PALESTINE

Mon 31 Mar 2025 12:35 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli occupation forces arrested five citizens south of Tubas.

Today, Monday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested five citizens from the town of Tammun, south of Tubas.


The director of the Prisoners Club in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, reported that the occupation forces arrested Mustafa Basharat to pressure his son to surrender himself, Samara Bani Odeh to pressure his brother to surrender himself, Ahmed Bani Odeh to pressure his brother to surrender himself, Uday Basharat to pressure his brother to surrender himself, and Sayyaf Bani Odeh to pressure his brother to surrender himself, after raiding their families' homes in Tammun.


The occupation forces stormed the town last night in an assault that lasted more than eight hours, during which they raided a number of homes and arrested the five young men.

PALESTINE

Mon 31 Mar 2025 12:31 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli occupation forces notify a citizen that she will have to pay the costs of demolishing her home, despite the fact that it was demolished at her own expense.

Today, Monday, the Israeli occupation forces notified a woman from the village of Al-Walaja, northwest of Bethlehem, that she must pay the costs of demolishing her home, even though she had demolished it at her own expense in 2017.


Local sources reported that the occupation forces notified citizen Hanan Mahdi Al-Razem to pay 18,000 shekels to cover the cost of demolishing her home, which she had demolished at her own expense eight years ago.


She added that Hanan was forced to demolish her home after being threatened with paying the costs if the occupation forces did.


It's worth noting that the occupation forces have recently escalated their repeated attacks on citizens in Walaja, specifically the Ain Huwaiza area, including the demolition of a number of homes and the threat of construction halts for others.

PALESTINE

Mon 31 Mar 2025 11:29 am - Jerusalem Time

Israeli occupation forces demolish residential and agricultural facilities in the northern Jordan Valley.

Israeli occupation forces demolished residential and agricultural facilities in the northern Jordan Valley on Monday.


Local sources reported that the occupation forces demolished a 600-square-meter agricultural barrack under construction, owned by Jihad Suleiman Sawafta, in Bardala in the northern Jordan Valley, on the pretext of lacking a permit.


Local sources also reported that the occupation forces demolished residential buildings belonging to citizen Radi Khalil Zawahra and his son Khalil in the Al-Burj area in the northern Jordan Valley.


The sources added that this is the third time the occupation has demolished civilian facilities in recent months.

ARAB AND WORLD

Mon 31 Mar 2025 11:21 am - Jerusalem Time

After Trump's threats: Khamenei vows a decisive response to any attack targeting Iran.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed a "firm response" on Monday if his country is attacked, after US President Donald Trump threatened to "strike Iran" if no agreement is reached with it on its nuclear program.


"They are threatening to inflict harm... but if that happens, they will certainly receive a firm response" from Iran, Khamenei said in his Eid al-Fitr sermon, referring to Trump.


While Khamenei did not explicitly mention Trump, his speech appeared to be a response to the threats the US president has issued in recent days.

In an interview with an NBC reporter, Trump said, "If they (the Iranians) don't sign a deal, there will be bombing," also threatening to punish Iran with what he called "secondary tariffs."


Trump's statements reflect an escalation after he threatened days earlier that "very bad things will happen to Iran" if it refused to negotiate a new nuclear agreement.


It is unclear whether Trump is threatening to strike Iran with US aircraft or launch an operation coordinated with Israel.


During Trump's first term, the United States withdrew in 2018 from the 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran.


During his second term, Trump announced that he was open to talks on a new agreement with Iran, which could reduce the risk of military escalation.

PALESTINE

Mon 31 Mar 2025 11:19 am - Jerusalem Time

The Red Cross expresses its shock at the occupation's execution of 14 paramedics in Rafah.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expressed its "deep shock" over the deaths of eight Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics, five civil defense personnel, and a UN employee who had been missing for eight days after being besieged by Israeli occupation forces.


"These workers and volunteers risked their lives to provide support to others, and we express our deep sorrow and share in their loss with their families, loved ones, and colleagues," the Red Cross added in a statement.


The statement continued: "Since that day, the ICRC has continued its regular contacts with the Red Crescent and various parties, requesting access to these volunteers and coordination to locate them."

ARAB AND WORLD

Mon 31 Mar 2025 10:36 am - Jerusalem Time

Trump criticizes Putin and Zelensky as talks falter

US President Donald Trump criticized both sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, expressing his frustration as efforts to resume ceasefire talks continue to falter.

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Initially, Trump said he was "very angry" with Russian President Vladimir Putin, threatening to impose new tariffs on Russian oil.

NBC anchor Kristen Welker said the US president called her to express his anger over Putin's questioning of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's future as leader.


During her program "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Welker reported on comments made by Trump in an early morning phone call.


He was quoted as warning that "if Russia and I cannot reach an agreement to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I determine that this was Russia's fault, I will impose secondary tariffs on oil coming out of Russia."


Welker noted that Trump told her he was "very angry and upset" when Putin began making comments about Zelensky's credibility and talking about new leadership in Ukraine.

He indicated that he would speak to the Russian president next week.


Trump later softened his tone toward Putin and directed his anger at Zelensky, warning him of problems if he backed out of a deal granting the United States mining rights in Ukraine.


Since taking office, the US president has sought a swift end to the more than three-year-old war in Ukraine, but his administration has failed to achieve a breakthrough.

Putin rejected a joint US-Ukrainian plan for a 30-day ceasefire and proposed on Friday that Zelensky step down as part of the peace process, reflecting a more hardened Moscow negotiating position and angering Kyiv.


Trump told NBC that Putin knows he's angry, noting at the same time that he "has a very good relationship with him," and explaining that "anger dissipates quickly... if he does the right thing."


Trump spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington from his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, softening some of his criticism.


"I was disappointed in a way," Trump said, expressing his irritation at Putin's questioning of Zelensky's credibility, because "he's supposed to make a deal with him, whether you like it or not."

"So I wasn't happy about that, but I think it would be good, and I certainly wouldn't want to impose secondary tariffs on Russia," he added.

Trump then moved on to criticize Zelensky, saying, "I see him trying to back out of the rare earths agreement. If he does that, he's going to have some problems."

"Big, very big problems."


"We agreed on a deal on rare earths, and now he's saying, 'Well, you know, I want to renegotiate the deal.' He wants to be a member of NATO. Well, he was never going to join NATO. He understands that. So if he's looking to renegotiate the deal, he's going to have big problems."


The improvement in relations between Washington and Moscow since Trump took office, and his threat to halt support for Kyiv, has strengthened Russia's position on the battlefield as it continues its faltering invasion of Ukraine.


Kyiv accuses Moscow of prolonging the talks without any intention of stopping the war, amid a new attack launched over the weekend on the northeastern border city of Kharkiv.


Ukrainian regions were targeted by six airstrikes overnight Saturday to Sunday, wounding one person while receiving treatment in a military hospital and killing at least two people in a residential building, according to Ukrainian officials.


Moscow also announced on Sunday that its forces had taken control of a village just seven kilometers from the border with the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine, as part of its latest advance.


Russian forces have not crossed the region's borders since the start of their offensive in 2022, but have been advancing toward it for months, hoping to achieve a breakthrough.


Putin, who has been in power for 25 years and has been elected several times without any real competition, has frequently questioned Zelensky's "legitimacy" as president after the Ukrainian president's five-year term ends in May 2024.


Under Ukrainian law, elections are suspended during major military conflicts, while all of Zelensky's domestic opponents have declared that no elections should be held before the war ends.


Trump himself had a strained relationship with Zelensky, calling him a "dictator" and attacking him in front of reporters and the media during his visit to the White House last month.


In his Saturday evening address, Zelensky said, "For too long, America's proposal for an unconditional ceasefire has remained on the table without an appropriate response from Russia."


"There could have been a ceasefire if there was real pressure on Russia," he added, thanking countries that "understood this" and intensified sanctions pressure on the Kremlin.


Moscow and Kyiv agreed on a framework for a Black Sea truce after talks with US officials earlier this week, but Russia said the agreement would not take effect until Ukraine's allies lifted some sanctions.


Explaining his threat to impose secondary tariffs on Russian oil, Trump told NBC, "This means that if you buy oil from Russia, you can't do business in the United States."

He added, "There will be a 25% duty on all oil, and a customs duty of between 25 and 50 points on all oil," without elaborating.

PALESTINE

Mon 31 Mar 2025 10:26 am - Jerusalem Time

Jenin: Israeli Occupation forces storm Qabatiya and launch an arrest campaign.

Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, at dawn on Monday.

Local sources said that a number of Israeli occupation vehicles and Eitan armored vehicles stormed the town, accompanied by a military bulldozer, raiding a number of homes and launching an arrest campaign.


The sources added that the occupation forces announced a curfew in the town from dawn today until 10 pm, while occupation forces deployed on Jabal al-Zakarna in the town, continuing to raid and search homes.


This morning, the occupation forces stormed several neighborhoods in the city of Jenin, including the Jabal Abu Dhahir area, and raided and searched a number of homes without recording any arrests.


The occupation's aggression on Jenin and its camp continues for the 70th consecutive day, leaving 34 martyrs, dozens of injuries and arrests, and massive destruction of homes, infrastructure, and streets.

PALESTINE

Mon 31 Mar 2025 10:17 am - Jerusalem Time

Israeli occupation issues orders to completely evacuate the city of Rafah.

The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for areas in Rafah, including al-Nasr, al-Shawka, the eastern and western areas, and the al-Salam, al-Manara, and Qizan al-Najjar neighborhoods. This comes as the military continues its ground operations, having recently announced the expansion of its operations in the southern Gaza Strip.


This comes as Gazans spend Eid al-Adha amidst the ruins of their homes, visiting the graves of their martyred relatives, and amidst the devastation left by the Israeli war that began on October 7, 2023.

PALESTINE

Mon 31 Mar 2025 10:12 am - Jerusalem Time

Updated: Israelu occupation continues its aggression on Jenin and Tulkarm.

The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 64th consecutive day, and on the Nour Shams camp for the 51st day, amid a campaign of arrests and widespread raids accompanied by repression and attacks against citizens.


Local sources reported that the occupation forces deployed heavy military reinforcements, including vehicles and infantry units, to the city, its two camps, and its suburbs, setting up flying checkpoints and launching raids and arrests targeting young men.


At dawn today, Israeli occupation forces stormed the Aktaba suburb east of the city and arrested Abdullah Alaria, a former detainee, and young man Muhammad Samih Abu Harb, after raiding their homes.


In the Dhnaba suburb east of Tulkarm, occupation forces arrested five young men late last night after setting up a flying checkpoint near the Attar platform area as they were passing by. They were: Aziz Attar, Jawad Attar, Muhammad Faraj Allah, and Muhannad Al-Halqum. The latter two were released at dawn today after being beaten.


In Nour Shams camp, the occupation forces set fire to homes in the Manshiyya neighborhood, with columns of smoke seen rising from them. They continued their tight siege of the camp, deploying bulldozers in neighborhoods, particularly in Manshiyya and Al-Maslakh. They also raided and vandalized homes and infrastructure, and expelled a number of residents from their homes, particularly in Jabal Al-Nasr and Jabal Al-Salihin.


While the occupation forces continue their siege of Tulkarm camp, and their heavy deployment in its neighborhoods, which have become almost empty of its residents after they were forcibly displaced from their homes, and completely devoid of any signs of life, this has affected the neighborhoods on its outskirts, the last of which are the neighborhoods of Al-Hadaida and Al-Rabaia, and what accompanied it was the complete destruction of the infrastructure and the sabotage and demolition of homes and facilities.


Meanwhile, the occupation forces continue to harass citizens and restrict their movement, especially during the Eid holiday. They erect flying checkpoints on the city's main streets and neighborhoods, chase children as they play in the streets, and confiscate their plastic toys.


The occupation forces frequently set up checkpoints on Nablus Road, specifically in the area opposite Tulkarm refugee camp, and obstruct vehicle traffic as part of a policy of restricting movement of citizens, especially after they closed sections of this road with earth mounds in both directions. This coincides with their seizure of a number of homes on the road and their conversion into military barracks, with their vehicles stationed around them.


Meanwhile, Israeli Eitan armored vehicles stormed the town of Kafr al-Labad, east of Tulkarm, coinciding with a heavy infantry deployment in the al-Mudawara neighborhood. Soldiers fired tear gas canisters, stopped passing cars, and fired flares at homes.


The occupation forces also stormed the village of Kafr Abbush, south of Tulkarm, and searched its streets and neighborhoods without any arrests being reported.

The ongoing aggression on the city and its camps has resulted in the deaths of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens have also been injured and arrested, and more than 4,000 families have been forcibly displaced from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, along with dozens of families from the city's northern neighborhood after their homes were seized and a number of them converted into military barracks.


The aggression also caused widespread destruction to the infrastructure, including homes, shops, and vehicles, which were completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted, and stolen. 396 homes were completely destroyed and 2,573 partially destroyed in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, in addition to the closure of their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.


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The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the city and camp of Jenin for the 70th consecutive day, amidst bulldozing and burning homes, and converting others into military barracks.


The occupation continues to send military reinforcements and armored vehicles to the city and camp of Jenin on the second day of Eid al-Fitr.


At dawn today, the occupation forces stormed several neighborhoods in Jenin, including Khallet al-Suha and Jabal Abu Dhahir, and raided and searched a number of citizens' homes. The occupation forces also called on residents via loudspeakers to evacuate their homes in Jabal Abu Dhahir.


In Jenin camp, the occupation continues to pave and expand roads, altering the camp's geography. House demolitions continue, and reinforcements are being pushed into the camp's vicinity.


Jenin Municipality, through its mayor, Mohammed Jarrar, declared Jenin camp uninhabitable. He stated that the destruction caused by the occupation has affected 600 homes and the entire infrastructure. He added that the occupation is imposing a comprehensive siege on the governorate, which is home to 360,000 people.

Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, at dawn on Monday, imposing a curfew from 5:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. Israeli armored vehicles and vehicles were stationed on Jabal al-Zakarna in the town, while Israeli soldiers raided and searched a number of Palestinian homes, detaining and arresting citizens.

Arrests in Jenin Governorate are on the rise, with occupation forces conducting near-daily arrests in the city and other towns and villages in the governorate.

The number of displaced persons from the camp has reached 21,000, distributed between the city of Jenin and several villages in the governorate. The ongoing aggression, which has lasted for 70 days, has left 34 martyrs and dozens more injured and detained.

PALESTINE

Mon 31 Mar 2025 10:10 am - Jerusalem Time

Dead and wounded in the Gaza Strip

A number of civilians were killed and injured in Israeli shelling of several areas in Khan Yunis Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip, early Monday morning.


In Khan Yunis camp, four citizens were killed and others injured when the occupation forces bombed a house belonging to the Maqdad family.


Two civilians were killed and others, including children, were injured in the bombing of the Al-Najjar family's home in the Wadi Saber area of the town of Abasan al-Kabira, to the east.


Local sources reported that six citizens were injured after an Israeli occupation force opened fire on a group of citizens on Awni Dahir Street, northeast of Rafah.


Six citizens were killed last night when the occupation forces bombed the house of Kamal Muammar, near the Tahlia roundabout in central Khan Yunis.


On Sunday evening, nine citizens were martyred, including Ahmed Hussein Abu Al-Aish (34 years old), his wife Aya Jabr Abu Al-Aish (33 years old), their children Karim (7 years old), Majd (8 years old), and Mayan (3 years old), the children’s grandmother Hala Al-Hajj (59 years old), and her son Ibrahim Jabr Al-Hajj (28 years old), and others were injured when the occupation bombed a residential apartment in Hamad City, west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.


Since resuming its genocide in Gaza on March 18, Israel, the occupying power, has killed 921 civilians and injured 2,054 others, most of them children and women, by Saturday morning.


Medical sources announced the deaths of at least 64 citizens in the Gaza Strip on the first day of Eid al-Fitr.


Hundreds of thousands of Gazans performed Eid prayers on Sunday amid the rubble of destroyed mosques, in shelters, and next to their destroyed homes. Joy and celebration were absent amid the ongoing Israeli war of extermination, which has been ongoing since October 7, 2023. The war has left more than 164,000 dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.

ARAB AND WORLD

Sun 30 Mar 2025 11:25 pm - Jerusalem Time

Lebanese security forces announce the arrest of suspects in the firing of rockets at Israel.

The Lebanese General Directorate of General Security arrested a number of suspects in connection with the launching of rockets from "unknown sources" in southern Lebanon on March 22 and 28. This comes as part of intensive intelligence operations to uncover those involved and ensure stability.


A statement issued Sunday evening by the directorate's media affairs office stated that the arrests were made under the supervision of the relevant judiciary, and that investigations into the detainees have begun to determine responsibilities and take appropriate legal action.


The statement stressed that this step comes as part of the Public Security Department's efforts to monitor the security situation and maintain stability in light of the recent events witnessed in the south.


Hezbollah denied responsibility for firing rockets toward Kiryat Shmona, stressing that this was "in the context of fabricating dubious pretexts" to continue the Israeli aggression against Lebanon. It also affirmed its commitment to the ceasefire.


Hezbollah's media relations department quoted a "source" within the party, described as responsible, as confirming "the party's commitment to the ceasefire agreement." The source denied "any connection to the rockets launched from southern Lebanon today toward northern occupied Palestine."


He pointed out that "these incidents come within the context of fabricating suspicious pretexts to continue the Israeli aggression against Lebanon."


This comes after air raid sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona and the surrounding area on Friday morning. The Israeli military announced that it had detected two rockets fired from Lebanon, intercepted one, and landed the other in Lebanese territory, according to a statement.


Following this, the Israeli army attacked sites and areas in southern Lebanon, in addition to bombing a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut for the first time since the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel went into effect on November 27, 2024.

The Israeli army announced an attack on a Hezbollah drone storage facility in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 10:09 pm - Jerusalem Time

Disagreements hinder progress in negotiations on the second phase and a ceasefire in Gaza.

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (Kan 11) reported Sunday evening that ongoing negotiations between Israel and Hamas, mediated by regional and international mediation, are still proceeding at a "low pace," amid significant gaps between the two parties that are hindering progress toward an agreement.


According to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, which quoted sources familiar with the talks, progress in the negotiations so far has been "intangible," despite ongoing discussions with mediators on the proposals on the table, including the Israeli one.


Among the most prominent points of contention, according to the Broadcasting Authority, is Israel's refusal to begin discussions on the second phase of the agreement and a ceasefire, while Hamas is demanding a clear timetable for this. The Israeli government also refuses to release a large number of Palestinian prisoners, as the movement is demanding as part of the deal.


The channel added that Hamas is demanding a complete withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, along with a clear commitment and international guarantees not to resume fighting in the Strip—conditions Israel rejects.


Sources expected the pace of contacts to slow down during the coming days of Eid al-Fitr, despite what the channel described as optimistic statements from Hamas sources "that an agreement could be reached before the holiday."


In a related context, Kan quoted Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, a close associate of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and head of the negotiating team with Hamas, as saying during a cabinet meeting: "We are noticing changes in Hamas's position as a result of military pressure." He added: "Hamas has begun to show signs of retreat."


Netanyahu defended his government's policies in managing the war on Gaza, particularly regarding the handling of the prisoners' file, attacking the criticism directed at him and reinforcing his narrative that "military and political pressure" is the only way to recover the prisoners.


This came at the start of the Israeli cabinet meeting on Sunday morning, with Netanyahu saying, "The combination of military and political pressure is the only thing that brought the prisoners back, not all the empty claims and slogans I hear in the studios from those who consider themselves experts."


Regarding the war of extermination on the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu said: "Military pressure is effective. It simultaneously strikes Hamas's military and governmental capabilities, while creating conditions for the release of our prisoners. That's exactly what we are doing."

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 9:49 pm - Jerusalem Time

43 dead in the Gaza Strip on the first day of Eid al-Fitr

A child was killed Sunday evening when Israeli warplanes bombed a tent housing displaced people west of Gaza City, bringing the death toll in the Strip on the first day of Eid al-Fitr to at least 43, including 14 children.


Medical sources reported that 43 citizens, the majority of whom were children and women, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn today. Seventeen of those killed were in Khan Yunis, south of the Strip, including eight children, most of whom were wearing Eid clothes.


Two civilians were killed and two others injured when the occupation forces bombed a tent housing displaced persons near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.


Earlier, five civilians, including a boy and a girl, were killed and others were injured when Israeli aircraft bombed a house in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City. Two children were also killed when Israeli tanks bombed a house east of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip.


Local sources reported that two citizens were killed and others were injured when the occupation forces bombed a tent sheltering displaced persons east of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. A child and a young man also succumbed to their wounds when the occupation forces bombed the Khan Yunis camp and the Al-Mawasi area west of the city, in the southern Gaza Strip.


The Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced the recovery of the bodies of 14 martyrs from the Tel al-Sultan area of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. Among the victims were eight paramedics from the society's crews, five rescue crews, and a UN employee. The victims had been missing for eight days after being besieged by Israeli occupation forces.


Since resuming its genocide in Gaza on March 18, Israel, the occupying power, has killed 921 civilians and injured 2,054 others, most of them children and women, by Saturday morning.


The United Nations said that approximately 124,000 Palestinians were displaced again after the Israeli occupation army resumed its attacks on Gaza and issued "evacuation orders."


Hundreds of thousands of Gazans performed Eid prayers on Sunday amid the rubble of destroyed mosques, in shelters, and next to their destroyed homes. Joy and celebration were absent amid the ongoing Israeli war of extermination, which has been ongoing since October 7, 2023. The war has left more than 164,000 dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 8:44 pm - Jerusalem Time

Red Crescent: The death of eight of our paramedics is a tragedy for humanitarian work.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society was shocked by the death of eight of its paramedics in Rafah. The paramedics were targeted by the Israeli occupation forces while performing their humanitarian duty. They were heading to the Hashashin area of Rafah to provide first aid to a number of people injured by Israeli shelling in the area. A ninth paramedic remains missing. Six civil defense personnel and a UN employee were also recovered.


The paramedics are: Mustafa Khafaga, Ezz El-Din Shaat, Saleh Muammar, Raafat Radwan, Mohammed Bahlol, Ashraf Abu Labda, Mohammed Al-Hila, and Raed Al-Sharif.


It said: "This massacre of our crews is a tragedy not only for us at the Palestinian Red Crescent, but also for humanitarian work and humanity. The occupation's targeting of Red Crescent paramedics and their protected international emblem can only be considered a war crime punishable by international humanitarian law, which the occupation continues to violate in full view of the entire world, which has so far failed to take serious steps to prevent the occupation from continuing these blatant violations of international conventions against health and humanitarian workers."


The Association demands that the perpetrators of this war crime be held accountable, that an immediate and urgent investigation be conducted to ensure justice for the victims of this massacre, and that the fate of missing paramedic Asaad Al-Nasasra, whose whereabouts remain unknown, be revealed.


With the death of the eight paramedics, the number of martyrs from the association in the Gaza Strip has risen to 27, targeted by the occupation while performing their humanitarian duty in the Strip.


The Association renews its call on the international community, represented by the United Nations with all its bodies and institutions, the states parties to the Geneva Conventions, and all international human rights and humanitarian organizations, to fulfill their legal obligations by expediting the adoption of the necessary measures to compel the occupying state, "Israel," to immediately cease committing further grave violations against Palestinian medical personnel in particular and Palestinian civilians in general, and to fully comply with the principles and provisions of international humanitarian law and human rights law legally applicable to the occupied Palestinian territory, and to work to put a final end to the policy of impunity enjoyed by the occupying state.

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 7:38 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli occupation forces arrested three shepherds south of Hebron.

Today, Sunday, Israeli occupation forces arrested three shepherds in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron.


Media activist Osama Makhamreh said that a group of settlers chased shepherds in the Rahim area, before the occupation forces arrested three of them: Muhammad Hassan Muhammad Shanaran, Ihsan Hussein Muhammad Shanaran, and Harith Ihsan Hussein Shanaran.


Settlers also chased shepherds near the village of At-Tuwana and a number of communities, and demolished an agricultural room in Shaab Al-Batm.

ARAB AND WORLD

Sun 30 Mar 2025 6:49 pm - Jerusalem Time

Trump vows to bomb Iran if no deal is reached and threatens to impose tariffs on Russian oil

US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran if it continues to develop its nuclear program.


In an interview with an NBC reporter late Saturday, Trump said, "If they (the Iranians) don't make a deal, there will be bombing," also threatening to punish Iran by imposing what he called "secondary tariffs."


Separately, Trump said he was "very angry" with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine, threatening to impose new tariffs on Russian oil in an interview with NBC on Sunday.


Trump, who announced he plans to speak with Putin next week, warned that "if Russia and I cannot reach an agreement to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine, and I believe that was Russia's fault, I will impose secondary tariffs on oil coming out of Russia."

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 6:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

9 dead and injuries in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip

Nine civilians were killed and others injured on Sunday as a result of the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.


According to local sources, seven civilians were killed in the bombing of a home belonging to the Al-Tayef family in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City, while a number of missing persons remain under the rubble.


Two civilians were killed and two others injured when a tent housing displaced people was bombed in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 5:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

On the first day of Eid, Israeli occupation tightens its grip on citizens in Tulkarm.

On the first day of Eid al-Fitr, Israeli occupation forces deployed throughout the streets and neighborhoods of Tulkarm, harassing residents and children.


Local sources reported that occupation forces, with their vehicles and infantry units, were stationed in the southern neighborhood, specifically on the old Education Directorate Street, in addition to the area surrounding Gamal Abdel Nasser Square in the city center, and near the French bakery in the eastern neighborhood, obstructing the movement of vehicles and civilians.


She added that the occupation soldiers stopped vehicles, imposed strict search procedures, and prevented them from passing through the areas in which they were located. They also pursued children while they were playing in the streets, seizing their plastic toys, in a scene that reflects the continued pressure on residents in light of the ongoing aggression on the city and its two camps for the 63rd consecutive day.

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 4:25 pm - Jerusalem Time

Red Crescent: Six bodies recovered, including three paramedics from our missing crew in Rafah.

The Red Crescent Society announced a short while ago that it had recovered six bodies, including three paramedics from its crew, who had been besieged by Israeli occupation forces for eight days in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah.


In a statement, it explained that its crews, along with a team from OCHA, the Red Cross, and Civil Defense, headed to the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood to search for the missing crews. Six bodies have been recovered so far.


In a press conference held this morning, the Red Crescent Society held the occupation authorities fully responsible for the safety and lives of its nine paramedics, who are under siege by the occupation forces. The Society emphasized that targeting them can only be considered a premeditated crime punishable under international humanitarian law.

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 2:41 pm - Jerusalem Time

22 dead in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip on the first day of Eid al-Fitr.

Four citizens were killed and others injured on Sunday afternoon in Israeli shelling of the Rafah and Khan Yunis governorates in the southern Gaza Strip.


Local sources reported that one  dead was killed when the occupation forces bombed a house in the town of Shoka, east of Rafah, and three others were killed when a drone bombed a gathering of citizens in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis.


Since dawn today, the first day of Eid al-Fitr, 22 citizens, including children and women, have been killed in Israeli bombing of various parts of the Gaza Strip.


According to medical sources, the death toll from the aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 50,277, and the number of injuries to 114,095, since October 7, 2023.

OPINIONS

Sun 30 Mar 2025 2:39 pm - Jerusalem Time

If Gaza is not okay, we are all not okay.



With the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the unhappy Eid al-Fitr arrives this year while the war of extermination in Gaza continues, and the people there are in a difficult situation under bombing, killing, and policies of starvation and ethnic cleansing.

The scene in Gaza remains the same, but is getting worse: killing, oppression, injustice, hunger, and nakedness in ramshackle tents, to the point where even the trees and stones weep. How can we be okay? How can humanity be okay in light of this bitter reality, whose cruelty has surpassed the limits of imagination? The reality in Gaza is more severe and harsher than any description, and the tragedy is greater than words can describe.

Over the past months, since the outbreak of the war, massacres have continued unabated, bodies continue to be pulled from the rubble, and blood mixes with the soil of a land once teeming with life. Children are left without fathers, and mothers bid farewell to their children at the doors of hospitals that can no longer accommodate more victims and are no longer fit to provide treatment, having been bombed, vandalized, and besieged.

Hunger ravages bodies, disease spreads without cure, people live in tents and in the open, while the world watches with silence that is almost complicit.

The holiday, which was supposed to be an occasion for joy, has become an occasion for sadness, a season of great loss, a time to enumerate the names of the martyrs and wounded, and a day of weeping. Joy no longer has room in the hearts of those who have lost their loved ones, or those awaiting death at any moment, in every alley, house, and corner of Gaza, which has been transformed into a land of ruins.

This Eid is not a happy one, neither in Gaza nor outside it, because the Palestinian pain has become an Arab pain, even a human one, whose impact extends to all free hearts that still beat with conscience and humanity. And Gaza is not alone in its suffering; the state of the Arab countries today reflects the same pain in different forms. Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and other Arab countries that are suffering from the ravages of war, or that are burdened by economic crises and sectarian and political divisions. In all of these places, Eid is no longer just an Eid, but an occasion to feel loss, pain, and the scale of the destruction. It has become a day that reminds everyone that this world is still ruled by the balance of power, not the balance of justice, and that humanity is selected according to interests, not principles. If Gaza is at the heart of genocide today, this ordeal has revealed the true face of the world: countries that claim to uphold human rights, but remain silent in the face of genocide, and international institutions that stand idly by while innocents die under bombing, starvation, and policies of ethnic cleansing.

This Eid is not a happy one, as Gaza is living under a war of extermination and ethnic cleansing, and is experiencing difficult and impossible calamities. As long as Gaza is not well, we are all not well, as Gaza’s condition is our condition, its blood is our blood, and its fate is our fate.

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 2:15 pm - Jerusalem Time

When all of Gaza becomes a big house of mourning!

Majed Hadib: The reality in Gaza today is completely different from any past Eid, as even the basics needed for celebration are not available.

Adnan Al-Sabah: The ongoing massacres against Palestinians make Eid an occasion devoid of hope and joy, amidst Arab, Islamic, and international silence.

Awni Al-Mashni: The road to freedom may be difficult, long, and filled with sacrifices and pain, but it is the only path available.

Sulaiman Basharat: A heavy holiday that has lost its humanitarian and religious meanings due to the harsh conditions Palestinians are experiencing.

Samir Anabtawi: The occupying state does not pay attention to Islamic holidays and occasions and continues its killing, starvation, and genocide against the Palestinian people.

Sari Samour: The Palestinians will one day be able to reclaim their homeland and holy sites and thwart all plans aimed at liquidating their cause.


This year, Eid al-Fitr comes to Palestinians, particularly in Gaza, amidst an atmosphere of sadness, pain, hunger, deprivation, and suffering. Its traditional rituals and meanings have been lost, and it has become an occasion marked by pain due to the ongoing Israeli war of extermination for more than seventeen months.

In separate interviews with Al-Quds, writers and political analysts say that the people of the Gaza Strip, who used to celebrate Eid with joy and family visits, now find themselves under the yoke of bombing, destruction, and displacement, preventing them from properly celebrating this religious occasion.

They point out that in Gaza, there are no longer mosques to hold Eid prayers, no markets crowded with shoppers, and no children's voices rising with joy in their new clothes. The siege, destruction, and killing have transformed the Strip into a tragic reality devoid of any sign of Eid. Families who have lost their loved ones, the displaced in camps, and the hungry who lack the most basic necessities of life, all live a reality that is getting worse by the day, amid Arab and international silence that perpetuates their suffering.

On the political level, writers and analysts say that internal divisions are casting a shadow over the situation, with increasing calls for a Palestinian reorganization to confront existing challenges. They express hope that the holiday will be an opportunity to achieve a truce or breakthrough.

They add: However, the facts on the ground appear more complex, as the occupation continues its aggressive policies and its intransigence in the face of any political solutions.

In light of this reality, Palestinians remain steadfast, believing that their suffering will not last forever, and that the hope for freedom and justice will remain present despite the pain.

The third Eid in a row under the shadow of war

Writer and political analyst Majed Hadib says that Eid al-Fitr comes to the Gaza Strip for the third consecutive time, without bringing any sign of joy to its residents. Palestinians are living under the yoke of war, destruction, and displacement, while Israeli bombardment and the blockade of the Strip continue.

"What kind of holiday is this when Gaza is being annihilated? What kind of holiday is this when the remains of our loved ones are still scattered everywhere? What kind of holiday is this when those who survived the Holocaust are moving in their tents from one area to another in search of safety and security?" Hadib adds.

Hadib asserts that the reality of Gaza today is completely different from any previous Eid, as even the basic necessities needed for celebration are unavailable. There are no homes for families, no open places of worship, no food or drink, and not even new clothes for children, given the complete closure of the crossings and the stifling blockade.

Hadib explains that the Gaza Strip has lost all of the usual features of Eid, with no prayers held in mosques, no street lights adorning the streets, and no open restaurants or entertainment venues. He points out that "all those places that used to be crowded with visitors on such occasions have now become destroyed areas and camps for displaced persons."

Hadib points out that Gaza is experiencing nothing but loss and tears. Many families have been completely wiped out, and there are no relatives left to visit. Even those who remain cannot meet due to road closures, fuel shortages, and the difficulty of movement.

"How can a Palestinian look forward to Eid when he cannot even visit his relatives because of the destruction and the siege?" Hadib asks.

Those who give charity need someone to give them charity.

Hadib asserts that the tragedy in the Gaza Strip is exacerbated by the deteriorating economic situation, with those who once gave charity to the poor now in need of others to give them charity. He explains that Gaza is no longer able to endure further crises, and that the Palestinian people in the Strip are now suffering from a cost of living that is beyond their capacity.

Regarding the political situation, Hadib points out that the hope Palestinians anticipate for Eid is the declaration of a truce, but even so, the next phase may be more difficult than the past.

"What's coming seems more uncertain and dangerous, not only on the Palestinian level, but also on the Arab level and for the future of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict," Hadib added.

Hadib points out that Gaza is witnessing mass protests demanding an end to the war and the achievement of national unity. However, recent statements by Hamas leaders and their responses to the demonstrations do not bode well for any real change in the situation, but rather confirm the persistence of internal division and the complexity of the situation.

Hadib asserts that the only solution to saving and rebuilding Gaza lies in Hamas' withdrawal from the political, security, and military landscape.

Hamas's withdrawal from the scene

"Hamas's absence from power could give the Palestinian people a chance to rise again and create the conditions for a final end to the war," Hadib says.

Hadeeb warns that Hamas's continued control of the Gaza Strip will lead to disastrous consequences, saying, "Hamas' insistence on ruling will leave Gaza with only two options: continued war or forced displacement, especially given the intransigence of the Israeli far right and its rejection of Hamas's presence as the governing authority in the Strip."

Hadib asserts that Gaza may be at a crossroads: it will either witness a breakthrough if Hamas withdraws from the political scene, or it will continue to be mired in a cycle of war and suffering. He points out that "the future could be better without Hamas in the picture, but that requires bold decisions that place the interests of the Palestinian people above all other considerations."

Palestinians now need to end the aggression.

For his part, writer and political analyst Adnan Al-Sabah asserts that holidays have always been occasions for joy and human solidarity, but the reality experienced by Palestinians today, whether in the Gaza Strip or the West Bank, completely contradicts these ideals.

Al-Sabah explains that the ongoing massacres against Palestinians make Eid an occasion devoid of hope and joy, amidst the Arab, Islamic, and international silence on the killing and destruction to which the Palestinian people are being subjected.

Al-Sabah points out that the Eid holiday is essentially associated with goodness, blessings, and charity, but even the simplest forms of solidarity, such as protecting civilians from killing, have become absent from the scene.

Al-Sabah stresses that what Palestinians need today is not only humanitarian support, but also a decisive stance that ends the ongoing injustice and aggression against Gaza and all Palestinian territories.

Al-Sabah asserts that the future of the Palestinian cause depends on the Palestinians' ability to unite around a unified national program, emphasizing that the persistence of division hinders any possibility of achieving justice and freedom.

Al-Sabah says, "The Palestinian people need real solidarity and practical support, beyond slogans," calling for effective Arab, Islamic, and international action to stop the crimes against the Palestinians.

The war of extermination and division double the suffering of the Palestinians.

For his part, writer and political analyst Awni Al-Mashni says that Eid al-Fitr falls this year amid exceptionally harsh circumstances for the Palestinian people, who are suffering under unprecedented persecution, including genocide, ethnic cleansing, famine, and detentions, in addition to ongoing Israeli attacks and violations in various regions.

Al-Mashni says: "What compounds our people's suffering on this holiday is not only the crimes of the occupation, but also the continued Palestinian division and media squabbling, which reflects a lack of national responsibility and a failure to rise to the level of current challenges."

Al-Mashni asserts that the Palestinian people, who have made enormous sacrifices over the past decades, deserve a leadership more capable of shouldering responsibility and with a genuine will to emerge from this impasse and lead them toward freedom and independence.

The occupation also faces a severe strategic crisis.

Al-Mashni points out that the crisis facing the Palestinians is not unique to the situation. Indeed, the occupation itself is facing a severe strategic crisis, despite its military and economic superiority. He asserts that Israel finds itself in a worsening predicament, with no way out other than ending the occupation and recognizing the rights of the Palestinian people.

Al-Mashni says, "The road to freedom may be difficult and long, filled with sacrifice and pain, but it is the only path available, and Palestinians have no choice but to move forward toward achieving their national goals, despite all the challenges and obstacles."

Al-Mashni asserts that Palestinians realize that their struggle will not be in vain, and that they are closer than ever to achieving their legitimate rights. He emphasizes that the will of the people will remain stronger than the occupation, and that the coming days will prove that the steadfastness of Palestinians is capable of changing the equation, no matter how harsh the circumstances.

The Palestinian endures pain and suffering alone.

For his part, writer and political analyst Suleiman Basharat asserts that this year's Eid al-Fitr comes to Palestinians, particularly in the Gaza Strip, as they struggle under the weight of killing, starvation, and escalating suffering. Basharat describes it as a "heavy Eid," one that has lost its humanitarian and religious meaning due to the harsh conditions Palestinians are experiencing.

Basharat says: "Palestinians no longer distinguish between days and occasions, even those that are supposed to carry feelings of unity between the Arab and Islamic nations. The Palestinian today feels that he is enduring pain and suffering alone, as if the world has completely abandoned him."

Basharat explains that this feeling not only generates pain and anguish, but also reinforces among Palestinians a growing sense of belonging to the Islamic and Arab world, which was supposed to come to the aid of the Palestinian people and alleviate their suffering.

Basharat points out that the suffering of Palestinians is not limited to special occasions, but rather their entire lives have become a continuous series of pain and bitterness, with no difference between one day and the next.

"The Palestinian today is no longer able to distinguish between his days, as they are all similar in the extent of their suffering, which forces him to live in isolation as if his only concern is survival, far from the concerns of the nation," Basharat says.

Eid brings some hope to Palestinians

Basharat believes that this reality is the result of accumulated feelings of disappointment, fear, and loss of the future, amidst the lack of clarity regarding what tomorrow might hold.

Basharat emphasizes that the holiday, despite its bitterness, carries at least some hope for Palestinians, saying, "Our Islamic holidays, whether Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha, come after arduous rituals such as fasting and Hajj, as if God is rewarding Muslims for their patience. This feeling strengthens Palestinians' hope that this suffering will one day end, and then there will be joy and the reward of a better life."

Regarding the conditions of Palestinian children during Eid, Basharat says that even if they were able to buy new clothes or some toys, they would not be happy in light of a reality filled with killing, displacement, and ongoing targeting.

Basharat asserts that this feeling is not limited to the Gaza Strip, but extends to the West Bank, Jerusalem, and all Palestinian communities.

"The suffering is the same, although its details differ. Every Palestinian suffers in one way or another," says Basharat, noting that the reality of Eid today is not much different from any other day filled with fear, anxiety, and challenges.

Pain breeds challenge

Regarding the future, Basharat describes it as one of the most difficult questions for Palestinians, given the uncertainty and great risks surrounding it.

Basharat stresses that the Palestinians' history of struggle has proven their ability to persevere and adhere to their rights, despite all the pressure, massacres, and international failure.

Basharat says, "From Vietnam to Algeria to Somalia, many peoples have resisted occupation and colonialism and succeeded in triumphing despite harsh conditions. Palestinians today, despite the double pain of Eid, draw strength from their suffering to persevere, because pain breeds defiance."

Basharat asserts that the future outlook for Palestinians remains uncertain and fraught with danger, but at the same time, it holds out hope for a more stable and hopeful future. He says, "Perhaps this painful phase we are experiencing today is the key to transitioning to a better, more peaceful, and reassuring future."

The occupation does not care about humanitarian and religious aspects.

Writer and political analyst Samer Anbatawi says the Israeli occupation continues its escalation against Palestinians during Eid al-Fitr, without any regard for humanitarian or religious aspects.

Anbatawi asserts that the crimes committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank reflect its insistence on advancing its settlement project, noting that "the occupying state disregards Islamic holidays and occasions and continues its killing, starvation, and genocide against the Palestinian people."

Anbatawi stresses that the occupation has recently proven that it still possesses "brutality and repressive methods," despite expectations that the most extreme violence had been used prior to the ceasefire agreement.

"Unfortunately, it has become clear that the occupation has many brutal methods it has not yet used, and it continues to commit massacres against civilians," Anbatawi said.

Anbatawi points out that there are Israeli attempts to blame the Palestinian resistance for the escalation, despite the fact that the occupation is the one that violated the agreement and evaded political obligations. Everyone knows that Israel is the one that has thwarted any efforts to calm the situation and has continued its aggression against the Palestinians in Gaza.

Netanyahu is looking for excuses to continue the war.

Regarding the future of the situation during Eid and the coming period, Anbatawi asserts that the situation is heading toward further escalation, as Benjamin Netanyahu's government seeks to destabilize the security situation to avoid any political agreements.

"Netanyahu is looking for pretexts to continue the war, whether in Gaza or the West Bank, while continually evading any understandings that could lead to a long-term truce," Anbatawi says.

Anbatawi points out that the Israeli escalation comes within the framework of an "ongoing Zionist project" aimed at displacing Palestinians and controlling their land. He warns that "the price of surrender to the occupation will be much higher than the price of steadfastness, because it will open the door to the implementation of displacement and settlement plans on a broader and more rapid scale."

Anbatawi believes that the next phase, despite the possibility of limited calm, will continue to be characterized by escalation due to the occupation's intransigence and adherence to its expansionist plans. He said, "Israel will not cease its aggression as long as it implements its settlement policies without deterrence."

The joy of Eid is almost non-existent

For his part, writer and political analyst Sari Samour says that Eid al-Fitr comes to the people of the Gaza Strip this year amidst a catastrophic humanitarian situation. The Israeli aggression on the Strip continues, leaving tens of thousands dead and wounded, in addition to the widespread destruction of infrastructure and homes, making the joy of Eid almost nonexistent for Palestinians suffering from bombing, starvation, and siege.

Sammour asserts that this year's Eid al-Fitr marks the third consecutive time that Palestinians in Gaza have celebrated it amid an ongoing tragedy. He points out that Palestine, and the Gaza Strip in particular, has not known a happy Eid since the Nakba, as the population lives under the yoke of occupation and recurring wars, with brief periods of calm that do nothing to change the reality.

Sammour believes that Eid comes to the children of Gaza who may have lost their fathers and mothers or suffered permanent disabilities as a result of the bombing, while bereaved mothers live with the pain of loss after the martyrdom of their sons and husbands, until every family in the Strip suffers from loss and pain, in addition to the fear and terror of the continued attacks.

Palestinians cling to hope

Despite the tragic scene, Samour stresses that Palestinians are clinging to hope, believing that the ordeal will one day end and that they will celebrate their holidays as other peoples do.

Samour says, "There are universal laws that confirm that justice will prevail, and that the Palestinians will one day be able to reclaim their homeland and holy sites and thwart all plans aimed at liquidating their cause."

Samour explains that a study of history proves the Palestinian people's ability to persevere and confront challenges, despite international hostility and ongoing aggression. He points out that the occupation has failed over the decades to break the will of the Palestinians, and that hope will remain pinned on liberation from the occupation, no matter how long it takes.

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 1:51 pm - Jerusalem Time

To end the war, Netanyahu stipulates that Hamas must lay down its weapons and withdraw its leaders from Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his government's policies in managing the war on Gaza, particularly regarding the handling of the prisoner issue, attacking criticism and reinforcing his narrative that "military and political pressure" is the only way to recover the prisoners.


This came at the start of the Israeli government session on Sunday morning, with Netanyahu saying, "The combination of military and political pressure is the only thing that brought the prisoners back, not all the empty claims and slogans I hear in the studios from those who consider themselves experts."


Regarding the war of extermination on the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu said: "Military pressure is working. It simultaneously strikes Hamas's military and governmental capabilities, while creating conditions for the release of our prisoners. That's exactly what we are doing."


He continued, "The cabinet met last night and decided to increase the pressure, which was already substantial, in order to further crush Hamas and create optimal conditions for the release of the prisoners." He added, "In this context, I want to respond to three false allegations that are constantly being leveled against us, as part of a series of ongoing lies."


He said, "The first is that we are not negotiating. This is not true. We are negotiating under fire, and that is why they are effective. We are now noticing some cracks. The second is that we are not prepared to discuss the final stage. This is also not true."


He added, "We are ready. Hamas must lay down its weapons and allow its leaders to leave Gaza, and we will ensure public security in the Strip and enable the implementation of US President Donald Trump's plan for voluntary emigration. This is the plan. We are not hiding it and are prepared to discuss it at any time."


He added, "The third point is that we don't care about the prisoners. This is not true. Last week, we met with four families and spoke with four others. We spoke deeply and felt their great pain. Claiming that we don't care is echoing Hamas propaganda, what Hamas is trying to broadcast in its videos to target our unity and our image."


Netanyahu continued, "We are committed to returning the prisoners, and we are working toward that. So far, only a combination of military and political pressure has yielded results, not all those empty claims from studio pundits."


Regarding Hezbollah, Netanyahu said, "In Lebanon, there is strict enforcement, without compromise. These are the instructions that I, the defense minister, and the cabinet gave to the army, and it is implementing them to the best of its ability. We do not allow any complacency, any reduction in the level of deterrence, or any special considerations."


He added, "The State of Lebanon is responsible for what originates from its territory, and it must ensure that no attacks are launched from there toward Israel. We respect Lebanon and its army, and therefore we demand of them what we demand from a party that respects us."


Regarding the Houthis, Netanyahu said, "I greatly appreciate the actions being taken by the United States, our ally. They are hitting them with great force. We, in turn, are working to protect ourselves, as happened recently. But the United States' strong entry into this arena is an important development."


He concluded by saying, "We always value alliances. We have an alliance with the greatest power in the world, and it stands behind us in this arena and elsewhere without reservation, with the full appreciation of the citizens and government of Israel."

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 10:34 am - Jerusalem Time

Hamas announces approval of a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Khalil al-Hayya, head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, announced Saturday evening that the movement had approved a new ceasefire proposal for the Strip, which it had received from Egypt and Qatar. He expressed hope that Israel would not obstruct the proposal.

In a televised address, Al-Hayya said, "Two days ago, we received a proposal from our mediating brothers in Egypt and Qatar. We dealt with it positively and approved it. We hope that the occupation will not obstruct it and thwart the mediators' efforts."

He added, "Anyone who believes that we will hand over the Gaza Strip to an unknown entity controlled by the occupation is delusional."

He stressed that "the resistance's weapons are a red line, and their survival is linked to the end of the occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state."

Al-Hayya said, "We hope our brothers in Egypt will expedite the formation of the agreed-upon committee to administer the Gaza Strip," noting that "the movement has responded to the Egyptian brothers' proposal to form a committee to administer the Gaza Strip and is reaching advanced stages in this regard."

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 10:33 am - Jerusalem Time

Hebrew media: Israel requests the release of 10 prisoners as part of an alternative proposal.

The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Tel Aviv has presented an alternative proposal to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and a prisoner exchange, requesting that Hamas release 10 prisoners instead of the 5 included in the Egyptian proposal.

The newspaper quoted informed sources as saying that Israel "hopes to reach a ceasefire agreement before the Jewish Passover holiday, which falls between April 12 and 20."

According to the sources, "Israel insists on releasing 10 detainees in Gaza, instead of the 5 stipulated in the Egyptian proposal."

PALESTINE

Sun 30 Mar 2025 10:29 am - Jerusalem Time

Dead and wounded in the occupation's bombing of various parts of the Gaza Strip

Several civilians were killed and others wounded since dawn on Sunday, as the occupation forces bombed various parts of the Gaza Strip, coinciding with the first day of Eid al-Fitr.

Local sources reported that four citizens were killed when the occupation forces bombed a tent housing displaced persons in Qizan Abu Rashwan, south of Khan Yunis.

Two citizens were killed and others were injured when the occupation forces bombed the home of the Maqbal family in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip. Several others were injured when a drone bombed a gathering in the Khirbet al-Adas area, north of Rafah.

According to medical sources, the death toll from the aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 50,277, and the number of injuries to 114,095, since October 7, 2023.

OPINIONS

Sun 30 Mar 2025 10:28 am - Jerusalem Time

Blood feast and empty stomach!

Ibrahim Melhem

Ibrahim Melhem

Opinion Writer

My heart is in agony, almost torn to pieces from the gloom of the scene and the terrible outcome. Hearts have reached throats, while people are dying under the rubble of homes, in the streets and tents, and in front of food banks.

In Gaza, crucified on the stake, there is nothing but destruction and terrible death, killing, hunger, thirst, and oppression in the face of the enormity of the inability to provide food and medicine to the people, as they suffer their pain and breathe their last breath due to the depletion of life-saving supplies.

On Eid, sacrifices are offered, morning and evening, by children as they sleep in tents, waiting for food to satisfy their hunger from the food banks, and even inside operating rooms, where there are no medicines, no doctors, no medicine to relieve pain and heal wounds.

It is a feast of blood, scattered limbs, and empty stomachs that have not found a piece of bread or a sip of water to satisfy their hunger and sustain the lives of the hungry and frightened besieged people in the Al-Junaina and Tel Al-Sultan areas in Rafah, where nearly fifty thousand citizens are suffering under a stifling siege that bleeds blood and terror.

What kind of holiday is this in which we slaughter our livestock from vein to vein?

What kind of holiday is this when the nations have ganged up on us, and the hyenas that have broken free from all restraints have gnawed at our hearts, destroyed our homes, and are still threatening us with more?


It was a pearl until the criminal usurpers turned it into a cemetery and a large house of mourning that has not closed its doors for seventeen months.


Oh God, mend our broken hearts, increase our reward, and inspire us with your mercy, patience and solace, and protect our people in the slaughtered Gaza Strip from the treachery of the traitors and the silence of the silent and cowardly...!


Stop the genocide now...!

PALESTINE

Sat 29 Mar 2025 10:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

Settlers attack citizens' tents in the northern Jordan Valley.

Settlers attacked Palestinian civilians' tents in Al-Farisiya in the northern Jordan Valley on Saturday evening.


According to local sources, about 15 settlers attacked residents' tents in Nab' Ghazal in Farsiyya, and residents confronted them.


The area has been witnessing repeated settler incursions for some time, especially at night, which has raised fear among residents.

Two days ago, armed settlers attacked the same citizens at night, injuring one of them.

PALESTINE

Sat 29 Mar 2025 9:27 pm - Jerusalem Time

A young man from Tammun died of his wounds after being shot by the occupation forces, and his body was detained.

The Ministry of Health announced, this evening, Saturday, the death of the young man, Ahmed Qassem Suleiman Bani Odeh (22 years old), by Israeli occupation forces' bullets in the town of Tamoun, southeast of Tubas, and the detention of his body.


The Ministry of Health stated that the General Authority of Civil Affairs informed it of the death of Bani Odeh by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Tamoun.


This morning, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Tamoun, surrounded a house, and shot and wounded Bani Odeh before arresting him. The nature of his injuries is unknown.

PALESTINE

Sat 29 Mar 2025 8:33 pm - Jerusalem Time

The occupation announces its response to the mediators' proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza with another alternative.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Saturday evening that he had responded to a proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, received from mediators, with an alternative, after full coordination with Washington.


Netanyahu's office said in a statement that he held a series of consultations on Friday regarding a Gaza truce proposal he received through mediators.


The office added that Netanyahu subsequently decided to submit an alternative proposal to the mediators, after full coordination with Washington.