,308 on the occupied West Bank.

Despite the previous ceasefire that began on January 19, which Israel also violated on March 18, it continued attacks on Gaza, including those seeking food aid.

Israel turned Gaza into rubble and forced nearly two million people to flee. Satellite images from March 18 to May 22 show an area in Gaza City crowded with thousands of displaced people.

Israel also intensified its attacks on the West Bank, launching the largest military operation in decades in an attempt to suppress resistance and tighten control in areas including Jenin, Tulkarm, and their refugee camps.

In addition, despite not being included in the statistics, settler violence incidents escalated this year.

In 2025, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) documented a record number of 1,680 settler attacks on more than 270 communities, averaging five attacks per day.

Despite the ceasefire with Hezbollah, Israel launched more than 1,653 attacks on Lebanon this year, at a rate approaching five attacks per day.

Even after the ceasefire began in November 2024, Israel carried out repeated strikes, primarily focused in southern Lebanon but extending to the Bekaa Valley and the suburbs of the capital Beirut.

The Israeli army continues to deploy soldiers on five hilltops in southern Lebanon despite the official commitment to withdraw from the area.

On June 13, Israel launched a wave of strikes using 200 aircraft, targeting dozens of nuclear, military, and infrastructure sites in Iran, including the main nuclear facility in Natanz.

During the 12-day conflict, Israel also attacked residential neighborhoods and killed many nuclear scientists and military leaders.

On June 22, the United States joined the attacks and bombed three nuclear facilities in Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan.

Iran responded by launching hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israeli cities.

According to ACLED statistics, Israel launched at least 379 attacks on 28 out of 31 provinces in Iran using airstrikes or drones during that period.

Over the past year, Israel launched more than 200 attacks on Syria, most concentrated in southern provinces such as Quneitra, Daraa, and Damascus.

Israeli airstrikes escalated last year; Syria has been subject to Israeli aggressions for years, justifying its actions by claiming to eliminate Iranian military facilities.

Since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, Israel claims it is trying to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of "extremists" - a term it applies to a changing list of groups, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham; the main Syrian group that led the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

On July 16, Israel struck the headquarters of the Syrian Ministry of Defense and the vicinity of the presidential palace in the capital Damascus, leading to a dramatic escalation on another military front in the region. The damage from the attack can be seen in this before/after image.

According to ACLED, Israel launched at least 48 attacks on the Ansar Allah Houthi group over the past year in Yemen, which is about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) away.

On August 28, 2025, Israeli airstrikes targeted a government meeting of the Houthis in the capital Sana'a, resulting in the death of the Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and many other senior officials.

Israel also targeted infrastructure controlled by the Houthis in Yemen, including Sana'a International Airport, Hodeidah Port, and many power stations.

On May 6, 2025, the United States and the Houthis agreed to halt mutual attacks. However, this did not include halting operations against Israel, which the Houthis were attacking with drones and missiles in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

On September 9, Israel targeted the Qatari capital, Doha, during a meeting of Hamas leadership to discuss the proposed ceasefire in Gaza by the United States.

The attack occurred in the West Bay area in Doha, which includes many embassies, schools, supermarkets, and residential complexes inhabited by Qataris and foreign residents in Doha.

Six people were killed in the strike, including the son of prominent Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya, the director of al-Hayya's office, three of his personal guards, and a Qatari security officer. However, it is rumored that prominent movement leaders survived the attack.

Following Israel's attack, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order granting Qatar an explicit security guarantee in the event of an "external attack".

In 2025, several international freedom fleets sailed towards Gaza to provide aid to those besieged there and challenge Israel's illegal blockade on the sector.

While preparing to sail towards Gaza on May 2,

Hebrew media reported on Thursday the suicide of an Israeli soldier, raising the number of military personnel who committed suicide in 2025 to 22, the highest in 15 years.

A Hebrew newspaper reported on Thursday that "a soldier from the combat engineering corps in the army committed suicide south of Israel on Wednesday, becoming the 22nd soldier in active service to commit suicide in 2025".

It added: "The number of suicides in the Israeli army in 2025 reached its highest level in 15 years, and was only surpassed by the number of suicides in 2010, where 28 soldiers committed suicide".

The newspaper noted that "according to Israeli army data, 12 of the soldiers who committed suicide in 2025 were regular conscripts, 9 were reservists, and one was a professional soldier".

It said that "the data also shows that 14 suicide cases occurred outside Israeli army bases, and 8 inside them".

The newspaper added: "5 of the soldiers were known to mental health officers and were receiving treatment, including a high-level drone operator who ended his life after testifying that he could no longer bear the effects of combat".

Israeli military personnel usually suffer from severe psychological disorders after participating in genocide crimes in Gaza, where about 2.4 million Palestinians live.

With American support, the Israeli genocide in Gaza has left more than 71,000 Palestinian dead and 171,000 injured, mostly children and women, and massive destruction, with the United States estimating the cost of reconstruction at about 70 billion dollars.

Since October 10, a ceasefire agreement has prevailed between "Hamas" and Israel, which the latter violates daily, resulting in the killing of 418 and injuring 1,141 Palestinians, according to the government media office in the sector.

The documents were based on 3 field visits conducted by representatives of the military prosecution to the "Ktzi'ot" prison.

Official reports prepared by the military prosecution of the Israeli occupation revealed serious violations against Palestinian prisoners, consisting of depriving them of regular access to drinking water for long hours, described by the reports as "collective punishment" imposed during the war period.

The Ministry of Justice of the Israeli occupation handed over six reports to the Association for Civil Rights, after a judicial petition forced the state to publish them after it had refrained from doing so under the pretext of protecting "national security".

These documents were based on three field visits conducted by representatives of the military prosecution to the "Ktzi'ot" prison in the Negev during the months of May, June, and September 2024.

One of the reports confirmed that the results of the first two visits showed the imposition of a policy that prevents providing continuous drinking water during part of the day.

The prosecution conveyed from the prisoners' testimonies that the water ban was sometimes implemented as part of collective punishment, and in other sections it was adopted as a fixed measure for about half of the day's hours, despite the reduction of this policy before the September visit.

In contrast, the Israeli Prison Service denied these allegations in an official statement, claiming that the apparatus operates according to the law and provides basic needs for all detainees.

However, this information comes in the context of a broad tightening of detention conditions since October 7, 2023, where previous reports acknowledged cases of severe hunger leading to significant weight loss and fainting among prisoners, in addition to suffocating overcrowding where 90% of prisoners are held in spaces less than 3 square meters, with thousands deprived of beds and increasing complaints of violence.

On a related level, Palestinian human rights institutions monitored a dangerous escalation in violations during 2025, recording nearly 7,000 arrest cases, and the killing of 32 Palestinian prisoners inside prisons in the same year.

The institutions indicated that the total number of martyrs of the prisoner movement since the start of the war reached 100 prisoners, most of whom died as a result of systematic torture and medical neglect, despite the decision of the Israeli High Court in September last year that obligated the state to correct living conditions, which has not been achieved on the ground according to subsequent reports.

The Chief of Staff of the Israeli Occupation Army, Eyal Zamir, said that 2026 will be decisive regarding shaping Israel's security reality, and that he is determined to disarm the Palestinian Hamas movement.

He added that the army carried out offensive operations in response to Hamas's breach of the agreement in the Gaza Strip, according to his expression, and during a field tour he conducted on Wednesday in the south of the sector, he stated that the army is present on the yellow line overlooking the sector, which constitutes new security borders, and is considered a reinforced defensive line and a military base for executing rapid attacks.

Zamir confirmed "We are fully determined to disarm Hamas and the rest of the terrorist organizations. We will not allow the terrorist Hamas movement to rebuild its capabilities and threaten us".

Zamir's statements come a few days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of committing war crimes in Gaza - raised this issue during his meeting with US President Donald Trump in Florida.

Sources reported that the United States and Israel have set a final deadline of two months to dismantle Hamas's weapons, during the meeting that brought Netanyahu together with Trump.

It added that it was also agreed that disarming Hamas includes destroying the tunnels.

The sources said that if Hamas's weapons are not disarmed, the ball will return to Israel and the army.

American officials were quoted as saying that Washington plans to begin rebuilding Gaza within weeks, while it is expected that the process of disarming Hamas will take much longer.

An American official and an informed source were quoted as saying that Netanyahu agreed to proceed with the second phase of the Gaza agreement, despite differences with Trump's team regarding its implementation.

Trump had expressed his hope to quickly reach the second phase of the agreement, and said after his meeting with Netanyahu that Hamas will be given a short period to relinquish its weapons, and if it does not relinquish its weapons, it will pay a heavy price.

Israeli sources said that the relevant authorities in Israel have begun preparations to open the Rafah crossing according to an agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, which stipulates opening the crossing from both sides following Netanyahu's return from Washington.

Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported that American pressure to open the crossing continued in recent days, noting that the official announcement of its opening may be issued in the coming days.

It clarified that this step was planned as part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement signed in October 2025, but it was postponed due to Israel's non-compliance at the time.

Israeli sources previously clarified that Netanyahu and Trump agreed during their meeting in Florida to open the crossing as part of a meeting that addressed issues in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran.

The website had reported, citing officials, that Netanyahu agreed during his meeting with Trump to move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which includes disarming Hamas, while Trump pledged to allow Israel to take military action if the movement "fails to comply with the agreement".

Since May 2024, Israel has occupied the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, after destroying its buildings and preventing travel, causing a severe humanitarian crisis, especially for patients, particularly amid the genocide war it waged on the sector over two years.

For his part, Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said during a tour in the Gaza Strip that his army is currently positioned on the "yellow line" which he considered new security borders and a base for launching rapid offensive operations, emphasizing that Israel "will not allow Hamas to rebuild its military capabilities".

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The Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced on Wednesday that the Israeli army killed 7,903 students and educational staff in schools and universities, and injured 11,469 others, during 2025.

This came in a statement issued by the ministry, documenting the toll of Israeli violations against educational institutions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, from the beginning of the current year until December 31.

The ministry clarified that the toll of fatalities among school students reached 6,910, the majority in Gaza Strip, with 6,876 male and female students, in addition to 34 in the West Bank.

The number of injured school students during the same period reached 9,138, including 8,846 in Gaza, and 292 in the West Bank.

On the higher education front, Israel killed 578 university students (574 in Gaza and 4 in the West Bank), while injuring more than 1,419 others with varying injuries, and arrested 204 students in the West Bank.

The educational and academic staff were not spared from targeting, where the Israeli army killed 302 teachers and school administrators in Gaza and injured 658 others, and killed two, wounded 7, and arrested 30 others in the West Bank.

The death toll included 111 academics and workers in the sector's universities, in addition to injuring 247 others, while the ministry recorded the arrest of 18 academics from West Bank universities, and 120 students from its schools.

On October 8, 2023, Israel began a genocide in Gaza that lasted two years, with its victims' toll exceeding 71,000 killed and 171,000 injured Palestinians, alongside massive destruction that affected 90% of the civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about 70 billion dollars.

Since the start of the genocide war in Gaza, the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, killed more than 1,104 Palestinians, injured about 11,000, in addition to arresting more than 21,000.

An Israeli channel revealed on Wednesday evening that clashes were recorded between the Israeli army and officers at the headquarters of the American command in Kiryat Gat (south), near the Gaza Strip.

On October 21 last year, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the opening in Israel of the Civil-Military Coordination Center, aimed at monitoring the implementation of the Sharm El-Sheikh agreement to cease fire in the Gaza Strip, which is part of a comprehensive plan proposed by US President Donald Trump to end the war in the sector.

CENTCOM stated in a statement at the time that the center was designed to support stabilization efforts and that US military forces would not be deployed inside the Gaza Strip, but would contribute to facilitating the flow of humanitarian, logistical, and security aid from international partners into the sector.

Recently, clashes were recorded between the Israeli army and officers from the American command, after Israel refused their request to hold a series of security discussions on operational and sensitive issues.

Quoted from unnamed senior Israeli officials: These are sensitive issues discussed since the beginning of the war. Israel does not need the United States to start discussing them.

The officials said that the American command headquarters sometimes interferes excessively in security issues that Israel handles independently and well, and its policy is clear on them, without further details.

However, at the beginning of December last year, a British newspaper reported that intelligence agencies in Israel carried out surveillance and eavesdropping operations on American forces and forces from allied countries within the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat.

According to the newspaper, the volume of public and secret eavesdropping operations during discussions in the center prompted the commander of the American base, Patrick Frank, to summon a senior Israeli official and demand an immediate stop to the recordings.

In October last year, CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper said that the Civil-Military Coordination Center would oversee the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, through an operations room that allows the crew to assess developments in Gaza moment by moment, according to the same statement.

A stabilization force supported by the US, headquartered at the aforementioned center, is supposed to ensure security in the Gaza Strip, as part of US President Donald Trump's plan.

It is worth noting that on September 29 last year, Trump announced a peace plan and ceasefire in Gaza consisting of 20 points, including: the release of Israeli prisoners, ceasefire, disarmament of Hamas, Israeli withdrawal from the sector, formation of a technocratic government, and deployment of an international stabilization force.

On October 8, 2023, Israel began a genocide in Gaza that lasted two years, with casualties exceeding 71,000 martyrs and 171,000 injured Palestinians, alongside massive destruction affecting 90% of the civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about 70 billion dollars.

The media advisor for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Adnan Abu Hasna, warned that the war in the Gaza Strip has continued in another way despite the ceasefire, through the ongoing humanitarian suffering, the spread of diseases, and the widespread destruction of infrastructure.

Abu Hasna confirmed that Gaza may return to square one if this situation continues, especially with the lack of dramatic improvement in conditions as expected after the ceasefire.

The UN official viewed that the statement issued by some European countries and Japan regarding the deteriorating humanitarian situation expresses the reality of what is happening on the ground in Gaza.

He pointed out that everyone expected a dramatic improvement after the ceasefire, but this did not happen at all; rather, the situation is extremely dangerous despite the partial cessation of direct bombing.

Abu Hasna highlighted that Israel will not be satisfied with preventing UNRWA from importing 6,000 trucks loaded with food and humanitarian materials, but will add dozens of international non-governmental organizations to the ban list.

He explained that these organizations are active in the relief and medical sectors, and their absence from the scene would exacerbate the situation and make it more dangerous.

In a related context to the crisis of tents and shelter, the UN official raised a question about the reason for preventing the entry of hundreds of thousands of tents that UNRWA and others purchased for hundreds of millions of dollars and are standing at the gates of the sector, while Israel has only allowed the entry of tens of thousands of tents despite the actual need for hundreds of thousands of them.

On the health and environmental challenges, Abu Hasna pointed out that the issue during weather depressions is not just the rains, but the sewage water that mixes with the rains and floods the displacement camps.

This catastrophic situation leads to the spread of serious diseases in various areas of the sector, especially with the ongoing collapse of the health sector and the destruction of water and sewage systems.

The UNRWA media advisor emphasized that no place in the world without an organized health sector can face a humanitarian disaster of this magnitude, and considered the collapse of the health sector to make it almost impossible to deal with the escalating crisis, especially with the spread of diseases resulting from water pollution and poor sewage.

Regarding the new Israeli law, Abu Hasna explained that the European Commission for Humanitarian Aid announced the impossibility of implementing the law for registering non-governmental organizations in its current form.

This law requires lists of Palestinian employees for security checks, without knowing what happens in this process, where 80% to 90% of employees can be rejected for undisclosed reasons.

In the context of reactions from international organizations, the UN official explained that humanitarian organizations are wary of this issue because it will impose strict restrictions on their operations, and these organizations may find themselves without trained manpower capable of performing vital tasks, which means a complete paralysis of humanitarian work in the besieged sector.

Abu Hasna explained that UNRWA has contacted the Israeli side dozens of times through the regional and international United Nations system regarding the hundreds of thousands of detained tents, but there are no reasonable and clear responses so far.

He emphasized that these materials are not of dual use, and that Israel monitors them and knows how they are used, and that UNRWA is ready to provide detailed reports on the use of spare parts, medical devices, food materials, and tents, but there are no real responses to the systematic blockade that is happening.

Israel has begun a large-scale escalation targeting the work of dozens of international non-governmental humanitarian organizations operating in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, after the Israeli government placed them before two choices with no third option:

Submit to new strict conditions and restrictions.

Cancel their licenses and prevent them from continuing their humanitarian activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Israeli government has granted these organizations a time period extending until the end of 2025 to renew their work licenses, provided they comply with a package of new conditions, topped by submitting detailed lists of the names of Palestinian employees working for them, to subject them to what the Israeli authorities describe as "security screening".

These measures include verifying whether any of the Palestinian employees have advocated or participated in activities related to boycotting Israel, which humanitarian organizations considered a direct interference in the nature of their work and a transformation of humanitarian work into a security surveillance tool.

A group of international organizations has refused to comply with these conditions, expressing serious concerns that submitting Palestinian employees' data could expose them to security prosecution, posing a direct threat to their lives and the safety of their families, while at the same time undermining the fundamental principles of humanitarian work based on neutrality and independence.

These organizations considered that the new Israeli conditions are not limited to administrative aspects, but touch the core of humanitarian work, and impose security guardianship over institutions that are supposed to operate in accordance with international humanitarian law, away from political and security pressures.

Following the refusal of some organizations to these conditions, the Israeli government began taking practical steps to cancel their work licenses, justifying this by not completing the legal registration requirements according to the new rules.

According to human rights reports, these measures, despite appearing in an administrative and legal framework, represent in reality an existential threat to dozens of international non-governmental humanitarian organizations that have been working for decades in the Palestinian territories, contributing to improving the living conditions of Palestinians under occupation.

The reports warned that proceeding with the implementation of these decisions will lead to depriving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, especially in the Gaza Strip, of basic humanitarian aid, including life-saving health services, at a time when the humanitarian situation is witnessing unprecedented deterioration.

Despite talk of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepting the transition to the second phase of the Gaza agreement, he practically succeeded in creating new complications during his visit to the United States, analysts say these are mainly related to his election plans and his efforts to close files that must be closed before Donald Trump leaves the White House.

An American website reported from sources that Netanyahu -wanted by the International Criminal Court- agreed to move to the second phase of the Gaza agreement, with a US commitment to allow him military action if the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) refuses to relinquish its weapons.

Channel 12 also reported from sources that Israeli authorities are preparing to open the Rafah border crossing with Egypt from both sides in implementation of the Trump-Netanyahu agreement.

However, this step and others are merely a solution to crises fabricated by Netanyahu and which he was obligated to in the agreement, so that his commitment to it becomes a kind of concession, as said by Dr. Laqaa Makki, senior researcher at a research center.

According to what Makki said in the program "Beyond the News," Netanyahu wanted to enter his election year crowned with American support for his person and behavior, which he actually obtained during his meeting with Trump.

The question, as Makki says, revolves around what Netanyahu got in return for making concessions in the Gaza file, in which he showed great rigidity since the agreement took effect, which indicates that what was revealed after the meeting is much more than what was actually discussed.

While the Israeli Prime Minister narrowed the gaps between him and Trump in several files, he succeeded in creating new complications for the Gaza agreement, in the view of Dr. Ibrahim Al-Madhoun, director of the Palestinian Media Foundation, who confirms that Hamas knows there are problems "bigger than those raised by the media."

These complications -in Al-Madhoun's view- lie in not answering the necessary questions related to the form of the committee that will administer the sector and the international force that will ensure stability in it, which places many obstacles in the way of implementing the agreement.

These complications stem from Netanyahu's desire to sabotage the agreement and the resistance's desire to implement it, while the United States is completely biased towards Israel and the mediators are unable to exert any pressure, according to Al-Madhoun.

However, what is being talked about in the Israeli media suggests that what came out of the statements contradicts what happened in the closed rooms between Netanyahu and Trump, as said by Dr. Adel Shadid, researcher on Israeli affairs.

Washington does not want to return to war despite Trump's statements about the possibility of allowing Israel to do so, and it has not been convinced by Netanyahu's position on Turkey's participation in the international force to be formed, in Shadid's view, who expected more escalation in Lebanon.

The talk in Israeli media also indicates Trump's rejection of opening the Rafah crossing unilaterally to displace the population, in response to the Egyptian position, which Shadid says appears firm on this issue to the extent that it prompted the Americans to rethink it.

Makki agreed with this talk by saying there will be no war again in Gaza, and that the real green light that Netanyahu obtained during the visit may be in Lebanon, because Hezbollah represents an urgent matter for Israel.

Makki concluded that there is a lot of harmony between the United States and Israel in most files, and that "Netanyahu achieved everything he wanted in Gaza while files such as relations with Turkey, Iran, Yemen, Iraq, and Lebanon still need to be closed before the end of Trump's rule, which represents an irreplaceable opportunity for Israel."

The Hebrew Channel 12, citing informed sources, revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump have reached an agreement to reopen the Rafah border crossing on both its Palestinian and Egyptian sides.

The sources clarified that the implementation of this agreement will begin immediately upon Netanyahu's return from his current visit to the United States, indicating a new shift in the course of regional and international understandings related to managing the border crossings of the Gaza Strip.

According to what the Hebrew channel reported, the relevant authorities in Tel Aviv have begun making the necessary preparations and field arrangements to activate this decision, in line with the understandings reached between the two parties.

These developments come amid the new US administration's search for formulas to calm the situation and regulate the movement of people and goods, where the Rafah crossing is viewed as a vital artery requiring high-level security and political coordination to ensure the stability of operations there.

Tonight marks the end of the American deadline granted to the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah by the end of 2025, amid Israeli occupation state estimates of the possibility of the region entering combat days, and anticipation of final political directives from Netanyahu after his meeting this week with US President Donald Trump.

It cited data from the Israeli army, claiming that Hezbollah "violated the ceasefire 2,024 times", while "the Lebanese army" implemented measures on "593" of those violations.

It added that "863" requests were referred to the Lebanese army for enforcement, and that the Israeli army itself carried out about "90" measures, while "145" remained classified as "open" targets against which no measures have been taken yet.

The end of the deadline coincides with the continuation of field tensions, as media reports spoke of the intensification of the occupation army's aircraft raids in southern Lebanon as the final date approaches, while Lebanese authorities say they have made significant progress in their steps south of the Litani.

Donald Trump recently confirmed, alongside Israeli occupation government Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during their meeting at Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida that the Lebanese government is in an uncomfortable situation, considering that Hezbollah is behaving badly, and added: "We will see what Lebanon's efforts to disarm it will yield".

Trump evaded answering questions about whether Israel should launch an attack if Hezbollah does not disarm by 2026, saying: "We will see what happens". According to sources who conducted interviews, the lack of clarity in the leaders' meeting results is what raises concern, and the sources added: "It is impossible to predict the consequences for Lebanon, but it is possible to expect many changes at the beginning of the year".

On a parallel line, a website quoted an American official as saying that Netanyahu raised during his meeting with President Trump the file of "Hezbollah's efforts to rebuild its long-range missile arsenal in Lebanon", within a broader discussion that included Iran and possibilities of escalation in 2026.

Israeli occupation state War Minister "Israel Katz" had announced in November last year a deadline ending at the end of this year, for Hezbollah to hand over its weapons to the Lebanese army, otherwise Israel will intervene by force.

Hebrew media outlets have leaked information throughout the past period about the occupation army completing preparations for plans to launch a large-scale military operation in Lebanon, awaiting the political decision, which is supposed to be decided during Netanyahu and Trump's meeting, which does not seem clear yet.

Despite the ceasefire with "Hezbollah" that began on November 27, 2024, the occupation continues its violations, which have left hundreds of victims in southern Lebanon, as Israel continues to occupy 5 Lebanese hills in addition to other areas it has occupied for decades.

Since the agreement came into effect, Tel Aviv and Washington have been pressuring the Lebanese government to confine arms to the state, while "Hezbollah" refuses to disarm, and calls for Israel's withdrawal from Lebanese territories, and the pressures and debate coincide with diplomatic moves and indirect negotiations, within the "Mechanism", amid differences in interpreting what has been achieved and what is required later.

The "Mechanism" is a committee that brings together Lebanon, Israel, and the United Nations Interim Forces (UNIFIL), under American-French sponsorship, to monitor the implementation of the agreement to cease hostilities.

Last week, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced the near completion of the first phase of the army's plan to implement the government's decision to confine arms to the state, including "Hezbollah's" weapons, and Mikati expressed the state's readiness to start the second phase, north of the Litani River and up to the Awali River, calling for full support to enable the army to perform its required tasks to complete the implementation of the plan.

Dr. Muhammad Abu Nada, director of the Gaza Cancer Center, said that cancer patients in the sector suffer greatly.

Dr. Abu Nada added that approximately 70% of cancer drugs are unavailable inside the Gaza Strip, and there is no chemotherapy either, while the Israeli occupation prevents patients from traveling outside the sector to receive the necessary treatment.

He explained that doctors face immense difficulties in diagnosing patients due to the acute shortage of necessary materials and equipment, noting that the occupation destroyed the "Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital," which was the main hospital for diagnosing the disease in the sector.

Dr. Abu Nada said there are about 11,000 cancer patients in the Gaza Strip, of whom about 3,000 have referrals to travel outside the Gaza Strip for diagnosis and to obtain the necessary treatment.

He pointed out that there is an increase in mortality rates among cancer patients due to the deterioration of their psychological condition and lack of treatment.

Dr. Abu Nada warned that if a cancer patient is not treated as early as possible, the disease will spread throughout the body, and thus the natural result that the whole world expects is that cancer patients in the Gaza Strip will die either from the disease or from despair over what is happening to them.

He called on mediators and guarantors of the ceasefire agreement to pressure the occupation to allow cancer patients to travel outside the Gaza Strip to receive treatment and then return to the sector to resume their lives again.

He explained that a cancer patient's body needs a strong immune system, but after two years of war, starvation, and living in tents, it has greatly contributed to the deterioration of patients' conditions, especially since most of them are poor people who cannot obtain proper nutrition, let alone buy the available expensive drugs.

Dr. Abu Nada pointed to the catastrophic results of the deteriorating health situation in the Gaza Strip and the acute shortage of cancer treatment drugs, as there are not enough places in the remaining operational hospitals to treat them from infections, for example, or from dehydration, which forces doctors not to admit them to hospitals due to lack of space and to treat them at home.

He added, "Of course, there is no treatment at home, which means that the inevitable result awaiting these patients is a quick death, not a slow death as before."

He also referred to breast cancer patients, saying that the usual procedure was to remove the tumor only in hopes of giving the patient radiation therapy, but now doctors perform a complete mastectomy.

He explained that the reason they perform a complete removal of the breast is that the patients will not be able to travel abroad to receive the necessary treatment, saying that it is extremely cruel psychologically on the patient and on the family.