Israeli occupation forces raided homes and residential buildings in the city of Tulkarm and its two camps on Thursday evening, converting a number of them into military barracks after forcibly evacuating their residents.

Local sources said that the occupation forces raided the Al-Firdaws, Al-Susana, and Al-Hamdallah buildings in the traffic circle area of Tulkarm, adjacent to Nablus Street, and forced residents to evacuate their apartments, giving them two hours to leave, in preparation for converting them into military barracks.

She added that the occupation forces have intensified their military presence on Nablus Street, which connects the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, and around the buildings they have seized, with their vehicles and bulldozers positioned in the area.

In Tulkarm camp, occupation forces raided homes in the airport and al-Hadaida neighborhoods, forcibly removing the remaining residents from their homes, transforming them into military barracks. They also fired sound bombs at them, while infantry units spread out across all neighborhoods, raiding empty homes and turning them into military barracks, with a heavy presence in the Muqata'a neighborhood.

Over the past few days, Tulkarm camp has witnessed a massive exodus of its remaining residents from its outlying neighborhoods, including Qaqun, Abu al-Ful, Marbat Hanun, al-Hadaida, and al-Matar, after the occupation forces forced them to leave through threats and intimidation. The camp has become almost empty of its residents, with more than 12,000 refugees displaced.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces dispatched new military reinforcements to Tulkarm, where their vehicles patrolled the streets, specifically the central market and the street leading to the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, obstructing the movement of vehicles, including ambulances. An Israeli military vehicle also rammed a public vehicle in the city center, causing material damage but no injuries.

The Israeli occupation authorities continue to deprive 14 Palestinian mothers of their freedom and the ability to embrace their children. To date, 25 Palestinian female prisoners are languishing in Israeli prisons, suffering from extremely difficult and deplorable conditions. The arrest of these mothers has deprived dozens of children of their mothers.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Commission, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, and the Addameer Association said in a joint statement on Thursday, marking Mother's Day, that the recent period has been one of the bloodiest and most brutal months for Palestinian women, as violations have escalated systematically, especially with the ongoing brutal aggression and genocide against the Palestinian people everywhere. Palestinian women, especially female prisoners, live in conditions of oppression and abuse that violate all their human rights, in a scene that is repeated daily without any accountability.

The statement added that since the first days of the genocidal war, the occupation authorities have launched widespread arrest campaigns targeting tens of thousands of citizens, including women and mothers. Following the genocidal war against the Palestinian people, the highest rate of arrests of women was recorded, with the occupation authorities arresting approximately 500 Palestinian women, including mothers and women used as hostages to pressure family members to surrender.

The Tragedy of the Palestinian Mother: Arrest, Isolation, and Endless Suffering

The statement said that the tragedy of the Palestinian mother begins from the moment the occupation forces violently storm her home, often in the late hours of the night, where she is snatched away from her children at gunpoint, amidst the screams of her young ones and the scenes of deliberate abuse before their eyes. Her suffering does not stop at the point of arrest, but rather continues during the harsh transfer and interrogation processes, where she is subjected to humiliation and psychological and physical torture. Female prisoners have also been prevented from family visits since the beginning of the war of genocide.

The suffering of female prisoners in interrogation and detention centers

After their arrest, female prisoners' suffering is transferred to the occupation's interrogation centers, where they are subjected to harsh interrogation and detention methods. They are forced to stand for long hours in inhumane conditions, deprived of sleep and food, and face constant threats of all forms of violence aimed at extracting confessions or obtaining information. Many of them are denied the right to speak with their lawyers, which exacerbates their suffering and leaves long-term effects on their physical and mental health.

Al-Damon Prison: Cruelty and Inhumane Detention Conditions

The occupation forces detain the vast majority of female prisoners in Al-Damon Prison, which is considered one of the most prominent detention centers for Palestinian women. Female prisoners in this prison face harsh conditions that have become significantly more difficult since October 7, 2023, especially in the weeks that followed this date. Female prisoners were subjected to continuous attacks, including solitary confinement and abuse by repression units, in addition to the confiscation of all their personal property and deprivation of their most basic rights, including the right to communicate with their families and children.

As part of these ongoing violations, the prison administration implemented a starvation policy, preventing female prisoners, like other prisoners, from purchasing food from the canteen and providing them with meals that were both poor in quantity and quality. It also practiced a policy of deliberate medical neglect against them. In addition, overcrowding in the prison exacerbated the suffering of female prisoners, as many of them were forced to sleep on the floor amid a severe shortage of clothing and blankets. This was exacerbated by the cold weather, as some female prisoners were forced to wear the same clothes they were detained in for long periods without changing.

Medical crimes against female prisoners: ongoing suffering and denial of treatment

Prisoner (R. A.) is three months pregnant inside the occupation's prisons.

Medical crimes against female and male prisoners in Israeli prisons constitute an ongoing human rights policy for decades. Many female prisoners are denied access to necessary medical care despite suffering from chronic illnesses or injuries sustained during detention. Female prisoners are denied essential medications, and some suffer severe delays in receiving treatment, further exacerbating their health conditions.

Among the female prisoners, at least one is three months pregnant. She is a mother of two girls and suffers from difficult health conditions due to deliberate medical neglect. This prisoner and other female detainees are not provided with adequate care, and their rights to undergo the necessary tests or receive the treatment necessary to preserve their health and the life of their fetus are being excluded. This neglect constitutes a flagrant violation of the rights of pregnant women in prisons, and increases their psychological and physical suffering in the absence of medical care, while they are denied high-quality meals and the severe food shortages that deprive pregnant women of the necessary nutrients needed to ensure their safety and that of their fetuses.

Mothers of prisoners: constant anxiety and complete disconnection

Prisoners are not the only ones who suffer the bitterness of isolation and deprivation. The suffering extends to their families and mothers outside the prisons. Thousands of Palestinian mothers live in daily anxiety over the fate of their imprisoned children, unable to check on them or hear their voices. All prisoners today, without exception, are deprived of contact with their families due to the occupation's repressive measures, which prevent visits and cut off all means of communication.

Among the cases of imprisoned mothers are the mother of two martyrs, the prisoner Hanin Jaber from Tulkarm, and another prisoner suffering from cancer, the prisoner (F.A.) from Qalqilya, in addition to two sisters who are imprisoned mothers, Iman and Afnan Zahour from Hebron, and there is a mother and her daughter imprisoned together from Nablus, they are Dalal Halabi and her daughter Islam, in addition to the prisoner Aya Al-Khatib who has been imprisoned since before October 7th.

Arrests of Women in Gaza After the War of Extermination: Continued Suffering and Harsh Stories

Following the war of extermination and the ground invasion launched by the occupation forces in the Gaza Strip, many Palestinian women were subjected to arrest in inhumane conditions. An unknown number of them were arrested as part of a systematic policy of the occupation aimed at taking revenge on the Palestinian people, especially mothers. The arrests included women of all ages, including mothers, students, activists, and even minors. Despite the lack of accurate statistics, the policy of enforced disappearance was the dominant factor.

Among these painful human stories stands out the case of an elderly female prisoner from the Gaza Strip, who remains in occupation prisons despite her advanced age. This mother was arrested along with her two daughters. One of her daughters spent a long time in detention before being released, while the mother remained in detention and continues to suffer from the effects of aging and illnesses exacerbated by medical crimes.

US immigration authorities detained a Georgetown University researcher on a "work-study exchange" visa on Monday evening, according to his lawyer, who quickly filed a lawsuit demanding his immediate release, according to the Washington Post.

The researcher's lawyers told the Washington Post that "Badr Khan Suri, an Indian citizen who is married to a Palestinian woman (born in the United States), was detained outside his home in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C., by Department of Homeland Security agents. Suri was then taken to a detention center in central Virginia before being transferred to an ICE detention center in Louisiana, where Palestinian Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is being held, "where he is now awaiting an immigration court date, according to his lawyer."

Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin claimed on Channel X that Suri was spreading "Hamas propaganda and promoting anti-Semitism on social media." She also alleged that Suri—who was admitted to the country on a J-1 visa designated for researchers and professionals working for a US employer—had connections to a senior Hamas advisor. Suri's attorney, Hassan Ahmad, stated that he committed no crime.

It's worth noting that the Syrian's arrest came a week after Department of Homeland Security agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent resident, who was also transferred to Louisiana. President Donald Trump had accused Khalil and other pro-Palestinian activists of engaging in "terrorist, anti-Semitic, and anti-American activities," but a federal judge temporarily halted the deportation.

Federal officials have intensified arrests and detentions of other immigrants with legal status in the United States, as Trump attempts to implement a broader crackdown on immigration that he promised during his campaign. Lawyers for the First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech and assembly, have argued that Khalil's arrest—on charges that federal officials have linked solely to his activism—is unconstitutional and could have a chilling effect on free speech. In an opinion piece published in The Guardian this week from his detention in Louisiana, Khalil described himself as a "political prisoner," saying, "My arrest was a direct result of exercising my right to free speech, advocating for a free Palestine and an end to the genocide in Gaza."

Trump said on his Truth Social platform last week that Khalil's arrest was "the first of many to come."

"We know that there are more students at Columbia University and other universities across the country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, and anti-American activities, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it," the US president said in his post.

Suri's arrest appears to be based on the same provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act that federal authorities used to try to deport Khalil. McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, told Channel X that "Suri's activities and presence in the United States made him subject to removal" under this obscure, rarely cited provision, which gives the Secretary of State the authority to deport any individual whose presence in the United States would have "potential adverse foreign policy consequences." McLaughlin added that Secretary of State Marco Rubio made this determination in Suri's case on March 15.

Georgetown University spokeswoman Megan Dubyak said in a statement that Suri "has been granted an official visa" to the United States to continue his research on peacebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the university expects "the legal system to resolve this matter fairly."

"We are not aware of his involvement in any illegal activity, and we have not received any reason for his detention," she said. "We support the rights of our community members to freely and openly question, debate, and discuss, even if the underlying ideas are difficult, controversial, or objectionable."

According to his bio at Georgetown University, Suri is a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Foreign Service, studying what makes cooperation more difficult among religiously diverse communities and what can be done to resolve these difficulties. He has traveled across conflict zones in India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and the Middle East. He wrote his doctoral dissertation in 2020 at a college in India on state-building in Afghanistan and Iraq.

According to Politico, Suri's attorney, Hassan Ahmad, argued in the lawsuit — which is not available on the court's website — that Suri was detained because of his wife's Palestinian heritage and the couple's political beliefs about U.S. policy toward Israel.

Narmin Arastoo, another of Suri's lawyers, described Suri's detention as "part of the Trump regime's broader racist attacks on immigrant communities. No one, citizen or non-citizen, should live in fear of being ripped from their family."

Dr. Feroz Sidhwa, an American trauma surgeon volunteering in southern Gaza, told the American website Antiwar.com what he witnessed Tuesday morning when Israel resumed its intense bombing campaign on the besieged enclave, killing more than 400 Palestinians, including more than 180 children and hundreds of women.

Sidhwa said he and the medical team at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis performed surgeries "almost exclusively on women and children."

He added to the website that the first patient he found was a three- or four-year-old girl "suffering from shortness of breath, a weak pulse, and multiple shrapnel wounds to her head and face," and that he had to tell her father that she would not survive.

Dr. Sidhwa says in his statement: “On the morning of March 18, 2025, I was volunteering at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Gaza. At around 2:30 a.m., Israel began bombing Gaza again, as usual, under false pretexts. This appears to have been coordinated in advance with the White House, revealing the extent of our government’s complicity in these crimes. I woke up startled when our bedroom door opened and I was stunned into the closet behind it.”

He describes what he did: “I headed to the emergency room to help with the mass casualty situation we knew would follow. The Palestinian surgeon and the nurse team leader who led the mass casualty efforts did a great job controlling the situation and triaging patients. I went to the red triage area with Dr. Morgan McMonagle, an Irish trauma and vascular surgeon. The first patient I found was a 3-4-year-old girl with respiratory distress, a weak pulse, and multiple shrapnel wounds to her head and face. I told her father she was going to die, and there was nothing we could do about it… Next, Morgan was assessing a six-year-old boy with shrapnel wounds to his chest, abdomen, and left leg. He underwent an exploratory abdominal exam, which fortunately revealed no major abdominal bleeding. We found his popliteal artery was severed, and fortunately, Dr. McMonagle was able to essentially repair it.”

Dr. Sidhwa continues, "I then proceeded to perform an exploratory abdominal exam on a 29-year-old woman, whom I later discovered was the sister of one of the doctors I work with here. Her sacrum, the bone in the pelvis that connects the pelvis to the spine, had a tennis ball-sized hole in it, as did the skin and muscles of her lower back, causing massive bleeding. Her rectum was torn in half, and her vagina and bladder were both injured. We were able to successfully move her from the operating room to the intensive care unit, but she died within the next 12 hours."

"Then we treated a six-year-old child who had two pieces of shrapnel in his right ventricle, causing a cardiac effusion. His heart stopped on the way to the operating room. Dr. McMonagle opened his chest, repaired his heart, and was able to restart it. We then examined the child's abdomen and found a severe injury to the right side of his liver, three perforations in his stomach, two perforations in his colon, and five perforations in his small intestine. He was without a doubt the most severely injured child I have ever seen, and he was not dead yet. We were able to get him out of the operating room and into the intensive care unit, but he also died 12 hours later."

"The night continued in this vein: We operated almost exclusively on women and children, and we had no indication that these few wounded men were combatants," Dr. Sidhwa added in his statement.

Sidhwa concludes his statement by emphasizing, “The Americans must immediately cease providing the critical military, diplomatic, and economic support that makes these crimes possible. Hamas has already agreed to a three-phase ceasefire that includes the return of all Israeli captives, and by all accounts, Hamas has adhered to the agreement. Anyone who reads the Israeli press knows that Israel’s plan from the outset was never to enter the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, just as Israel has failed to adhere to every ceasefire signed with Hamas since 2004. The United States is the guarantor of the January 19 ceasefire agreement, and therefore our assistance in helping Israel violate it is doubly illegal. I hope people will do everything they can at this crucial moment.”

It is noteworthy that Sky News interviewed Dr. Sidhwa about the massive and disastrous Israeli bombing.

Sidhwa previously volunteered in Gaza in March and April of 2024 and helped draw attention to the crimes against Palestinian children that he and other American healthcare workers witnessed.

In October 2024, Sidhwa and 98 other American healthcare workers sent an open letter to then-President Joe Biden urging him to end military aid to Israel. The letter stated that every healthcare worker "worked in an emergency room, intensive care unit, or surgery and treated children under the age of 18 who had been shot in the head or chest on a regular or even daily basis."

The White House announced Thursday that US President Donald Trump "fully supports" Israel's resumption of its war, airstrikes, and ground operations in the Gaza Strip, holding Hamas responsible.

White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt told reporters, in response to a question about whether Trump was seeking to restore the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, that the US president "fully supports Israel and the Israeli military, and all the steps they have taken in recent days."

The White House added, "Trump made it clear to Hamas that it would pay a heavy price if it did not release the hostages."

He stated that Hamas "is the one who chose to manipulate people's lives, exploiting them for media purposes."

The White House announced that Israel consulted with the Trump administration before launching a series of large-scale airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

The White House spokeswoman said, "The Israelis consulted with the Trump administration and the White House regarding their attacks on Gaza tonight," stressing that, "as President Trump has made clear, Hamas, the Houthis, Iran, and anyone who seeks to terrorize not only Israel, but the United States as well, will pay a heavy price—the gates of hell will open wide."

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, denounced the "endless unleashing of the most horrific and inhumane ordeals" on the people of Gaza after Israel renewed its war on the territory.

"It has been nearly three weeks and the Israeli authorities are still preventing the entry of humanitarian aid or essential commercial supplies," Lazzarini said on the X platform.

"Under our daily eyes, the people of Gaza are repeatedly living their worst nightmares. An endless unleashing of the most horrific and inhumane ordeals," he added.

"Evacuation orders have been issued forcing people to flee, affecting tens of thousands of people," Lazzarini said, adding that "the vast majority of them have already been displaced and treated as 'balls' since the beginning of the war, nearly a year and a half ago."

Lazzarini condemned Israel's ban on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, which has been in place since the beginning of March.

He pointed out that "there is no more time. We now need to renew the ceasefire, release all hostages in Gaza in a dignified manner, and facilitate the smooth entry of humanitarian aid and commercial supplies."

The first phase of the ceasefire lasted six weeks, during which 33 Palestinian prisoners, including eight bodies, were released in exchange for more than 1,800 Palestinian prisoners.

However, negotiations conducted during the ceasefire, mediated by Qatar, the United States, and Egypt, to move to the second phase did not progress due to Israel's refusal to implement its obligations to end the war and complete the exchange and reconstruction in the third phase.

Hamas wants to move to the second phase of the agreement, which is supposed to include an end to the war, an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the reopening of crossings for the entry of humanitarian aid, and the release of the remaining prisoners.

In contrast, Israel wants to extend the first phase until mid-April and demands the demilitarization of Gaza and the end of Hamas's rule, which has ruled the territory since 2007, before proceeding with the second phase.

The Ministry of Finance confirmed that the Israeli occupation forces have been withholding approximately 7 billion shekels in clearance funds (Palestinian tax revenues) from 2019 until last February, refusing to transfer them to the State of Palestine.

The ministry explained in a statement on Thursday that these deductions were made under various pretexts, including:

- 2 billion shekels as part of the so-called Gaza Strip allocations.

- 3.7 billion shekels were deducted under the item of allocations for families of martyrs and prisoners.

- 1.2 billion shekels were deducted as departure tax fees through the crossings to Jordan.

The ministry affirmed that since the beginning of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in October 2023, the occupying forces have escalated their financial measures, doubling the value of deductions from clearance revenues to more than 50% of their total monthly value, and deliberately delaying their transfers in an unprecedented manner.

She explained that while these revenues used to be transferred during the first week of each month, they are now disbursed after the middle of the month, further deepening the Palestinian government's financial crisis.

The ministry noted that official Israeli sources have recently begun reporting on deductions of large sums of money held as compensation for "the families of Israeli dead or wounded," holding Palestinian officials responsible for this by seizing unspecified sums of our withheld funds.

She noted that this delay directly impacted the Palestinian government's ability to pay public employee salaries on time and hampered its ability to meet other financial obligations, exacerbating the economic crisis and increasing financial pressures.

She said that the Ministry of Finance's data indicates that the occupation deducts monthly:

275 million shekels, an amount similar to what the Palestinian government provides to our people in the Gaza Strip.

52.6 million shekels in deductions under the pretext of allowances for families of martyrs and prisoners.

The Ministry of Finance stated that the total Israeli deductions from clearance revenues amounted to 20.6 billion shekels from 2012 until last February, distributed as follows:

12.5 billion shekels for electricity costs

4 billion shekels for water purchases

1.3 billion shekels for sewage services

3 billion shekels for medical services

The Ministry of Finance stressed that, in light of these alarming figures, Israel's continued withholding of clearance revenues and illegal deductions constitutes a flagrant violation of all signed agreements and directly impacts the Palestinian economy and citizens' livelihoods.

She noted that the Palestinian government, in cooperation with international partners and relevant parties, continues to pressure for the release of our withheld funds and an end to the policy of illegal deductions from our people's funds.

The ministry noted that these Israeli measures are part of the comprehensive aggression against our people and our official institutions, emphasizing that the Palestinian government will do everything in its power to strengthen the steadfastness of our people.

She noted the adoption of a fiscal rationalization policy for the 2025 budget, which complements the government's efforts in its financial and administrative reform program, which included more than 50 reform measures in less than a year since the last Palestinian government took office.

More than 500 Palestinians, including 200 children, have been killed and over 900 others injured since the Israeli war on Gaza resumed at dawn last Tuesday, bringing the total death toll since October 7, 2023, to 49,617 dead and 112,950 wounded, according to the latest figures announced by the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip on Thursday.

This comes as the Israeli military resumed its airstrikes across the Gaza Strip and advanced along several fronts. This follows 57 days of a fragile ceasefire that came into effect on January 19, and the Netanyahu government's refusal to complete the agreement and its related commitments, including an end to the war, a prisoner exchange, and reconstruction.

Coinciding with the intensification of airstrikes, the Israeli army launched ground operations in the central and northern Gaza Strip, indicating that its forces control the central Netzarim axis.

Fleeing the heavy Israeli bombardment in the northern Gaza Strip, families resumed their displacement journey, which had been repeated several times during the war.

Thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Thursday on Gaza Street in Jerusalem, near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence. Clashes erupted between demonstrators and police, who attempted to suppress and disperse the protest by force.

For the second day in a row, protests continued in Jerusalem, demanding the release of Israeli prisoners, rejecting the ongoing war on Gaza, and opposing attempts to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.

The demonstrators began their march from the Kiryat Hameshala (ministerial complex) area toward Netanyahu's residence, but police forces blocked their path several hundred meters from the house, setting up roadblocks and assaulting them to prevent them from advancing.

Some protesters attempted to breach the barriers, but police confronted them forcefully, using sewage hoses to spray them with polluted, foul-smelling water in an attempt to disperse them. Police also assaulted several protesters and arrested others.

Footage from the protest site showed a police officer pushing demonstrators to the ground, including the leader of the Democratic Party, Yair Golan. Another clip documented a police officer confiscating a loudspeaker from a female protester.

Police surrounded the group of protesters on both sides using water cannons, preventing them from crossing the barriers or even moving away from the confrontation site. Some were injured when they were exposed to the strong water currents from a very short distance away.

In a brief statement, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid condemned "the police's behavior and the assault on Yair Golan," saying, "It is not possible for a former deputy chief of staff and head of an opposition party to be harmed while demonstrating for Israeli democracy."

Lapid called on the police commissioner to "conduct an immediate investigation into the incident."

The government is scheduled to hold a meeting this evening to approve the dismissal of Shin Bet chief Bar, while proceedings to dismiss Baharav-Miara will resume at another meeting next Sunday, amid calls for an escalation of anti-government protests.

The morning hours witnessed a march organized by academics, starting from the Hebrew University's headquarters in Givat Ram and heading to Gaza Street. A number of activists also held a silent protest demanding the return of the prisoners, which was attended by family members of prisoners held in Gaza.

In the evening hours, demonstrators are expected to gather in large numbers in Jerusalem, with some intending to block major roads, similar to what happened last night when many protesters left their cars in the streets. In preparation, the Jerusalem Municipality has deployed cranes to tow protesters' vehicles.

Human Rights Watch asserted that Israeli occupation forces committed war crimes by causing avoidable deaths and suffering among Palestinian patients during their occupation of hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

The organization stated in a report on Thursday that it documented that "Israeli forces deprived patients of electricity, water, food, and medicine, opened fire on civilians, mistreated health workers, and deliberately destroyed medical facilities and equipment. Unlawful forced evictions placed patients at grave risk and forced hospitals to shut down, putting much-needed facilities out of service."

“Israeli forces repeatedly displayed deadly brutality against Palestinian patients in hospitals they controlled,” said Bill Van Esveld, associate children’s rights director at Human Rights Watch. “The Israeli military’s denial of water and electricity led to the deaths of patients and wounded, while soldiers abused and forcibly displaced patients and medical staff, and damaged and destroyed hospitals.”

It stressed that "by occupying Gaza's hospitals, the Israeli army has transformed medical facilities and recovery centers into centers of death and abuse," calling for "those involved in these horrific violations, including senior officials, to be held accountable."

The organization said, "The Israeli authorities have not announced any investigations into allegations of serious violations of international humanitarian law, including alleged war crimes, committed by Israeli ground forces while controlling these or other hospitals. The unlawful forced evacuations from hospitals, deliberately carried out as part of the Israeli government's policy of forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza, amount to crimes against humanity."

In its report, the organization documented testimonies from patients and two medical staff who were present when the occupation forces stormed and occupied Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City in November 2023 and again in March 2024, and at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in January 2024, and at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in February 2024.

It explained that "Israeli forces occupying hospitals severely interfered with the treatment of the wounded and sick, rejected doctors' pleas to bring medicines and supplies to the patients, and blocked access to hospitals and ambulances, leading to the deaths of wounded and chronically ill patients, including children undergoing kidney dialysis."

Human Rights Watch noted that "Israeli forces forcibly evacuated hospitals, placing patients, medical staff, and displaced persons at grave risk. They ordered patients to leave hospitals without assistance, including those on stretchers and wheelchairs, and rarely facilitated their transfer to other health facilities, which were sometimes unable to provide care. After Israeli forces evacuated some hospital buildings, they unlawfully burned or destroyed them."

It noted that "Israeli soldiers committed violations against patients, medical personnel, and displaced persons in hospitals, shooting and killing civilians, shooting at medical personnel, and mistreating detainees."

The organization previously reported "unlawful Israeli attacks on hospitals and ambulances, as well as arbitrary detention and torture of medical personnel. As of September 2024, only four of Gaza's 36 hospitals had not been destroyed or damaged by Israeli forces, according to the World Health Organization, posing a serious threat to the population's health in both the short and long term."

It stated that since October 7, 2023, "the Israeli authorities have deliberately imposed harmful and deadly conditions on the Palestinian population in Gaza, including deliberately depriving them of food, water, and other essentials for their survival, such as medicine, which amounts to the crime against humanity of extermination, in addition to acts of genocide."

"Since March 2, the Israeli government has again blocked the entry of all aid into Gaza, including fuel, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. On March 18, the Israeli military launched a new wave of airstrikes and artillery shelling across the Gaza Strip, killing more than 400 people," she said.

Today, Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces demolished a house and an agricultural room in the village of Al-Walaja, northwest of Bethlehem.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed Al-Walaja, took up positions in the Jabal Ruwaysat area, and demolished a 50-square-meter inhabited house belonging to Taha Muhammad Awadallah, and an agricultural room belonging to his brother Ahmad, under the pretext of lacking a license.

It added that the occupation forces sealed off the area, prevented residents from reaching the demolition site, fired tear gas and sound bombs, and assaulted Mohammed Awadallah.

Yesterday, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested 60 citizens from the West Bank in occupied Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem Governorate said that the occupation police announced the arrest of 60 citizens from the West Bank on a bus heading to Al-Aqsa Mosque. Their names are not yet available.

In another context, the occupation authorities handed journalist Latifa Abdel Latif a ban from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for a week, with the possibility of renewing the ban.

The occupation authorities arrested journalist Abdel Latif last Sunday from her home in the Old City.

Since October 7, 2023, the occupation has targeted dozens of journalists through arrest, deportation, and other methods of intimidation and deterrence.

Medical sources announced a short while ago that 95 civilians, the majority of them children and women, have been killed since dawn on Thursday in the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, now entering its third consecutive day.

The same sources added that 56 people have been killed since last night as a result of the occupation's raids on Khan Yunis and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

The occupation forces resumed their aggression on the Gaza Strip at dawn on Tuesday, after a hiatus of more than two months. This resulted in the deaths of more than 400 civilians, the majority of whom were women and children, and hundreds more injured.

The resumption of aggression against the Gaza Strip comes amid fears of a worsening humanitarian situation in the Strip, given the ongoing blockade and the cut-off of medical and humanitarian supplies.

Since October 7, 2023, the occupying forces have launched an aggression against the Gaza Strip, resulting in the death of more than 48,572 citizens, the majority of whom were children and women, and the injury of 112,032 others, while a number of victims remain under the rubble.

The Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the administration of Ganot Prison, formerly known as Nafha and Rimon prisons, recently carried out repression operations from the Yamaz units on one of the sections, assaulting the prisoners and tightly and tightly tying them up with the aim of torturing them, which led to blood coming out of their hands.

He added in a statement on Thursday that the Israeli prison administration fired sound bombs inside the section, making this raid one of hundreds of raids targeting prisoners, which have escalated since the start of the war of extermination.

He pointed out that repressive operations in various prisons are being carried out at an increasing pace, to tighten control over detainees and torture them. According to a series of recent visits, there has been an increase in the frequency of the use of sound bombs, as well as rubber bullets, as happened in the Negev prison, in addition to the use of police dogs.

The Prisoners Club added that the issue of handcuffs (shackles) is one of the most prominent tools used by the Son system to abuse and torture detainees, as well as many tools it used to torture them. Since the beginning of the war of extermination, this issue has emerged primarily in the testimonies of detainees, and focused on how the occupation forces used shackles to abuse them during arrest. This included all categories of detainees, including children and women, who were detained for hours, the sick and wounded, and those suffering from motor disabilities. According to their testimonies, the shackles of some detainees continued for days before they were transferred to interrogation centers or prisons.

Israeli occupation forces raided the home of a Jerusalemite citizen and his son at dawn on Thursday, and issued a fine against them.

The Jerusalem Governorate stated in a statement that occupation forces raided the home of former detainees Mohammed Farroukh and his son Fahmi, and imposed a fine of 1,460 shekels on them, claiming that there was waste in front of the house.

This attack comes as part of a campaign that has been ongoing for several weeks, targeting released detainees by raiding their homes, imposing arbitrary fines for flimsy reasons, and imposing measures including: banning them from Al-Aqsa Mosque, repeated summonses for investigation, threats of arrest, and revoking vehicle and motorcycle licenses.

The Israeli occupation army announced today, Thursday, the closure of Salah al-Din Street, which connects the north and south of the Gaza Strip, preventing citizens from traveling through it, and allowing them only to walk on Rashid Street.

This came after the Israeli occupation army announced, in the past few hours, the start of a limited ground offensive in the central and southern Gaza Strip.

Reopening the "Netzarim Corridor" and allowing displaced persons to return through it from the southern Gaza Strip to the north was a key provision of the ceasefire agreement.

The occupation forces resumed their aggression on the Gaza Strip at dawn last Tuesday, after a hiatus of more than two months. This resulted in the deaths of more than 400 civilians, the majority of whom were women and children, and hundreds more injured.

The resumption of aggression against the Gaza Strip comes amid fears of a worsening humanitarian situation in the Strip, given the ongoing blockade and the cut-off of medical and humanitarian supplies.

Since October 7, 2023, the occupation forces have launched an aggression on the Gaza Strip, resulting in the death of more than 48,572 citizens, the majority of whom are children and women, and the injury of 112,032 others, while a number of victims are still under the rubble.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy called for an investigation into the Israeli bombing of a UN headquarters in the Gaza Strip, which killed a foreign employee and injured five others.

In a post on the X platform last night, Lamy expressed his shock at the targeting of a UN headquarters in Gaza.

He stressed the need to investigate the incident with complete transparency, hold those responsible accountable, and protect the United Nations and humanitarian workers.

Farhan Haq, Guterres' deputy spokesman, said yesterday that "the Secretary-General expressed his deep sadness and shock at the news of the death of a staff member of the United Nations Office for Project Services."

Haq added that the death occurred "after two UN guest houses in Deir al-Balah (central Gaza Strip) were targeted by airstrikes. Five other UN employees were also seriously injured."

The Israeli occupation resumed its aggression on the Gaza Strip at dawn last Tuesday, and the courtyard of the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City was filled with the bodies of children and women, who were targeted by warplanes while they slept in their homes and in the tents of displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip. This was the most significant violation of the fragile ceasefire agreement brokered by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States last January.

With American and European support, the occupying forces committed genocide in Gaza between October 7, 2023, and January 19, 2025, leaving more than 160,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.

Jordan's King Abdullah II stressed that Israel's resumption of its attacks on Gaza is an extremely dangerous step that adds further destruction to the already dire humanitarian situation. In joint press statements with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, the Jordanian monarch called on the international community to take immediate action to restore the ceasefire in Gaza and implement all its stages. He stressed that the continued Israeli attacks and the prevention of the entry of aid, water and electricity into Gaza are escalatory steps that threaten the lives of the people of the Strip, who are already living in a difficult reality. He pointed to the need for the immediate resumption of aid entry.

He pointed out that the displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza threatens to expand the conflict and increase instability in the region, calling for an end to the dangerous escalation in the West Bank, which has caused the displacement of more than 40,000 Palestinians this year. The King of Jordan reiterated the need for an immediate end to attacks on Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, noting that the continued attacks on Palestinians and their property and violations of international law undermine the chances of achieving peace. He added that a political solution that leads to peace based on the two-state solution is the only way to ensure the security of Palestinians, Israelis and the entire region.

For his part, the French president said, "We are working hard to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza," stressing that the resumption of Israeli bombing, despite the efforts of mediators, is a dramatic setback for the Palestinians in Gaza, who are now under fire once again. He explained that the French and Europeans are ready to contribute to the Gaza reconstruction plan proposed by Arab leaders, explaining that the plan will be discussed tomorrow at the European Council.

The Israeli war machine in the Gaza Strip has not let up since Tel Aviv resumed its bloody war on the besieged Palestinian enclave. It issued "new evacuation warnings" and announced the start of a "limited ground incursion."

Israeli occupation forces returned to the "Netzarim Corridor," which separates the northern Gaza Strip from its southern part, with the start of what they described as a "limited" ground incursion into that area.

Israel intensified its airstrikes on various areas of the Gaza Strip, with at least 40 people killed early Thursday morning in Israeli airstrikes targeting 11 homes in Khan Yunis, Rafah, and Beit Lahia.

Khalil Al-Daqran, spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, told Al-Arabiya TV that 710 martyrs and more than 900 wounded had been transferred to hospitals in the Strip over the past 48 hours.

Khalil Al-Daqran explained that 70% of the injured were women and children, most of whom were in critical condition. He confirmed that some wounded had died due to the lack of urgent medical care.

Speaking to Al Arabiya TV, he noted that only about 15% of patients and wounded were allowed to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment.

The craft of comedy is one of the most complex and challenging arts. The challenges lie not only in the performance, but also in the depth of the idea, the quality of the script, and the brilliance of the execution. Laughter is not merely a spontaneous reaction to a funny or absurd situation; rather, it is the product of a delicate interaction between several elements that harmonize to deliver a comprehensive experience combining the idea, the performance, and the audience's interaction. Although comedy may appear easy and simple from the outside, its creation and execution require exceptional talent and creativity.

One of the most significant challenges facing this industry in our country is the script, which is the cornerstone of any successful work. A weak script can weaken the impact of even the most talented actors. Overused ideas and reliance on conventional patterns diminish the appeal of a work, rendering it a mere repetition that fails to leave the desired impact. Therefore, innovation and the ability to capture the details of everyday life and transform them into vibrant comedic material are what distinguishes successful works from others.

Social and cultural changes play a significant role in shaping the contours of comedy, as comedic works must keep pace with ongoing shifts in thought, values, and language. True comedy is not merely a means of entertainment; it reflects the reality of society and its challenges in an intelligent and entertaining way. Therefore, constant renewal and engagement with these shifts are the key to continuity and the ability to touch the emotions of audiences of all generations.

The most important element in the success of any comedy is its ability to make the audience laugh without falling into the trap of vulgarity. The line between high-class comedy and vulgarity is thin, but it is also what determines the true value of the work. Providing laughter is a responsibility no less important than that of any other art form, providing people with moments of joy amidst the fast-paced pace of life, making comedy an essential and indispensable necessity.

The audience's role in shaping the trajectory of comedy cannot be overlooked, as it is the true measure of any work's success. With audience expectations constantly changing, what was funny yesterday may no longer be effective today. Therefore, comedy makers need to read viewers' tastes and understand their aspirations, without losing their creative edge.

There is no time with Netanyahu. Everything is moving in terrifying directions, all of which point to the nearness of his end. Therefore, he must make dramatic decisions through which he will try to reset the internal compass.

The budget and the Knesset mobilization announced by the opposition force Netanyahu to make difficult choices. He desperately needs the three MKs from Agudat Yisrael, who form the United Torah Judaism bloc with Degel HaTorah. The three extremist Hasidim, led by Minister Goldknopf, have so far refused to vote in favor of the budget unless the problem of the conscription-Haredi exemption law is resolved. Therefore, he needs an alternative, and this alternative is Otzma Yehudit, the party of Ben-Gvir, who left the right-wing government. For it to return, the fighting in Gaza must resume, and the expulsion plan announced by the leader of the largest gang, Trump, must be adopted as one of the goals of the war. In addition, courageous decisions must be made to dismiss Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and the leaders of the military and security establishment. Herzi Halevi resigned. But the biggest knot in the entire system is the strongman Ronen Bar, the head of the Shin Bet, who refused to resign until he is sure that all The living and dead prisoners and detainees from Gaza, and until he is sure to form an official government committee to investigate the failure of October 7

Amidst this, a major case is emerging that could bring down Mr. Netanyahu even before the official investigation on October 7th. This is the “Qatargate” case, which unequivocally indicates that employees in Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office received Qatari money to improve its image. It is even said that the money was transferred through a company owned by Jonathan Urich, a senior adviser to Mr. Netanyahu who previously worked as a spokesman for the ruling Likud party. This money came under the pretext of improving Qatar’s image, but it appears that this money may have somehow ended up in the pockets of the prime minister, his wife, and his son Yair. Therefore, the Shin Bet is investigating the matter, which indicates the seriousness of the case.

Netanyahu is very concerned about the investigation being conducted by the Shin Bet at the request of the Attorney General, and he is afraid that some of the accused will turn into martyrs in a new case against Netanyahu, which could open the door to a new corruption file, but a file in the midst of slogans of "absolute victory" and "seven fronts", which could lead to the biggest case that will affect public opinion in the state of the entity, as the man who has so far obstructed the release of prisoners under flimsy pretexts is obtaining money from the state that is mediating in the prisoners' issue.

Nadav Argaman, the former head of the Shin Bet, knows Netanyahu well, knows his true colors, and knows his orientations, which have nothing to do with any strategy other than the strategy of remaining in office. Therefore, he broke his legal silence to issue a warning that whoever violates the law may push others to also violate the law. Netanyahu considered this an act of blackmail, and likened it to the methods of the mafia. However, the whole truth lies in the “Qatar Gate” affair. This affair terrified Netanyahu to the point that he is prepared to wage war with the Shin Bet organization, considering it a “life” war for him. A war that will be considered the last remaining nail in the deep state, the state that wants to prevent the collapse of law and democracy, and to preserve what remains of institutional work and the concepts of values, ethics, and behavior that were slaughtered from vein to vein in the war of extermination and ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

Netanyahu's announcement that he will propose the dismissal of the Shin Bet chief at the cabinet meeting next Wednesday, Ronen Bar's refusal to resign, the natural division in Israeli society and among the political elite, and the Attorney General's statement in a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu that the dismissal requires legal justification and that this comes from her, and that the dismissal of the Shin Bet chief is the responsibility of the government as a whole and not the Prime Minister, indicates what Prime Minister Netanyahu and his ruling coalition are doing in terms of settling scores against everyone who tries to work to expose their corrupt reality and their aim to impose dictatorship on the state under the name of "parliamentary success" - that is, the concept of the majority in the Knesset, which can, under the banner of "the people's choice", impose whatever laws it wants, even if they conflict with the "Basic Laws", which can also be amended.

The battle will be great, and Netanyahu is betting on the so-called “patriotism” of the Shin Bet, which may prevent it from revealing many facts, under the pretext that this is against the law and its use is considered a crime that requires investigation and trial. This is in addition to increasing internal divisions in light of the difficult security conditions the country is experiencing after the “Al-Aqsa Flood.” Israeli political analyst Zvi Barel compared it to “Israel, more and more, looking like a chain of stores run by corrupt management, causing it to decline into the abyss, but it continues to open new branches, and suggests that business is going on as usual. Not only as usual, but it is stronger than ever. The Israeli empire is collapsing, but its branches in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria are thriving.”

But this "prosperity" that the empire is experiencing in what he called its branches is based on unlimited American and Western support. It cannot be considered purely Israeli, and this prosperity is what gives Netanyahu the power to make decisions that are largely to protect his own interests.

Netanyahu's battle with the most important organization in Israel will largely determine the nature of the country's future directions, and the extent to which the extremist and corrupt government will be able to control the country's resources as a whole, thus giving it the ability to survive longer. Indeed, this will lead to all state agencies being in the service of the Prime Minister's plans, especially his personal ones, because in all his decisions, "Netanyahu" is always looking for "Netanyahu."

The most important question remains: Is the deep state in the State of Israel being liquidated under the pretext of failure on October 7th?!!! And is Netanyahu thus establishing the greatest escape from any accusation of responsibility for the failure?!!! It seems that the "Qatar Gate" affair was the deciding factor because it appeared to be a slashing knife to Netanyahu's neck from the deep state. Netanyahu wanted to get two steps ahead of them and turn the conflict into the "Ronen Bar" affair, and divert attention from the central issue related to the Qatari funds file

When I first heard about President Donald Trump's "Gaza Riviera" plan, it brought back memories of Palestinian hopes three decades ago, during the height of the Oslo Accords. At the time, I was co-chairing Builders for Peace, a project launched by Vice President Al Gore to encourage American companies to invest in the Palestinian economy to support the nascent peace process.

We had prepared for our mission by reading the World Bank's comprehensive study of the Palestinian economy before Oslo. The observations and conclusions were sobering, yet hopeful. The report pointed to the obstacles to Palestinian economic development, such as Israel's control over Palestinian land, resources, and energy; its refusal to allow Palestinians to import and export independently; and the obstacles Israel placed on Palestinian movement and even trade within the occupied territories.

However, the bank concluded that if these Israeli restrictions on Palestinian entrepreneurs were removed, foreign investment would provide opportunities for rapid growth and prosperity. We also read the excellent study by Sarah Roy, an American political scientist, on the harsh measures Israel has taken to "impoverish" Gaza, preventing the development of an independent economy and reducing Palestinians to mere day laborers for low wages in Israeli factories or supervisors of small workshops producing goods for export through Israeli companies. We also made several exploratory visits to the occupied Palestinian territories to meet with Palestinian political and business leaders, to assess the opportunities and challenges we may face.

The picture quickly became clear to us. When it came time to launch the project, my co-chair, Mel Levin, and I led the first delegation of American businessmen (which included Arab and Jewish Americans) to the Palestinian territories. Our first taste of the problems we would face came when we tried to enter via the King Hussein Bridge from Jordan. American Jews and others were allowed to cross easily, while Arab Americans were separated from the group and subjected to humiliating inspections. We held a meeting in Jerusalem for Palestinians interested in meeting with American investors, but we discovered that Palestinians required a permit from the occupation authorities to enter the city. Since the permits only allowed them a few hours in the city, the time they could devote to our discussions proved limited.

Getting in and out of Gaza was also a major problem. One scene I saw upon leaving Gaza still sticks in my mind: hundreds of Palestinian men crammed into narrow corridors, waiting in the sun for permission to enter Israel. Young Israeli soldiers were shouting at them from above, ordering them not to look at them and to hold their permits above their heads. It was a deeply painful scene. In Gaza and the West Bank, our meetings with leading Palestinian businessmen were hopeful. They were eager to discuss possibilities with their American counterparts, and the Americans were impressed. We also discussed several potential partnerships. Two projects stood out. One aimed to manufacture leather goods, the other to assemble furniture. Both relied on Gaza's proximity to Eastern Europe to export products there. But both failed because their success depended on Israel allowing the import of raw materials and the export of finished products.

It seems the Israelis might have been willing to accept such projects, but only on the condition that the Americans and Palestinians work through an Israeli intermediary, thus reducing the profitability of the projects. Even projects the US government attempted to implement failed. One day, I received a call from an official at the US Department of Agriculture, who told me that the department had provided 50,000 flower bulbs to Gaza to establish a flower export industry. However, he said that these bulbs had been stuck in an Israeli port for months and were rotting. He added that the department was prepared to send another 25,000 bulbs, but that this depended on the Israelis guaranteeing their entry.

This did not happen because Israel did not want any competition from its flower export industry and therefore did not allow a competing Palestinian industry to emerge. After years of frustration, I met with President Bill Clinton, who asked me about the project's progress. I told him about the Israeli obstacles to investment in independent Palestinian economic development.

He looked concerned and asked me to write him a detailed memo. In my letter to the president, I outlined the problems we were facing and complained that his peace team was not taking these challenges seriously, arguing that any American challenge to the Israelis would hinder efforts to negotiate peace. I told the president that Palestinian unemployment had doubled since Oslo, poverty rates had risen, and Palestinian hopes for peace had evaporated.

To my surprise, the response I received from the White House appeared to have been orchestrated by its peace team, not a response at all. At the end of Clinton’s first term, Builders for Peace was dissolved, along with hopes for independent Palestinian economic growth. Over the next decade, with no American pressure on Israel to change its behavior, negotiations continued to falter, the Palestinians became poorer, Israel grew more arrogant and repressive, and Palestinian frustrations mounted, leading to renewed violence. There is another memory from that period that bears recalling. One of the most promising projects supported by Builders for Peace was a proposal by a Virginia-based Palestinian-American company to build a Marriott resort on the Gaza beachfront. After securing initial investment, the company began construction, starting with the foundations and a large parking lot. Given the risk, they requested risk insurance from OPIC, a U.S. government agency that insures investments against risk. The project received the support of then-Minister of Commerce Ron Brown, a supporter of Builders for Peace, and the blessing of PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, who saw the hotel as a cornerstone for future Palestinian economic growth.

When Yasser Arafat spoke to us about the future of Gaza, he said that if it had investment and freedom from occupation, it could become “Singapore.” If it were deprived of those, it would resemble a failed state. Israel has done everything it can to prevent a “Singapore” scenario—and it seems to have succeeded. Given this reality, it was painful to hear about Trump’s plan to build a “Gaza Riviera” with American ownership. It reminded me of what could have been, but three decades later, it is being floated with little benefit to the Palestinians.

Since the end of the first phase of the exchange deal, we have witnessed a frantic race between reaching an agreement to complete the commitments of the first phase and implement the second phase, which is what Hamas is demanding; extending the first phase, which is what the Trump administration and the Netanyahu government are striving for; or renewing the war, which the Israeli government, especially Benjamin Netanyahu and the more extremist ministers, prefers. This is because they are betting on their ability to achieve the war's goals, ensure the government's survival, and avoid its collapse, in addition to facing the repercussions of the war on them, starting with the historic failure of October 7, and continuing with the ongoing failure to resolve it and achieve all of its goals.

Where could the negotiations go? It's impossible to say for certain. Reaching a formula for extending the first phase, while emphasizing the link to the requirements of the second and third phases, is the most likely scenario. It's important to consider the factors and variables that contribute to the realization of each scenario (renewal of the war, reaching a new agreement based on extending the first phase, implementing the second phase, or continuing the stagnation in the same place, as has been the case since the end of the first phase).

The implementation of the second phase scenario can be ruled out without too much risk, as the ongoing negotiations centered on extending the first phase have already made progress. These negotiations are centered on the formulas circulating, formally by US envoy Steve Witkoff and actually by the Israeli government, and have moved beyond the implementation of the second phase. This would not have happened were it not for the blatant bias of Trump and his envoys toward the Israeli position.

This is evident not only in the bypassing of the original agreement and the attempt to impose the issue of an agreement to extend the first phase only, but also in the support for the imposition of a stifling blockade, which constitutes a war crime and a form of renewed war.

The Trump administration is worse than its predecessor.

I point this out to warn against the frenzy of exaggerating the positivity and flexibility of Trump and his envoys, and the differences between the current administration and the previous one, especially after he abandoned his call for the displacement of Gaza as if it were the standard. Yes, Trump does not favor war, and this is what allowed for an agreement and what could allow for a new one. But he wants peace through strength—that is, peace that achieves American and Israeli goals. This should not be considered a virtue unless it is accompanied by a change in goals, specifically if Palestinian demands and rights are recognized. For example, recognizing Hamas, if it occurs, is not enough, especially if it is in exchange for changing Hamas and creating a new Hamas, by halting resistance through a long-term truce. What is required is recognition of Palestinian rights, at least at their minimum, as recognized by international law: the right to self-determination, the right of return, ending the occupation and independence, and holding the occupation accountable for its crimes, especially the war of genocide, mass destruction, displacement, and collective punishment.

What lends credibility to the above is that the American demands in the new era did not include any response to Palestinian interests and rights, even when Adam Boehler opened a negotiating channel with Hamas. This is an important variable that should not be ignored or exaggerated, as he claimed that Hamas had agreed to a long truce, to stay away from politics, and to disarm. Some forgot this and focused on his statement that they are good people and not devils with horns on their heads, and that America is not an agent of Israel (he retracted this statement after the Israeli reaction, but he was nevertheless relieved of his mission, which led to his withdrawal).

The Trump administration holds Hamas responsible for the failure to reach an agreement, in addition to Witkoff's recent, highly biased statements regarding Hamas's two-faced nature both inside and outside of the negotiations, and its threat to set a timetable for the conclusion of the negotiations, or else Washington would support the Tel Aviv government's preparations to resume the war.

Although Hamas denied Boehler's statements regarding its withdrawal from politics and disarmament, it confirmed that it had offered a long-term truce lasting 5-10 years, and perhaps longer. It expressed its willingness, as stated in statements attributed to its leadership, to provide all necessary guarantees for its commitment to the truce's continued implementation, including supervision of implementation by countries friendly to Israel and the United States, the non-training and arming of elite forces, and the establishment of a formula for the handover of rocket and mortar weapons.

Legitimate questions

The issue of a long-term truce raises significant questions, given the existence of a settler colonialism that seeks no settlement, and whose tools include occupation, ethnic cleansing, displacement, and annexation, and which is carried out by a single faction, without linking it to halting the plan to liquidate the Palestinian cause, particularly with regard to annexing the West Bank or ending the occupation and establishing a Palestinian state. This is a very dangerous matter.

It is true that the late Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Hamas's founder and leader, proposed the idea of a long-term truce, but only in exchange for the establishment of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders. This idea was reiterated by various Hamas leaders and spokesmen after him. However, this differs from what is being proposed now, as it is being proposed in exchange for a ceasefire, withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction, and the continued existence of Hamas, albeit in a new form.

The first question: What will be the fate of the resistance under a long-term truce? What is meant here is not only armed resistance in the Gaza Strip, but also armed resistance in the West Bank and elsewhere. Israel will not agree to Hamas's commitment to the truce being limited to the Gaza Strip while it engages in armed resistance in the West Bank, even if a new Hamas emerges in a new guise (a new political party). This is a major challenge that opens the way for discussion of the fate of armed resistance at this stage.

The second question: What is the fate of the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip? Will there be self-rule in the Strip under Arab and international supervision, completely separate from the West Bank, thus consolidating the separation? Or will there be some formal connection between the Strip and the densely populated enclaves in the West Bank, which the occupation plans to complete after annexing large areas of the West Bank?

The occupation, as is well known, prefers to seize the largest possible area of land with the smallest possible population. No one can imagine that the occupying state, backed by the Trump administration, would allow, through negotiations, the establishment of a sovereign state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, or in the Gaza Strip alone. This would only happen if forced to do so.

The third question: What will happen to the unity of the cause, the land, the people, and the unified representation represented by the PLO? What will happen to national unity, which will be torn apart into further fragments if a long-term truce is reached by one faction without a comprehensive agreement that includes the establishment of a Palestinian state?

Fourth question: What is the fate of the Arab Summit initiative, which has gained almost universal support? This initiative is based on a series of pillars, including those related to a ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal, and prisoner exchange; those related to the implementation of the Egyptian recovery and reconstruction plan; those related to the return of the Palestinian Authority to the Gaza Strip after a transitional period; and the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Unity, unity before the destruction of Basra

Yes, Hamas bears some responsibility for the failure to achieve unity, because it has always prioritized maintaining its control over Gaza over all else and has not given the necessary central attention to the goal of ending the occupation and achieving independence. However, it does not bear this responsibility alone. Rather, President Mahmoud Abbas, by virtue of his legitimacy, capabilities, and powers, bears the primary and greatest responsibility. This is because he has closed off all possibilities for achieving partnership, whether through national consensus or elections, relying on the weight of Fatah, the PA, the PLO, and legitimacy. He "wants unity" that does not affect his absolute authority and control over decision-making. This does not achieve unity, but rather perpetuates hegemony, monopoly, and exclusivity.

Existential challenges and few opportunities

We are well aware of the importance and historicity of what has happened since the Al-Aqsa Intifada until now, and that it was a reaction, but what has resulted has been a catastrophe, heroism, grave and existential challenges, and few opportunities. The conclusive evidence of this is that the options available to the Palestinians now, and to Hamas in particular, are very limited. Negotiations revolve around returning things to the way they were, and preventing displacement, starvation, thirst, and the renewal of the war of extermination. Hamas is required to surrender or hand over everything gradually or all at once to an authority that does not believe in unity and partnership and does not take the initiative to do so, as it expects the gains to fall into its lap without real effort or a comprehensive vision. It can either disarm and save its head by leaving the Gaza Strip, or it can remain, but in a new guise and without resistance, and under a long-term truce agreement, after it releases prisoners and provides security in the Gaza Strip, as it is the de facto authority that has no alternative, at least for a long time. Or it can renew the war of extermination with a greater American partnership than before.

In this regard, it makes no sense to ask what the occupying state will achieve by resuming the war, as it has unfulfilled objectives awaiting an opportunity to realize them. These objectives include completing the genocide and displacement, eliminating the resistance, releasing prisoners, destroying Hamas's governmental capabilities, reoccupying the Gaza Strip, settling it, and annexing parts of it. If it receives an American green light, it will not hesitate long to launch a war.

Yes, there are factors hindering the renewal of the war. Among them is that the US administration does not favor it, as it has other priorities in the region that require stability to maximize investment and profits. The occupation army is also depleted, to the point that 50% of reservists are not responding to the call to join the army, after having responded at the beginning of the war to over 90%. Furthermore, the majority of Israeli public opinion favors the release of prisoners and an end to the war now, with each development to be discussed later.

A very important factor is that the Palestinian people are steadfast despite the heavy losses, and the resistance is prepared to continue the struggle and inflict further losses on the occupying forces. This factor has multiple regional and international implications, including the renewal of the Yemeni support front, and the possibility of the situation collapsing in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, and even a confrontation with Israel from Egypt and Jordan.

All of the above makes the scenario of reaching a ceasefire the most likely, but the possibility of renewed war should not be completely ruled out, especially since it has begun to loom large in the form of the stifling blockade and the shelling and gunfire that are leading to a number of Palestinian martyrs daily due to "Israeli violations."

There was and still is one option that reduces risks, challenges and losses and increases opportunities, which is Palestinian unity in the face of common existential threats. It would have been more effective (and still is necessary) to form a national consensus government based on a realistic national program, with a national frame of reference represented by a single and unified PLO, in addition to forming a single Palestinian delegation to negotiate not only the war and its repercussions, but also by linking this to the political horizon, ending the occupation and embodying independence. In this case, the issue of resistance, forms of struggle, the truce and the political horizon would be part of a comprehensive national vision subject to a single strategy and leadership.

Barter between the West Bank and Gaza

It is extremely dangerous for the division to persist, deepen, and become widespread, as we observed in the angry, irrational, and even stupid reaction of the official leadership to the opening of a US-Hamas negotiation channel. Instead of using the Hamas-US negotiation to overturn the US-Israeli veto on national unity, we found the fear of bypassing the leadership if it led to US recognition of Hamas, which would destroy the unity of representation. Even if matters did not immediately reach this point, reaching an agreement on Gaza, separated from the rest of the issues and from what is happening in the West Bank, would be a kind of barter between the West Bank and Gaza, without real freedom and independence in Gaza. In other words, we would be facing the loss of the Palestinian cause, and this is something Hamas would find difficult to agree to, as if it did, it would prefer its survival over the cause for which it is fighting.

Will the curtain fall on the Palestinian national movement?

Is there a glimmer of hope before the axe falls on the head, or has the contemporary Palestinian national movement, with its various components, reached its final chapter? This is evidenced more than anything else by the looming specter of guardianship and alternatives, as is evident in the exclusion of the Palestinian state from the negotiating table, the exclusion of Palestinian participation several times from meetings and summits discussing the Palestinian issue, and from discussing new formations that would deepen the separation between the West Bank and Gaza and block the path to establishing a Palestinian state. This will happen unless something positive happens suddenly in the last moments, but despite its gravity, it will pave the way for launching a new national movement capable of completing or achieving what the previous movement failed to achieve. There is the Palestinian people, the people of giants, determined to regain their rights and rise from the ashes, as they have always done for more than 100 years until now, and as long as this is the case, the banner of their struggle will remain raised.

US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said on Wednesday that her government is deeply concerned about the humanitarian tragedy plaguing Gaza and its people due to hunger, thirst, and the resumption of war, but that the blame for all of this lies with Hamas.

In response to a question from a Jerusalem correspondent at a press conference in the ministry's press conference room regarding the killing of more than 180 Palestinian children, as a result of Israel's use of American warplanes - about 100 aircraft - to bomb Gaza, which has no surface-to-air defenses at all, and regarding the humanitarian issue, exacerbated by the halt of aid, and whether the United States is concerned about a disaster upon a disaster, spokeswoman Bruce said: "The world's actions against what is happening make it clear that we will work to stop this. What I can tell you is that it is a disaster. There was a ceasefire on December 7 and October 7, 2023. There was a ceasefire, and it was violated with a massacre of 1,200 people, and the taking of more than 250 hostages. The remaining hostages are still in unknown circumstances. Aidan Alexander certainly deserves freedom, but he has not received it yet."

“So when we think about why we are in this situation, let us not forget, it is important that we continue to remind people of the things that sparked this war, the horror of October 7, the horror of this mass slaughter that was captured on video, which included the slaughter of children, babies, women - the rape and murder of women in front of everyone; this cannot continue,” the spokeswoman added.

Tammy Bruce explained her administration's position, saying: "What is happening is horrific. We are in the 21st century, and the brutality unleashed by terrorist groups, by Iran's death squads, by actors who invest in endless suffering, and the use of people - especially the people of Gaza - as fuel for a mechanism that the world has condemned for decades, and we finally got here. We were tired of talking, and we moved to the second phase, but they (Hamas) rejected it. This was not a mechanism that would end with their explicit rejection, but they rejected it anyway. But President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio laid out a new vision for how to end this framework and this cycle of death and destruction, and we are still in that process. Hamas got an offer to bridge the gaps and end the suffering, but that is history. And so, we condemn - not only the loss of life and the impact on children around the world, but suffice it to say that President Trump has clearly focused on the need for peace on this planet in every way. And this approach will be successful because he (Trump) is known for delivering - he is known for getting results. He is known for his seriousness, and we are seeing progress in this area. So, it is unfortunate that Hamas allowed this to happen, and their behavior led to this suffering from the beginning. The Trump administration, Secretary of State Rubio, and the US State Department are determined to achieve peace, and they are working to ensure that this suffering stops. There is certainly a real opportunity at last to change what is happening in the world."

Regarding whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio has had any conversations with his Israeli counterparts since the recent Israeli attacks, and whether the administration is trying to ensure that Israel, (when launching these strikes using American weapons), is very careful in its targeting (of civilians in Gaza), the spokeswoman said: "I can assure you that our teams are in constant communication. There has not been any phone call arranged yet—a direct phone call—between Secretary Rubio and his Israeli counterparts or the Israeli leadership. But of course, this is not a situation where the teams working to change the environment stop working. So this is an ongoing effort—as you might imagine, an ongoing effort in every aspect of foreign policy, especially when it comes to war and ceasefires and ending conflicts... So they are constantly working. And we certainly always want peace. We work for this because we deplore the loss of life, as do the Israelis—all of these things happen and none of us want them to continue, and so it is always—it is difficult, but these conversations continue. And of course, we stand with Israel in all circumstances. They are our allies."

Bruce concluded her answer by stressing that proposals for reaching an agreement were still in place.

The Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp on Thursday for the 53rd consecutive day, while the assault on the Nur Shams camp entered its 40th day amid ongoing escalation, including raids, home demolitions, and the destruction of infrastructure.

Israeli bulldozers continued their demolition of several homes in the Manshiyya neighborhood of Nour Shams camp. The camp's Popular Services Committee stated that the occupation forces have destroyed 66 homes since the start of the aggression, while local sources confirmed that six residential buildings containing dozens of apartments were demolished yesterday.

The houses are owned by the families: Shihab, Al-Alameh, Al-Sa'aydeh, Abu Sha'la, Abu Abed, Al-Sayes, Al-Ghannam, Masharqa, Sheikh Youssef, and Al-Dabour.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that the camp is being subjected to daily bulldozing and demolition operations targeting homes and infrastructure, resulting in the complete destruction of its landmarks and the forced displacement of its residents, in an attempt to obliterate its identity and alter its geography.

In a related development, Nur Shams camp witnessed raids and house searches, specifically in the Jabali, al-Nasr, and al-Salihin neighborhoods. Israeli occupation forces also converted the Abu Diya family home into a military barracks in the Jabal al-Nasr area, as part of a recurring pattern of practices aimed at imposing greater control over the area.

In Tulkarm camp, the occupation forces fired flares last night over Abu al-Foul neighborhood, while the occupation military vehicles were deployed in its neighborhoods and around the houses, destroying everything in their path. Meanwhile, infantry units were stationed at the northern entrance to the camp, which the occupation bulldozers closed with rubble and earth mounds, while the occupation soldiers raided homes, shops and institutions, vandalizing and stealing their belongings.

The Al-Hadaida and Al-Matar neighborhoods also witnessed a large-scale forced displacement of citizens, along with the Qaqun, Abu Al-Foul, and Maraba'a Hanoun neighborhoods. Meanwhile, occupation forces raided homes in the Al-Raba'a neighborhood, conducting extensive searches inside them, and subjecting residents to interrogation. Meanwhile, the camp has become almost empty of its residents, following the displacement of more than 12,000 refugees.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces dispatched military reinforcements, including armored vehicles, to the city, its two camps, and its suburbs. Meanwhile, infantry units were deployed on the main streets, restricting the movement of vehicles and harassing civilians. They also fired sound bombs to terrorize the population.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces continue to seize several homes on Nablus Street, specifically in the area adjacent to Tulkarm refugee camp. Their vehicles and bulldozers are positioned in the vicinity, amid strict measures restricting the movement of vehicles and civilians.

This morning, the occupation forces arrested Bashir Mahmoud Awfi, a citizen, after raiding a housing unit in the Aktaba suburb, east of the city.

These attacks come amid the ongoing escalation by Israeli occupation forces in the city of Tulkarm and its two camps, which has resulted in the deaths of 13 civilians, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens more have been injured and arrested, and more than 24,000 people have been forcibly displaced from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps.

The aggression also caused widespread destruction to the infrastructure, including water, electricity, sewage, and communications networks, as well as homes, shops, and vehicles, which were completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted, and stolen. The entrances and alleys of the camps were also closed off with earth mounds.

Israeli occupation forces stormed towns and villages in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate at dawn on Thursday.

According to local sources, occupation forces raided a number of citizens' homes during raids on the towns and villages of Bil'in, Deir Qadis, Kharbatha, Kafr Ni'ma, and Deir Bzei', northwest of Ramallah, and Ein Siniya and Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah, without any arrests being reported.

From the moment Netanyahu was forced to sign the three-stage ceasefire agreement, to keep up with the raging Trump who wanted to enter the White House with his right foot, in response to the pledges he made to his Arab and Muslim voters to stop the war, the fox kept waiting for opportunities to incite him, with the help of his advisors who are skilled in the art of swaying the head of the always-fiery man, who can ignite at the first spark of fire, until he achieved his goal and was able to achieve his goal by appointing him as the guardian of hell, as he had previously promised, to build the Riviera on ruins and corpses.

At dawn on Tuesday, the gates of hell were opened by hundreds of aircraft, and fountains of innocent blood erupted in every house, tent, and street. The remains of infants and pregnant women were scattered, people were burned, and many of them died while sleeping in tents.

Katz's threat yesterday to displace and kill people, coinciding with the launch of a limited ground operation in Gaza, reveals further objectives behind the return to insane warfare, chief among them revenge against the people, not Hamas. He threatened to displace Gazans once again, while continuing to kill and destroy throughout the days of the failed truce.

"Bring back Ben-Gvir instead of bringing back the kidnapped soldiers," said a participant in the escalating protests in Tel Aviv. This adds further clarity to Netanyahu's goals: to preserve Smotrich's position and bring back Ben-Gvir, to ensure the consolidation of his coalition and the passage of the budget, for which Smotrich had made a return to war a condition.

The next phase is extremely dangerous, as the people of Gaza have become a prime target of renewed genocide, with the aim of killing them, displacing them, and destroying what remains of their homes.

May God help and protect our people from what is planned for them.

Dozens of civilians were killed and injured last night and early Thursday morning as a result of the continued shelling by the occupation forces on various areas of the Gaza Strip.

According to local sources, seven citizens were killed when the occupation forces targeted the Abu Deeb family's home in Bani Suhaila.

Eight civilians were also killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Abu Daqqa family's home in Abasan al-Kabira.

According to other local sources, a number of dead were killed when the occupation targeted Abdul Rahman Al-Majayda's home in Miraj, eight were killed when the Abu Daqqa family home was targeted, and three were killed when the Al-Amour family home was targeted in Al-Fakhari town.

Ten martyrs were killed when the occupation forces targeted the Jaber family's home in the Musbah area east of Rafah, and seven were killed when a house in the Al-Sultan neighborhood west of Beit Lahia was targeted.

The occupation forces resumed their aggression on the Gaza Strip at dawn last Tuesday, after a hiatus of more than two months. This resulted in the deaths of more than 400 civilians, the majority of whom were women and children, and hundreds more injured.

The resumption of aggression against the Gaza Strip comes amid fears of a worsening humanitarian situation in the Strip, given the ongoing blockade and the cut-off of medical and humanitarian supplies.

Since October 7, 2023, the occupying forces have launched an aggression against the Gaza Strip, resulting in the death of more than 48,572 citizens, the majority of whom were children and women, and the injury of 112,032 others, while a number of victims remain under the rubble.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted about the "deep state," noting its support for Yemen in Israel and the United States.

Netanyahu tweeted this Wednesday evening about the "deep state": "In the US and Israel, when a strong leader from the right wins an election, the left-wing 'deep state' wrongfully exploits the justice system to thwart the will of the people."

He continued in the controversial tweet: "They will not win, neither in Israel nor in the United States. We stand strong together."

In response to Netanyahu, Israeli President Isaac Herzog tweeted from his official English account: “Israel’s strong and independent judicial system is an asset to our democracy, and the President of the State of Israel is very proud of it.”

Netanyahu's threats and the responses of Israeli politicians represent yet another round in his desperate defense of his position amid corruption allegations against him and those close to him. He is also attempting to preserve his coalition government, which is threatened with collapse due to the Israeli military's failure to achieve its objectives during the aggression against the Gaza Strip, and to justify his continued violations of the ceasefire.

Israeli occupation forces notified the demolition of more than 60 homes in Jenin camp on Wednesday evening.

Local sources said that the occupation forces distributed a map showing 66 homes in several neighborhoods of Jenin camp that the occupation authorities have decided to demolish.

She added that the demolitions will be completed within 24 hours, and include homes in the Hawashin neighborhoods, the vicinity of Azzam Mosque, Jourat al-Dhahab, and al-Samran, the Jenin Camp Club area, and the al-Aloub neighborhood.

The occupation forces carried out demolitions in a number of homes in the aforementioned neighborhoods.

According to the media committee in Jenin camp, the Israeli aggression caused partial or complete destruction to 512 homes and facilities in the camp.