US President Donald Trump sent a warning message to Hamas on Thursday, threatening the residents of the Gaza Strip with death.

Trump said in a tweet addressing Hamas: "Release the hostages now, or you will pay a heavy price."

He added: "Return the bodies of the Israeli dead, this is the last warning."

Trump confirmed that he is sending Israel everything it needs to eliminate Hamas.

Trump threatened Hamas, saying: "None of your members will be safe unless you do what I say."

He also warned the residents of the Gaza Strip, saying: "A beautiful future awaits you, but with the hostage-taking you will die."

1. The UN Security Council held a closed consultation session on Wednesday on the Middle East, and listened to a briefing by the Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs and Reconstruction in Gaza, Sigrid Kaag, via video technology.
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Kaag referred to Israel's announcement to suspend humanitarian aid to Gaza.

She added that the Secretary-General urged adherence to the ceasefire agreement, and urged Member States to use their influence to support this.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Kaag's briefing was her last to the council as humanitarian coordinator, as she would now serve only as UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process.

Three citizens were injured, on Wednesday evening, by Israeli occupation bullets in Nablus and Hebron.

In Nablus, the Director of the Red Crescent Emergency and Ambulance Center in Nablus, Amid Ahmed, reported that ambulance crews transported a girl (9 years old) who was shot in the head by the occupation forces during the storming of the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, while a young woman (20 years old) was shot in the head.

The occupation forces stormed the town of Qasra, amid heavy gunfire and tear gas bombs, which led to the outbreak of clashes in the area.

In Hebron, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the village of Al-Rihiya, south of Hebron, with a number of their military vehicles, and fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at citizens’ homes, which resulted in a 14-year-old child being injured by live bullets in the foot.

The Israeli occupation forces evacuated a number of families from their homes in the Al-Jabariyat neighborhood near Jenin camp, and turned them into military barracks.

Local sources said that Israeli occupation drones demanded that families in the Jaberbat neighborhood evacuate their homes in preparation for converting them into military barracks. Later, the occupation forces evacuated 6 families from their homes in the Jaberbat neighborhood, seized them, and converted them into military barracks.

Since the beginning of the aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp 44 days ago, the occupation army has been using some of the citizens’ homes and buildings overlooking the camp as military “points,” and preventing the residents from returning to them. Among these are the Al-Rayyan building and the Al-Rabi’ building, which the occupation evacuated after 41 days, leaving behind great destruction and devastation in the residential apartments.

The occupation's aggression on the city and camp of Jenin continues for the 44th consecutive day, leaving 30 martyrs, dozens of injuries and detainees, and great destruction to citizens' homes and infrastructure.

British Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific, Catherine West, stressed the need to commit to implementing the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing the United Kingdom's concern over the Israeli occupation authorities preventing the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

She explained in a briefing session in the British Parliament on Gaza that humanitarian aid should not be conditional on a ceasefire or used as a political tool, calling for the restrictions to be lifted immediately and without conditions.

West noted that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is extremely deteriorating, warning that "stopping the entry of supplies could constitute a violation of international humanitarian law."

A number of citizens suffered from suffocation when the Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, on Wednesday evening.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed Al-Khader and took up positions in the gate area and on the main street, Jerusalem-Hebron, while firing live bullets, tear gas and sound bombs at citizens' homes and shops, which led to citizens suffocating.

The Trump administration has engaged in direct talks with Hamas over the release of American hostages held in Gaza and the possibility of a broader peace deal, Axios reported on Wednesday.

The talks, led by US Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler, are the first known direct contact between the United States and Hamas since the United States designated the group as a terrorist organization in 1997.

The meetings, held in Doha in recent weeks, have focused primarily on the release of the American hostages, with discussions of a long-term truce and the release of additional hostages. No agreement has yet been reached. White House envoy Steve Witkoff was scheduled to visit Doha for further talks but canceled the trip after seeing no progress from Hamas, according to a U.S. official.

According to Axios, the Israeli consul general in New York, Ofir Akunis, responded to the report by saying, “They can talk to Hamas, that’s fine.” In an interview with Fox Business, Akunis expressed support for the White House’s efforts, adding, “If the White House wants to talk directly to Hamas and put pressure on them to release more hostages, we’d be happy to see more hostages with their families.”

The Trump administration’s approach has departed from President Biden’s, which included threats of dire consequences for Hamas and a focus on military action. Direct talks with Hamas, especially without coordination with Israel, represent a shift in American diplomatic strategy.

US President Trump pledged in his speech to Congress on Tuesday to bring home the American detainees in Gaza.

The Defense for Children International movement said that the Israeli occupation authorities issued an administrative detention order against the child Moein Ghassan Salahat (14 years old) from the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, making him the youngest administrative detainee in the occupation prisons.

The occupation forces arrested Salahat at dawn on February 19 after raiding his family’s home in Beit Fajjar, and issued an administrative detention order against him for four months on March 2, according to what was documented by the Defense for Children International movement.

According to the global movement, Salahat is the youngest Palestinian child to be placed under an administrative detention order since the global movement for children began documenting cases of administrative detention of children in 2008.

The Global Movement stressed that “administrative detention violates basic fair trial rights, but the occupation forces are now expanding this arbitrary policy to detain Palestinian children under administrative detention without charge or trial,” indicating that “the case of the child Moeen Salahat sets a dangerous precedent, as it shows that no Palestinian child, regardless of his age, is immune from arbitrary detention.”

Mu'in, a ninth-grader and the only child in his family, was placed under administrative detention, a practice in which Palestinians, including children, are held without charge or trial, based on "secret evidence" that the detainee and his lawyer cannot see.

Regarding his arrest, the Global Movement stated that the occupation soldiers raided the home of the child Salahat’s family at around 4:30 a.m. on the nineteenth of last month, and immediately detained his father after blindfolding him and tying his hands behind his back. When Moein woke up to look for his father, the soldiers took him and began searching the house.

The Global Movement indicated that the occupation soldiers did not hand the family members an arrest warrant, and asked them not to move, while the soldiers vandalized their property and seized their phones and computers.

Moein's detention is scheduled to continue until June 18, 2025.

Arbitrarily depriving Palestinian children of their right to liberty through the use of administrative detention, which involves imprisoning individuals for long periods without charge or trial and often based on secret evidence, amounts to arbitrary detention.

Since October 7, 2023, the occupation authorities have imposed severe restrictions on lawyers who attempt to provide consultations or visit Palestinian detainees, including children, in occupation prisons.

Lawyers often face access barriers, arbitrary delays, and bureaucratic procedures, making it nearly impossible to provide an adequate defense. Moreover, Israeli military courts routinely rely on “secret evidence” that is not accessible to the detainee or his or her lawyer, denying Palestinian prisoners their right to a fair trial. In many cases, Palestinian children held in administrative detention go without seeing a lawyer for weeks, perpetuating the cycle of arbitrary imprisonment and impunity.

This evening, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces brought in armored vehicles from their military checkpoints at the entrances to the city of Tulkarm.

Local sources reported that two Eitan armored vehicles stormed the town of Anabta before the time for breaking the fast, from the Anab military checkpoint east of the governorate, and roamed along its main street, obstructing the movement of vehicles and citizens and endangering their lives.

It added that two other armored vehicles stormed the city from the Jabara military checkpoint to the south, and headed towards the Shobaki junction at the southern entrance to the city, and headed towards the village of Shofa.

This came in conjunction with the occupation sending military reinforcements of vehicles and infantry units towards the city of Tulkarm and its two camps, Tulkarm and Nour Shams, in light of the ongoing aggression for the 38th consecutive day, amidst the comprehensive destruction of the infrastructure and public and private property, including homes, facilities and shops.

Eyewitnesses reported that the occupation forces' foot patrols were deployed in the neighborhoods of Tulkarm camp and were stationed in the airport neighborhood, where they raided a number of homes and informed three families to evacuate their homes under the pretext that they were located opposite the military barracks that they had set up in the aforementioned neighborhood, and they were given until 10 pm to leave.

Today, the occupation bulldozers also demolished houses in the Al-Hamam neighborhood in the camp, razing them to the ground.

Today, the occupation forces notified the demolition of 17 additional houses in the Al-Manshiya neighborhood in Nour Shams camp, under the pretext of paving a new road, in continuation of the plan to demolish 11 houses that it implemented a few days ago in the camp, extending from the camp square neighborhood to the Al-Manshiya neighborhood.

The national action factions and the popular committees in the camps held the international community, human rights institutions and the international relief agency legally, morally and humanitarianly responsible for the Israeli occupation forces committing massacres, crimes, demolishing, bombing and burning homes, destroying the infrastructure, systematic displacement, continuing the state of forced displacement and emptying the camps, expelling and uprooting our people from their land, continuing the Israeli aggression and implementing its plans to work on changing the features of the camp and restructuring its engineering, geographic and demographic structure.

The United Nations, human rights organizations, and the International Relief Agency, as the legal and humanitarian umbrella for refugees, were called upon to begin providing international protection for our people and to work immediately to stop the repeated and ongoing aggression and invasions of the refugee camps and to move immediately to return the camp residents to their homes, along with reconstruction, shelter, and urgent relief, leading to the implementation of UN Resolution 194 and the return of refugees to their homes from which they were displaced during the Nakba, and the establishment of the state with Jerusalem as its capital.

The Saudi Cabinet, headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, affirmed its full support for the decisions of the extraordinary Arab Summit, the “Palestine Summit,” held in Egypt, as it aims to affirm the rejection of the displacement of the Palestinian people from their land and to end the disastrous repercussions resulting from the war. The Council also stressed the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to obtain their legitimate rights, including their right to establish their independent state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

In the same context, the Council of Ministers condemned the decision of the Israeli occupation government to stop the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, and called on the international community to assume its responsibilities towards these serious violations, activate international accountability mechanisms, and ensure sustainable access to aid.

The situation in Lebanon

In addition, the Crown Prince briefed the Cabinet on the results of his discussions with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun during his official visit to Saudi Arabia, which included a review of aspects of relations between the two countries and ways to support and enhance them in various fields, in addition to discussing developments in the situation in Lebanon and the region and the efforts made in this regard.

Implementation of the Taif Agreement

The Saudi Council of Ministers noted what was included in the joint statement between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon regarding the importance of fully implementing the Taif Agreement and relevant international resolutions, extending the Lebanese state’s sovereignty, restricting its possession of weapons, emphasizing the national role of the Lebanese army, and the necessity of the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation army from all Lebanese territories.

Social services support

The Saudi Cabinet affirmed the state’s continued support for the social services system and national initiatives that aim to provide adequate housing for deserving families, and in this context commends the cooperation and integration of roles between government, private and non-profit entities, in addition to community members, to achieve the goals of the Good Regions Campaign.

Saudi-Iraqi security understanding

Within the framework of memoranda of understanding, the Saudi Council of Ministers, headed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, approved a memorandum of understanding between the Presidency of State Security in Saudi Arabia and the National Intelligence Service in the Republic of Iraq in the field of combating terrorism crimes and its financing.

Protection of Saudi-Egyptian investments

At the same time, the Saudi Cabinet approved an agreement to encourage and protect mutual investments between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, according to a statement by the Saudi Press Agency, "SPA."

Development projects

The Saudi Council of Ministers reviewed the progress of major development and service projects being implemented to enhance the comprehensive renaissance process in Saudi Arabia, while blessing the opening of the first phase of the sports track project, which consolidates Riyadh’s position among the best global cities.

Investment Marketing

Within the framework of local approvals, the Saudi Council of Ministers, headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, approved the organization of the Saudi Investment Marketing Authority.

Saudi Building Code Center

The Saudi Council of Ministers decided to transform the National Committee for the Saudi Building Code into a center called the Saudi Building Code Center, approve its organizational arrangements, amend the Saudi Building Code Implementation System, and approve - in principle - the establishment of the Saudi Building Code Academy.

Arab Cyber Security

The Cabinet also approved a headquarters agreement between Saudi Arabia and the Council of Arab Cybersecurity Ministers, the Saudi Press Agency announced in a statement.

Hundreds of citizens had their Iftar today, Wednesday, at the Beit Furik checkpoint, east of Nablus.

Local sources reported that hundreds of citizens stuck at the occupation checkpoints surrounding Nablus had their Iftar there, due to the occupation forces closing them and tightening their measures.

It is noteworthy that the occupation forces are tightening their measures at the checkpoints surrounding Nablus, which leads to the detention of hundreds of citizens at them and delaying them from reaching their homes, as part of the policy of collective punishment practiced by the occupation forces against citizens.

The Israeli occupation police arrested a journalist from occupied Jerusalem this evening, Wednesday.

According to local sources, police forces raided the house of journalist Ahmed Jalajel in the Al-Thawri neighborhood in the town of Silwan and arrested him.

It is clear that the fascist Tel Aviv government, due to the absolute immunity provided by successive US administrations and now by Trump's bullying, is not intending to stop the war, or what has become known as a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. That government, with full cover from the White House and its envoy Steve Wojcoff, has announced the suspension of the implementation of the agreement. Even if this is negotiating blackmail, it means that Netanyahu is proceeding with the plan of genocide, annexation and displacement, as he sees in the international transformations led by Trump to invalidate the rules of international law and the references of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, his golden opportunity to move towards liquidating the Palestinian cause.

There is no doubt that the essence of what is known as the second phase of the ceasefire agreement is primarily political, as it included the complete withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip, including from the Salah al-Din Corridor (Philadelphi), and from the Rafah crossing, and its re-operation in accordance with the 2005 crossings agreement, in addition to the commitment to implement the humanitarian protocol, in preparation for the reconstruction phase. Netanyahu is certainly standing on a fine line between his strategy to isolate the Gaza Strip from the national entity, and the return of Hamas to rule the Strip, in the event that the unity of the Palestinian position continues to falter. For him, that would mean the shameful defeat of the slogan of eliminating Hamas, which would completely expose him to his opponents in the Israeli political system.

Since December 2023, Hamas has presented Cairo with an approach that removes Netanyahu’s pretexts regarding the so-called day after, as it has adopted a firm position up until now, according to which it will give up control of Gaza, which is in fact a strategic step to end the division, in favor of Palestinian consensus on a transitional, non-factional unity government. This was formalized, including major national issues, in the Beijing Declaration with the consensus of all Palestinian factions within the framework of the PLO, and those not yet within it.

The murky waters represented by the Palestinian division, which unfortunately did not spare tens of thousands of victims to turn the page, are being fished in by Netanyahu to continue the war of comprehensive liquidation, as its scope is being expanded in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. In other words, the failure to submit to the will of unity, which has become an existential need, feeds into the mill of Netanyahu’s plans to achieve his racist and fascist goals, leading to large-scale ethnic cleansing, especially since all of Israel’s wars have failed and will fail to break the will of the Palestinian people to remain and stand firm on their homeland, at a time when the political system in Israel, instead of recognizing the truth of the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination on their homeland, continues its aggression and even escalates its crimes.

The entire world, including the Arab countries, is preoccupied with the so-called “day after.” However, while it should be focused on the responsibility of the international community to address what the war has destroyed, Israel and its allies, especially Washington, consider it the day after Hamas, or even after Hamas has been eradicated. While they realize the impossibility of achieving this, it means the continuation of the war of liquidation under various pretexts, if the world, led by the Palestinians, does not stand united in the face of this bloody racism. We are the owners of the cause that Netanyahu wants to eliminate, in preparation for opening the door to comprehensive Israeli hegemony over the entire region.

In this context, the hollow talk continues about who will run Gaza? Who will undertake its reconstruction? And dealing with it as an orphan stripped of its comprehensive national entities. Here, we must say the bitter truth, which is that the division caused by Hamas in 2007 has harmed the national cause, but the failure of the influential leadership to contain it, in a way that enhances the legitimacy of national representation, and closes the deadly loopholes that Netanyahu seeks to exploit, has harmed the national cause in a deep and far-reaching way, especially since there is an equation that has enjoyed national and popular consensus alike, represented by the Beijing Declaration, which is intended to enhance Palestinian immunity. Unfortunately, the continuation of such a policy has not stopped at the fragility of the national situation, but rather, it is taking it to the most dangerous paths, one of the symptoms of which is certainly that some people come out to present credentials to gain confidence in the agency that Israel seeks to establish on those who go too far in appeasing it, in a way that strikes at any legitimacy of the comprehensive national entity. We need to restore all legitimacy, and there is no way to do that except through elections, but the wound and pain of Gaza cannot bear waiting, and Gaza, which has always been a lever for Palestinian nationalism, will not accept the exchange of its return to normal life on the corpse of the cause and the national destiny, especially since we have an agreement that achieves both matters: saving Gaza, and preserving the national destiny, and certainly not by submitting to the plans to engineer the Palestinian political system, according to the Israeli goals and vision.

Here our responsibilities are defined, and the need to continue to raise the legitimate question continues, which is why the stubbornness and disengagement from implementing the requirements of the Beijing Declaration and all the previous Palestinian ideas and Arab and non-Arab efforts to end the catastrophic tragedy of division continues. This question has become urgent to be directed to our Arab brothers, which is: Is the way to save Gaza by ignoring its representation?! Or, in light of the current circumstances, especially the clarity of the plans targeting Arab national security itself, we look forward to intensifying their efforts to strengthen this representation with a solid national unity, according to realistic foundations based on international law and UN resolutions, and to be the locomotive of Arab and international efforts to save and rebuild Gaza, and even save the national destiny as a whole. This is what we expect from our Arab brothers, and this is what we believe the Arab summit must address, in a way that protects Palestinian rights, national security, and Arab interests at this most dangerous historical juncture since the 1948 Nakba.

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Netanyahu is fishing in the murky waters represented by the Palestinian division, which unfortunately did not allow tens of thousands of victims to turn the page, to continue the war of comprehensive liquidation, as its scope is being expanded in the occupied Palestinian West Bank.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aati said on Wednesday that there is a party (Israel) "trying to evade its obligations" related to the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, and that his country and Qatar are counting on Washington to complete its implementation.

At midnight last Saturday/Sunday, the first phase of the agreement that went into effect between Hamas and Israel on January 19 ended, and Tel Aviv evaded starting negotiations for the second phase.

Abdel-Ati added, in statements to the official Qatar News Agency, that "Egypt and Qatar have a joint responsibility, in addition to the United States, to continue pressure to enter into negotiations on the second phase."

The Gaza agreement was reached with the mediation of Egypt and Qatar and the support of the United States, after a genocidal Israeli war with American support that lasted for about 16 months on Gaza.

The Israeli genocide since October 7, 2023 has left more than 160,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.

Abdel-Ati continued, "The sincere joint efforts made by Egypt and Qatar succeeded last January in reaching a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, which includes three stages," each lasting 42 days.

He added, "The first phase has been implemented so far, while there is now a party (meaning Israel) trying to evade its obligations."

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Hamas was refusing to respond to a new American proposal for a temporary ceasefire during the month of Ramadan and the Jewish holiday of Passover, and decided to stop the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Netanyahu wants to release more Israeli prisoners from Gaza, without implementing the second phase commitments, especially ending the war of extermination and the complete withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Strip.

While Hamas affirms its commitment to the agreement and demands that Israel be bound by it, and calls on the mediators to immediately begin negotiations for the second phase, it considered the decision to prevent aid "cheap blackmail, a war crime, and a blatant coup against the agreement."

Abdel-Ati added, "There are obligations on both parties to the ceasefire agreement, and each party must implement its obligations, especially the Israeli party, to complete this agreement in its three stages."

He added, "Egypt and Qatar are counting on the American role to work on implementing what was agreed upon, and to immediately begin, without any delay, the negotiation process for the second phase."

He added: "We succeeded in releasing a number of hostages, and now the effort must continue and the second and third stages must be implemented, until the release of all hostages and remains inside Gaza is completed."

He added: "In return, Israel will naturally implement its commitments, especially with regard to the full implementation of humanitarian, medical and shelter aid, and working to release the agreed number of Palestinian prisoners."

The emergency Arab summit on Palestine in Cairo on Tuesday evening, through its final statement, stressed the top priority of completing the implementation of the agreement, leading to a permanent cessation of aggression on Gaza and a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Strip.

The summit adopted a plan to rebuild Gaza without displacing Palestinians from it, which would last for 5 years and cost 53 billion dollars, but Israel and the United States announced their rejection of the plan and their adherence to the plan of US President Donald Trump.

Since January 25, Trump has been promoting a plan to displace the Palestinians of Gaza to neighboring countries such as Egypt and Jordan, which was rejected by both countries, and was joined by other Arab countries and regional and international organizations.

Israel has turned Gaza into the world's largest prison, besieging it for the 18th year, and the war of extermination has forced about two million of its citizens, numbering about 2.4 million Palestinians, to flee in tragic conditions with a deliberate severe shortage of food, water and medicine.

The number of dead in the Gaza Strip has risen to 48,440, and the number of injuries to 111,845 since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7.

Medical sources said that 35 dead arrived at hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, 30 of whom were pulled out from under the rubble, and one dead succumbed to his wounds he sustained earlier, in addition to 4 dead who were recently killed, along with 10 injuries.

A number of victims and dead are still under the rubble of destroyed buildings and on the streets, amid attempts to rescue them, but the ambulance and civil defense crews cannot yet reach them.

The Israeli occupation forces launched an aggression on the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the death and injury of tens of thousands of citizens, including about 17,581 children and about 12,048 women, while about 11,000 are still missing under the rubble and on the roads, which led to a 6% decrease in the population of the Gaza Strip by the end of 2024.

The aggression also caused the displacement of more than 85% of the Gaza Strip’s citizens, i.e. more than 1.93 million citizens out of 2.2 million, from their homes after they were destroyed. About 100,000 citizens have left the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression.

Half of the Gaza Strip currently lives in shelters and tents that lack the minimum requirements for human life, amidst massive and unprecedented destruction of infrastructure and citizens’ property, with estimates indicating that more than 80% of the Gaza Strip is destroyed.

About 96% of the Gaza Strip’s population (2.2 million people) face high levels of acute food insecurity until September 2024, and more than 495,000 citizens (22% of the population) face catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity (Phase 5), some of whom are at risk of death due to malnutrition and food shortages.

Today, Wednesday, settlers released their cows into the rainfed crops of citizens in several areas in the northern Jordan Valley.

The head of the Al-Maleh village council, Mahdi Daraghmeh, said that settlers released their cows into the rain-fed crops of citizens in Al-Farisiya, Wadi Al-Faw, and Khirbet Samra in the northern Jordan Valley.

In a related context, settlers stole a horse belonging to citizen Fawzi Anbousi in Khirbet Yarza, east of Tubas, according to what Draghmeh confirmed.

A young man was shot with live ammunition, and dozens of citizens suffocated, today, Wednesday, following clashes that erupted with the Israeli occupation forces in Al-Arroub camp, north of Hebron.

Local sources reported that the occupation army fired live bullets and tear gas canisters at citizens during the clashes that erupted in the camp, which led to a young man being injured by bullets in his lower limbs and hand, and dozens suffocating from the toxic gas and were treated in the field.

South Africa said on Wednesday in a statement issued by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs that "Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war" in Gaza, by preventing humanitarian aid from reaching the Strip since Sunday.

According to Agence France-Presse, the Foreign Ministry explained in its statement that “by preventing food from entering Gaza, Israel continues to use starvation as a weapon of war as part of an ongoing campaign that the International Court of Justice has ruled to be a potential genocide against the Palestinian people,” referring to the case brought by South Africa against Israel before the court.

At the same time that the plane of His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, may God protect him, was landing at Cairo Airport to attend the Arab Summit held on March 4, 2025 AD, corresponding to Ramadan 4, 1446 AH, two planes arrived at Marka Military Airport in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, transporting children with cancer and others injured as a result of the Gaza War, in direct implementation of the royal directives that His Majesty had promised and fulfilled by covering their treatment. His Majesty announced this during his meeting at the White House with US President Donald Trump.

In this extraordinary emergency historic meeting of the Arab League held in Cairo to support the Palestinians, the content of the Arab plan for the reconstruction of Gaza was announced, where for the first time Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa was present at the summit, after the fall and escape of Bashar al-Assad, and with the presence of a new flag for Syrian independence replacing the flag of the former Syrian Baath regime.

Here, I would like to first clearly state what His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein stated in his speech before the leaders at the Arab Summit, including reference to the basic ideas and contents that His Majesty mentioned in his meeting with President Trump at the White House, namely His Majesty’s complete rejection of the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza and the Strip, and the necessity of rebuilding Gaza within a specific timetable, as well as preparing a clear and implementable vision regarding the management of the Gaza Strip and linking it to the West Bank. Here, His Majesty the King stresses in his speech, specifically in the holy month of Ramadan, the necessity of stopping the escalation in the West Bank, and that the only solution is the two-state solution that guarantees the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on the 1967 borders. His Majesty indicated that Israel’s prevention of the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza is a measure that violates international law, stressing that the decision of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is to continue providing and sending support to Gaza and its people, in addition to the firm Jordanian position in supporting the Palestinian cause, especially with regard to the Hashemite care and guardianship of the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.

The outcomes of the Arab summit held in Egypt, which was dedicated to discussing the Palestinian issue and in the extraordinary emergency session of the Arab League, included an Arab plan to seek to prevent the displacement of the people of Gaza and the Palestinian people outside their territories, specifically what is related to the people of the Gaza Strip, so that the next stage of reconstruction will be within a plan costing about 53 billion dollars, which will take place simultaneously with the presence of the population there, where they will live without the need to displace them. Hamas welcomed the plan adopted by the Arab summit in Cairo, within demands to provide the components that guarantee the success of this plan, starting with preparing to hold a future international conference to discuss the reconstruction of Gaza according to the plan announced and adopted by the Cairo summit. The plan also includes holding Palestinian elections, as well as a transitional phase for 6 months during which an administrative committee will be formed consisting of independent Palestinian figures, not made up of armed factions. Hamas appreciated the position of the Arab leaders rejecting attempts to displace the Palestinian people, considering that this summit inaugurated an advanced stage of the Arab countries’ unified alignment with the Palestinian cause. Hamas also appreciated the unified Arab position rejecting To displace the Palestinian people, in addition to the summit’s emphasis that the Palestinian Nakba will not be repeated, and announced its support for the decision to form a community support committee for the reconstruction of Gaza, also welcoming the holding of legislative and presidential elections as soon as possible.

Egypt stressed that the Arab leaders gathered at the Cairo Summit adopted the Egyptian plan for the reconstruction of Gaza, so that this plan would become an Arab plan, in addition to the existence of a solid agreement and understanding on the proposed names for the administration of the Gaza Strip, with the necessity that the figures be independent Palestinians, of course in light of the existence of a political climate that witnesses the sustainability of the ceasefire. Thus, Gaza will be a favorable environment that allows for the implementation of the Gaza reconstruction plan, and is capable of implementing the stages of construction work and completing it within a period of five years. This Egyptian plan was presented at the Cairo Summit as an Arab roadmap and an alternative to the plan of US President Trump that he had previously proposed. Thus, the Cairo Plan is considered an embodiment of the Palestinian state, and this plan is the only guarantee that war and violence will not be repeated and that it will be able to avoid the Palestinian catastrophe.

At the same time, the Israeli Foreign Ministry criticized the final collective statement of the Arab Summit on the Palestinian issue. Israel believes that the summit did not condemn Hamas’ attacks on October 7, 2023, and that this summit relied on the Palestinian Authority, which has proven its corruption in the past decades, in addition to the corruption of UNRWA as well. Israel stressed that the responsible countries in the region must free themselves from the shackles of the past and cooperate in order to find a safe and stable future for the Arab East region. The Israeli side also stressed that the people of Gaza must side with the decision and proposal of US President Donald Trump, and that they alone have the right to make their own free decision. Israel stressed that the people of Gaza must adopt President Trump’s idea, especially in light of the Arab countries’ unanimous rejection of the opportunity that Trump gave the people of Gaza.

The White House also stated that the Gaza reconstruction plan, which resulted from the outcomes of the Arab Summit in Cairo, does not address the situation in the Gaza Strip as Trump’s idea addressed it, as the people of Gaza cannot currently live in Gaza in light of the great destruction there due to the devastating war, especially in light of the inhumane situation that the people of Gaza are living in and in a place where debris is accumulating and where unexploded and dangerous ammunition and bombs are spread.

Between this and that, and within all these proposals regarding the fate of the people of Gaza and the Palestinian people who have suffered greatly as a result of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, I believe that it is time for this people to live a dignified life and a safe and respectable life, and for the people of Gaza to have a Palestinian passport so that they can travel like the rest of the people of this world, and I do not believe that there will be prosperity, security and peace in the Arab East without a just solution to the Palestinian and Kurdish issues, and after solving all these pending problems, the Arab East can enter a stage of prosperity, construction and peace.

Trump administration officials on Tuesday announced measures to crack down on campus protests critical of Israel, moves that have chilling implications for First Amendment rights.

President Trump wrote on his Truth Social website that he would cut off federal funding to colleges that allow illegal protests, referring to student-led pro-Palestinian demonstrations that have spread across the country in response to Israel’s bombing campaign and blockade of Gaza. The president also threatened to jail or deport “agitators” if they are foreign students, just hours before he delivered a speech to Congress in which he claimed to have restored the sanctity and place of free speech in American society.

“All federal funding will be stopped for any college, school, or university that permits unlawful protests,” the president said. “Inciters will be imprisoned and/or permanently returned to the country from which they came… American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested.”

Elise Stefanik, Trump's nominee for UN ambassador, celebrated Trump's announcement and acknowledged that the order was intended to target protests against Israel.

“Under President [Trump], colleges and universities will be held accountable,” Stefanik said. “Anti-Semitism and anti-Israel hatred will not be tolerated on American campuses. Promises made, promises kept.”

Journalist Glenn Greenwald, a constitutional lawyer, explained in a video posted on X why cutting federal funding due to political speech and protests is a violation of the First Amendment.

“You can take the position that there shouldn’t be federal funding for universities or there should be, and that’s independent of the point of free speech,” Greenwald said. “Once the federal government or any government decides to provide an optional benefit … they can’t then make receiving that benefit conditional on your expressing a particular viewpoint, your affirming a particular viewpoint, or your refraining from expressing a political viewpoint. That’s a fundamental First Amendment doctrine.”

Trump’s announcement came a day after Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, said the Department of Health and Human Services would take steps to combat “anti-Semitism” on college campuses in another directive targeting pro-Palestinian protests. While both President Trump and his predecessor have called the protests “anti-Semitic,” many Jewish students and organizations have participated in the demonstrations.

The Department of Health and Human Services said in a press release that it, along with the Department of Education and the U.S. General Services Administration, will launch “a comprehensive review of federal contracts and grants to Columbia University in light of ongoing investigations into potential violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act” regarding allegations of anti-Semitism related to pro-Palestine protests.

“Anti-Semitism—like racism—is a spiritual and moral disease that sickens communities and kills people with a lethality comparable to the deadliest pandemics in history,” Kennedy said in a statement. “In recent years, censorship and the false narratives of a woke cancel culture have turned our great universities into hotbeds for this deadly and insidious disease. Making America healthy means building communities of trust and mutual respect, grounded in free speech and open debate.” Last week, Leo Terrill, the attorney who leads the Justice Department’s Anti-Semitism Task Force, vowed to put “Hamas supporters” in jail. “You see all these chaotic demonstrations supporting Hamas and trying to terrorize Jews? We’re going to put these people in jail—not for 24 hours, but for years,” Terrill said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 12.

Terrell, whose task force was created under an executive order signed by President Trump in January, said charges and other “aggressive” moves would begin soon. The Justice Department said the task force would visit 10 college campuses to investigate alleged anti-Semitic incidents.

“When you see universities start losing millions of dollars in federal funding, you’re going to see a change in their behavior,” Terrell told Channel 12. “When you see court orders to protect Jewish students, to revoke visas for anti-Semitic students — you’re going to see a big change.”

In 2019, President Trump signed an executive order directing all executive departments to consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism and the organization’s list of examples of “contemporary anti-Semitism” when enforcing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, making criticism of Israel anti-Semitism.

The Israeli occupation forces notified the seizure of 300 dunums of land in the village of Al-Arqa, west of Jenin, adjacent to the racist separation and expansion wall.

The head of the village council in Al-Arqa said that the occupation forces delivered notices to the citizens to seize 300 dunums of their agricultural lands adjacent to the wall, which deprives the farmers of their only source of livelihood.

According to the latest statistics issued by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission for the month of February, the occupation and its settlers carried out 1,705 attacks during February, in continuation of the ongoing series of terrorism against our people, their lands, and their properties. The total number of attacks were concentrated in the governorates of Nablus with 300 attacks, Hebron with 267 attacks, and Ramallah with 263 attacks.

Dozens of settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque today, Wednesday, under the protection of the Israeli occupation police.

Local sources reported that dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa from the Al-Maghariba Gate, carried out provocative tours in its courtyards, and performed Talmudic rituals in public under the protection of the occupation police, who assaulted the worshipers and removed them from the path of the settlers’ storming.

The occupation police also tightened its military measures at the gates of the Old City and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Failure

The first of the Israeli army self-investigations are being released to the public and one of the clear elements appearing in the reports is the claim of the false conceptions which guided Israel’s “strategic” calculations. That false conception, as reported, is that Hamas was deterred. The Israeli military and security commands believed that Hamas was contained and was willing to divert its attention and resources from armed resistance to the development of Gaza. The Israeli adage of “quiet begets quiet” was the policy employed by Israel. Hamas knowingly used this policy to develop their strategy and military preparedness while Israel was sleeping. Every so often,an Israeli military response was employed to “rebuild deterrence” when one of the non-Hamas factions in Gaza would dare to shoot some rockets into Israel.  Israel always responded with massive military responses, mostly in the form of bombing from the air, often hitting targets without human casualties, but also at times with human casualties and horrible physical damage.

No Deterrence

I remember sitting in one of the Israeli television studies during the Cast Lead operation (27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009) with a panel of retired military and security men who were all talking about the need to rebuild Israel’s deterrence towards Hamas. I was the only non-military person on the panel, and the only person on the panel who had ever actually spoken with Hamas leaders and members. I stated quite clearly that there was no possibility of creating deterrence towards Hamas and that the panelist did not understand the enemy. Hamas is an Islamic Palestinian nationalist movement that fostered a distorted version of Islam that sanctifies death and martyrdom. It is a commandment, according to Hamas, to die as a martyr in the cause of Islam and freeing Palestine. It is not about the 72 virgins as some people in the West seem to emphasize. It is all about eternal paradise if you are killed fighting for Islam and Palestine and there is no greater deed that one can do in their life than fulfill this commandment. You can not deter someone who believes that it is a divine commandment to be killed in battle while killing as many of the enemy as you can.  So, one could conclude that yes, Israel was operating under a false conception of deterrence and that Hamas was never deterred.   This is certainly a major fault line within the Israeli security doctrine and one that Israel’s super intelligence community got completely wrong.  

The Hamas Deception

While Israel was busy thinking that they were deterring Hamas from attacking Israel, Hamas was busy building its forces, improving its weapons, studying the enemy, and planning a surprise attack strategy. During the Gaza “March of Return” which took place on almost every weekend during 2018-2019, Hamas’s military wing Ezz e-din al Qassam was testing Israel’s resolve and its border defense. Hamas was searching for weaknesses in the border defense and for points where the border could easily be breached. Hamas was also testing the resolve of the Gaza public to enlist in the fight with the knowledge that the consequences could be fatal. There was mass willingness to take on Israel from the young people of Gaza. Life in Gaza had become quite intolerable for most of the young people. Youth are the overwhelming majority of people in Gaza – 68% of them under the age of 30. Forty-sever percent of them under the age of 18. Amongst this population group, unemployment was around 70%. Despite Gaza having seven working universities before the war, most of the graduates had no work or even hope of finding a suitable job. Gaza was closed to the world and for the average Gazan, hope was something that could only be seen on the screens of their smart phones.

Hamas was elected democratically in 2006, but that was the last time elections were held.  Most votes for Hamas were not ideological and not Islamic. Most Palestinians who voted for Hamas did so as a protest vote.   Hamas also did not run for elections under the Hamas label (Islamic Resistant Movement is what Hamas means) but rather under the name of a political party called “Change and Reform”.   Change and reform is what most Palestinians wanted. The second intifada had devastated Palestinian society. The economy was dying. The PLO’s promise of liberation was an even most distant dream. Israel unilaterally disengaged from Gaza even after Mahmoud Abbas failed to convince Ariel Sharon to negotiate the transference of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority as the first step towards Palestinian statehood. Sharon humiliated Abbas calling him a “chick with no feathers” and a non-partner and thus Hamas won the narrative of being responsible for Israel’s exit from Gaza. People in Palestine lost hope that there could be a negotiated path to freedom and to ending the occupation and were more convinced that Israel only understands the language of force.  The victory of Hamas was the result of the victory of their narrative combined with the electoral system in which half of the Legislative Council was elected on the basis of localized district-based elections. Hamas appointed well known and respected local candidates, most who were involved in the local mosque, school, clinic, and social religious affairs. The candidates were well educated and thought to be clean from corruption for which the Palestinian Authority became so well known.  Once elected, it did not take long for Hamas to turn into a machine of corruption empowered by the great wealth accumulated from more than 1000 smuggling tunnels which fueled the Gaza economy after Israel imposed an economic siege on the Strip.   Hamas was so sophisticated in their tunnel smuggling operations that they even created a government ministry for tunnel affairs.  It was possible for Gaza business people to lease a tunnel for a day or more to bring in whatever goods they wanted. Eventually the tunnel operations ended when Abdel Fatah A-Sisi came to power and threw the Muslim Brotherhood elected government into prison. Then the tunnels, or almost all of them were shut down and destroyed. But by then enough weapons and materials to produce home made weapons had been stockpiled in Gaza.

Where was the Israeli Army?

In deference to the continued Palestinian demand to end the occupation, Israel’s right-wing government moved fast forward with their settlement development plans and eventual annexation of parts of the West Bank.  Israel’s right-wing government increased tensions over Al Aqsa (The Temple Mount) with the change of the historic status quo which prohibited Jewish prayer on the Mount.  Al Aqsa is the nuclear bomb of the Arab and Muslim world and the launching pad for all Hamas attacks against Israel. On October 7 the Israeli army wasn’t around the Gaza border.  The army, or what was on duty during the Simchat Torah weekend holiday was stationed in the West Bank to protect Israeli settlers. The threat perceived by the Israeli government and its military was to the lives of Israeli settlers and not the lives of Israelis living in communities along the Gaza border. If the army would have been present on the Gaza border on October 7, it would not have happened. It was not the Russian army standing against Israel in Gaza.   According to what one Hamas leader told me, their expectation was that they would lose 2/3 of their Nukhba fighters while trying to breach the border.  They were more surprised than Israel when they broke through the border and discovered that the Israeli army was not there. One Hamas leader told me that if they knew the army wouldn’t be there, they would have sent 10,000 fighters across the border and would have conquered Tel Aviv. That is of course a huge exaggeration but it demonstrates the surprise from the Hamas side that they met very little resistance as opposed to what they expected. If there had been 15-25 tanks on the border with troops armed and ready and three attack helicopters in the air, October 7 would not have happened.

The Biggest Conceptual Failure

But even when understanding all of the errors and conceptual fallacies, the biggest conceptual mistake of them all is believing that Israel can control or occupy the Palestinian people for 56 years and expect to live in peace. Furthermore, that Israel could lock more than 2 million people in a territory like Gaza for 20 years with abhorrent poverty and expect to have quiet. How do Israelis not see this, even today 16 months into the war? How could the people of Israel who have been so willing to fight, to die, and to kill for their territorial expression of their identity expect that the other people living on this land would do less?  How is it possible that Israel has had so little respect for the Palestinians people’s desire and ambition for freedom, self-determination and dignity? Israelis would never agree to live under the conditions that Israel has subjected millions of Palestinians to live under.  No amount of military pressure, threat of arrest, poverty or physical abuse would have ever convinced Israelis to give up their fight for freedom, self-determination and dignity in a country of their own. Why do Israelis so under-estimate the same from the Palestinian people?  But Netanyahu’s strategy since 2009 (after his Bar Ilan speech in which he lied that he was willing to accept a Palestinian state) was to make permanent the separation between the West Bank and Gaza. He empowered Hamas in Gaza and continually delegitimized the Palestinian Authority and Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank.  In 2012 and 2013 I personally transmitted messages three times from Abbas to Netanyahu to begin secret direct negotiations, but Netanyahu completely refused. His strategy was to continue to tell the Israeli public and the world that Israel wanted peace but had no one to negotiate with. His strategy worked unto October 7, 2023.

Two State Solution is Back!

There are two people living in this land. Even after this horrible war comes to an end there will be two peoples living on this land and both of them believe that it belongs to them and that they are the sole rightful owners of the land. There is little chance that each side will recognize the moral right of the other side to claim ownership over the land. Palestinians will probably never recognize the legitimacy of Zionism. Israelis will probably never recognize the legitimacy of the Palestinian claim of being the legitimate indigenous people of this land. Perhaps at some time in the distant future people on both sides might be willing to recognize the legitimacy to the claims of the other side. That can wait for the future. What cannot wait for the future is the recognition of reality – that there are two peoples on the land who are here to stay and who are not willing to be subjugated by the other. Both sides demand self-determination. Both peoples demand freedom, dignity and security. Both sides can only get what they want if they also grant it to the other side. This is the primary and most fundamental recognition that both peoples need to arrive at right now. That is why the two-states solution is back on the table as well.  There is no other solution to this conflict and there has never been a more urgent time to accept it than now.

The horrors of the past 16 months must come to an end with the determination that this will be the last Israeli-Palestinian war. We need new leaders on both sides, each willing to take the first step towards each other. The leaders of the past who still control us will be judged in history as responsible for sustaining the conflict and guilty of the tragedies that they brought to their people.  A large majority of Israelis and Palestinians would be willing to live with the compromises necessary to make peace with the other side if they believed that the other side was in fact genuinely ready to live in peace.  The only way to achieve that shift in understanding on both sides is through the adoption of the paradigm of cross-boundary cooperation which must replace the paradigm of high walls and fences. We need influencers on both sides to stand together to speak about peace and living together in two states with good neighborly relations. We can no longer deny the existence of the other side or live with the false dream that they would be willing to live in a cage with limited freedom and limited legitimate expressions of their national-religious identity.

There are solutions for every issue in conflict between Israel and Palestine. Those solutions can be found if we start resolving those issues from the end-game first. The solution is two states between the river and the sea and all the rest can be negotiated. The basic premise of two states in not negotiable and neither Israel nor Palestine agree to have their right for self-determination under negotiations.  Everything else can be negotiated. Learning from the failure of the Oslo peace process it would be wise for leaders and public figures on both sides to opening speak about the need to evaluate and change what we teach in our schools to the next generation.  It is true that the “school of life” is perhaps more influential than what is learned in schools, but I would argue that what is taught in schools is the truest reflection of the real values of the society.  Accordingly, neither Israelis nor Palestinians learn about each other, of course other than that the other side is guilty of war crimes and preventing freedom and security. Neither side learns about the reality of the existence of the other side or about the eventual possibility of living in peace. Neither side learns the language of the other side and that is the easiest place to begin to change our reality. 

Naturally, there is a lot of opposition to what I propose on both sides, even more so today than before October 7. Both publics seem to be more disposed to seeking revenge then thinking rationally and coherently on how to make sure that this never happens again. But when the war will end more Israelis and Palestinians will understand that there is no possibility of one side being victorious in the fight against the other. There are no winners here.   Both sides have lost miserably in this war. Both sides are suffering from extreme trauma and we don’t have leaders who behave differently than the people in the street. Our leaders are failing us and are even encouraging the incitement and hatred against the other. These are irresponsible leaders and they need to go – they do not serve the interests of their people.  We have very few leaders on both sides who actually say and believe what is necessary for us to move out of 100 years of war, death and destruction. But I am sure that they are out there and they will rise. As two peoples who have a burning desire to survive and live in security, we must have new visions and new realizations that we cannot continue to do what we have done for all too long.  Israelis and Palestinians, are at the end of the day, the solution for each other’s right to live in peace and security.   There will never be peace and security for only one of the sides here.  It’s live together or die together.  So, it is now time for the peace of no choice. 

The Israeli occupation forces blew up two houses in the city of Hebron at dawn on Wednesday.

WAFA news agency said that the occupation forces blew up the house of the martyr Muhammad Misk in the Abu Al-Dajjan area of the city, and the house of the wounded prisoner Ahmad Al-Haimouni in the Al-Jami'a neighborhood area.

Last night, the Israeli occupation forces stormed a number of neighborhoods in the city of Hebron and informed the family of prisoner Ahmed Al-Haimouni of their intention to demolish his apartment.

Security sources said that large forces backed by vehicles, trucks and equipment stormed a number of neighborhoods in the city of Hebron, including the Ras al-Joura area, Bir al-Mahjar, the Nimra and Eizon areas, and concentrated in the University neighborhood, where they stormed the home of the family of the wounded prisoner al-Haimouni, and informed his family of the occupation's intention to demolish the prisoner's apartment, and demanded that they evacuate and move away from the area.

And prisoner Ahmed Al-Haimouni, detained since October 1, 2024.

In his first address to Congress, US President Donald Trump made a brief reference to Gaza at the end of his more than 90-minute speech on Tuesday, saying, “We will bring back our hostages,” without discussing any details about the Gaza war, the ceasefire that ended last Saturday, his efforts to complete the deal, or his plan to take control of Gaza, forcefully expel its people, and make it the “Riviera of the Middle East,” as he had pledged on February 4 during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The US President also did not mention the emergency Arab summit in Cairo, and its recommendations that contradict Trump's pledges to displace Palestinians from Gaza to Sinai and Jordan.

The US president also pledged to "build on and expand the Abraham Accords" without giving any details.

"While everyone is focused on Ukraine, a lot of good is happening in the Middle East," Trump said.

According to various American media agencies, a number of liberated prisoners attended Trump's speech.

As for Ukraine, more than 24 hours after he withheld U.S. military aid to Ukraine in an attempt to pressure President Volodymyr Zelensky to sign an economic agreement with the United States and enter into peace talks with Russia, Trump read a letter Zelensky wrote to him on Tuesday expressing his regret over last week’s explosion in the Oval Office and his desire for peace.

US President Donald Trump announced, in his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, that the mastermind behind the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing in Kabul will soon be deported.

That attack resulted in the killing of 13 American soldiers.

Trump confirmed that the accused, Mohammed Sharifullah, known by the nickname "Jafar", whom he described as "the monster", was arrested by Pakistani authorities and "will soon face justice in the United States."

Pakistan recently carried out an operation based on intelligence from the US Central Intelligence Agency, arresting an ISIS leader accused by the United States of planning the Abbottabad attack that took place during the US evacuation from Afghanistan in 2021.

Mohammad Sharifullah, also known as "Jafar," is accused of being a leader of the ISIS branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He is also suspected of planning and coordinating the attack that killed 13 American soldiers and about 170 Afghan civilians.

Sharifullah is expected to arrive in the United States on Wednesday, according to American media sources, and the indictment against him will be revealed later.

US President Donald Trump has declared a "new golden age" for the United States, asserting that the country is witnessing a strong comeback on all fronts.

"I return to this room tonight to tell you that America is back," Trump said, adding that his administration had accomplished in just 43 days what previous administrations had not accomplished in years.

"We're just at the beginning," he said.

"The American dream is growing, bigger and better than ever before. The American dream is unstoppable, and our country is on the verge of a comeback the likes of which the world has never seen before, and perhaps never will again," he added.

Speaking about the presidential election, Trump said it was an unprecedented mandate from the American people, noting that his victory in the Electoral College was overwhelming and unprecedented in history.

He added that his Republican Party controlled most of the country's counties, noting that "the electoral map was almost entirely red."

Trump noted that Americans, for the first time in history, feel the country is heading in the right direction, and noted a rise in optimism in the small business sector.

Speaking about his accomplishments during the 6 weeks of his second presidential term, Trump noted that he signed about 100 executive orders during the first six weeks of his presidency, in addition to more than 400 executive actions to enhance security and stability in the country.

He stressed that he would quickly fulfill his election promises, saying, "The people elected me to accomplish the mission, and I am doing it."

Trump praised his administration's performance in the first month of his term, describing it as "the best in the history of the American nation, and that the second president behind him is America's first president, George Washington." He stressed his commitment to continue working to achieve prosperity and security for the United States.

The speech witnessed a clear division between Republicans, who stood and applauded with or without reason, and Democrats, who did not applaud him at all, as Trump faced opposition from Democrats who attended his speech, holding up signs reading "Wrong," in reference to their rejection of his statements about his achievements.

He responded by saying, "I can't make them happy with what I've achieved, because that's not their goal."

In an attempt to extend his hand for dialogue, Trump called on Democrats to cooperate, saying: “Democrats sitting before me tonight, why don’t you join us and celebrate America’s great victories? Let’s work together, let’s make America great again.”

The Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 38th day, and on the 25th day, on the Nour Shams camp, amid military reinforcements accompanied by a stifling siege, raids on homes, and the expulsion of their residents.

WAFA news agency said that last night, the occupation forces sent military reinforcements of vehicles and a fuel tanker from the "Nitsani Oz" checkpoint west of the city, and were stationed around the Martyr Thabet Thabet Square, Al-Haddadeen Street, and the old Al-Karajat Street, and raided the exchange shops in those areas after removing their doors, searching them, and tampering with their contents.

She added that the occupation's vehicles and bulldozers were present in front of the residential buildings that it had seized on Nablus Street, which links the Tulkarm and Nour Shams camps, while infantry squads were deployed on the main streets leading to the camps, obstructing the movement of vehicles, stopping them, searching them, checking the identities of their passengers, and subjecting them to interrogation.

The occupation continues to impose its siege on the Tulkarm and Nour Shams camps, preventing entry into or exit from them, and deploying its foot patrols around them and inside the neighborhoods, while raiding homes, vandalizing them, destroying their contents, and subjecting the residents inside them to interrogation, and forcing them to leave.

In Nour Shams camp, infantry soldiers were deployed at its entrances and around the cemetery, and raided homes and forced families from Jabal al-Nasr neighborhood to evacuate their homes at breakfast time by force. They also raided homes in the al-Mahjar and al-Madaris neighborhoods, belonging to the al-Safouri and Hassan families, and detained the Fahmawi family inside the house for a long time, while searching it and vandalizing its contents.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Tulkarm said that its crews were present in front of Nour Shams camp to help the residents and stand by them after they were evacuated from their homes.

In the context, a large force of the occupation army stormed the Jarad estate east of Tulkarm, deployed infantry units in its streets, raided a number of homes, searched them, and vandalized their contents. One of the owners was identified as Khaled Al-Hamshari.

This morning, the occupation forces arrested three young men from Tulkarm camp, while they were in the Dhnaba suburb. They are: Amr Abu Tahoun, Muhammad Matar, and Ayser Matar.

Later, the occupation forces raided homes and residential buildings in the city of Tulkarm and the suburb of Dhnaba, and turned a number of them into military barracks after expelling their residents. Among their owners were the families of Al-Fara’tawi, Al-Dado, and Abu Samra on Nablus Street, and Al-Khatib, Karso’, Badir, and Al-Zaytawi in the suburb of Dhnaba.

Tulkarm camp is witnessing an intensive deployment of infantry soldiers in all its neighborhoods, raiding the empty houses of their residents, who were forcibly evacuated, and turning them into military barracks, accompanied by the occupation bulldozers carrying out a wide-scale demolition of the completely destroyed infrastructure on Al-Wakala Street.

Eyewitnesses said that the camp is witnessing movements of the occupation army and its bulldozers in a manner that raises concerns about this unprecedented escalation, accompanied by heavy firing of live ammunition and flash bombs to terrorize and intimidate the remaining residents in their homes.

The ongoing aggression on the city and its two camps resulted in the martyrdom of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant, in addition to the injury and arrest of dozens, and the forced displacement of more than 9,000 citizens from Nour Shams camp, and 12,000 from Tulkarm camp, accompanied by the demolition, bulldozing and complete destruction of the infrastructure and homes, which affected more than 25 homes in the two camps during the last few days under the pretext of paving roads that would cross their neighborhoods.

Dr. Suhail Diab: The movement represented by Smotrich does not only reject the Palestinian state, but also seeks to liquidate the Palestinian cause entirely.

Fayez Abbas: Smotrich is convinced that the White House will continue to support Israel in any decision it takes regarding Gaza, which is what makes him promote Trump’s plan

Daoud Kuttab: Those who threaten with words often back down in action, but the danger of Smotrich’s statements is that they provide political and legal cover for the settlers.

Dr. Amjad Bashkar: Smotrich continues to implement his old plan to “resolve the conflict” with the Palestinians, which is based on annexation, settlement, and displacement

Antoine Shalhat: Smotrich's statements highlight the similarity between the Israeli and American positions and indicate Israel's insistence on resuming the war this year

Yasser Manna: Israel believes that the humanitarian disaster in Gaza may exacerbate living pressures, which may push some residents to seek emigration

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The statements of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich about “turning Gaza into hell” reflect a comprehensive strategy aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause through displacement and annexation, especially since they coincide with a field escalation in the West Bank, in the context of re-engineering the Palestinian-Israeli conflict according to religious dreams.

In separate interviews with “Y,” writers, political analysts, specialists, and political science professors believe that Smotrich, who represents the extremist religious movement in Israel, seeks to reformulate the conflict with the Palestinians on religious grounds, relying on unconditional American support to achieve his expansionist goals.

They point out that these statements come in the context of the rising influence of the extreme Israeli right, which is working to impose new facts on the ground, whether in the West Bank through expanding settlements, or in Gaza by threatening a comprehensive war.

Three main angles for reading Smotrich's statements

Dr. Suhail Diab, a professor of political science and expert on Israeli affairs, believes that the statements of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich about “turning Gaza into hell” must be read from three basic angles: political timing, internal messages in Israel, and electoral dimensions. He stressed that his speech reflects the rising influence of the Talmudic religious right in Israel and its efforts to impose its vision of the ongoing conflict.

Diab explains that Smotrich's statements come before his visit to the United States, where he enjoys the support of the far-right movement within the Trump administration, which has given increasing legitimacy to Talmudic religious movements in Israel.

He believes that the US Treasury Secretary's invitation to Smotrich reflects this trend, as the interests of the Israeli political and economic right converge with the Christian Zionist religious right in the United States, indicating an international alliance that reinforces these policies.

Diab believes that Smotrich's speech is not only directed at the Israeli domestic audience, but also seeks to consolidate alliances with extremist religious movements in the West, especially in the United States and Europe, where the power of Christian Zionist movements is growing.

He believes that Smotrich is trying to redefine the identity of the Israeli right, stressing that being “politically or economically right-wing” is no longer enough, but rather this right must be fundamentally linked to an extremist religious theological vision, based on the idea of “Greater Israel” from the sea to the river, and even extending to areas in Syria and Iraq within what is called “David’s Corridor.”

Diab points out that Smotrich seeks to establish this vision within Israeli society, and to reformulate the conflict with the Palestinians on purely religious grounds, so that it becomes a “zero-sum conflict” in which there is no room for compromise, but rather an existential battle between Israelis and Palestinians.

Diab explains that Smotrich's statements about Gaza have a clear electoral dimension, especially in light of the competition between him and former Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, for the votes of the extreme right.

Diab points out that Smotrich, who previously focused on settlements in the West Bank, is now trying to expand his discourse to include Gaza, exploiting Ben Gvir's declining popularity and his exit from the government to strengthen his position in the opinion polls, as he has not yet been able to exceed the electoral threshold in the upcoming elections.

According to Diab, the political scene in Israel is witnessing major transformations, as there is a broad consensus among various movements, whether right-wing or even some left-wing movements, that a Palestinian state will not be established in any form.

Diab points out that the most extreme current, represented by Smotrich, does not only reject the Palestinian state, but seeks to liquidate the Palestinian cause entirely, even if that requires mass displacement or genocide. This current is based on a religious vision that considers that the solution must be radical and final, far from any political solutions.

Diab believes that the liberal movement in Israel, which supported political solutions such as the Camp David and Oslo Accords, is in a state of significant decline and no longer represents a strong alternative within Israeli society.

Diab asserts that the extremist religious movement derives its strength from two main factors during the past year: changes in international politics, especially with Trump’s return to power, and the war on Gaza, where the extremist Talmudic movement exploits the presence of religious resistance factions in Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen to justify the escalation of religious discourse within Israel, considering that the conflict is between “religious forces” on both sides, which requires strengthening religious parties in Israel to confront them.

Diab points out that the changes in Syria also serve the interests of this movement, as he believes that regional transformations support the rise of extremist religious movements in Israel, at the expense of liberal and secular movements.

Diab warns that the continued dominance of the Talmudic religious movement could have disastrous consequences for Israel itself, as it would lead to international isolation, a decline in investments, and Israel’s transformation into a third world country, especially if the internal balance between the various political movements is eliminated.

Diab explains that the rise of this trend will affect the political and economic stability of Israel, stressing that its repercussions will not be limited to the Palestinians only, but will be reflected on the entire Israeli society.

Smotrich is behind many crimes and violations

The writer and expert on Israeli affairs, Fayez Abbas, explains that the recent statements made by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, in which he parroted US President Donald Trump’s threats to open “hellfire” on the Gaza Strip, are not new, but they come in a context of repeated threats by the leaders of the Israeli occupation who continue to threaten to inflict more destruction on the besieged Strip.

Abbas asserts that Smotrich, who also serves as a minister in the Ministry of Security, is behind many of the crimes and violations committed in the occupied West Bank, where settlers carry out daily attacks against Palestinians with official support, with the aim of turning their lives into hell and pushing them towards “voluntary migration,” an idea that has been increasingly discussed in Israeli circles since October 7, 2023.

He points out that Smotrich, who belongs to the religious Zionist movement, is clearly seeking to achieve his settlement goals by escalating the war against Gaza, in parallel with intensifying settlement in the West Bank.

Abbas asserts that Smotrich is convinced that the White House will continue to support Israel in any decision it takes regarding Gaza, which is what makes him promote Trump’s plan, which aims to displace the residents of the Strip and establish a huge investment project called the “Trumpian Riviera.”

Abbas explains that Smotrich's recent statements reveal a clear trend among the extreme Israeli right, which has two main goals in mind: tightening settlement in the West Bank, and working to empty the Gaza Strip of its population in order to restore Israeli control over it.

Abbas confirms that these policies come within the vision of the religious Zionist movement, which has become more influential on the strategic decisions of the current Israeli government.

Regarding the ongoing negotiations on the prisoner exchange deal and its second phase, Abbas explained that Smotrich continues to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, threatening to topple his government if he goes ahead with implementing the second phase of the deal, which includes the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip.

Abbas points out that the extremist minister is seeking to impose his agenda, as he has so far succeeded in pushing Netanyahu to back down from his previous commitments, despite the Israeli government signing an agreement stipulating withdrawal from the Strip after implementing the second phase of the deal.

Abbas stressed that Smotrich's statements reflect a dangerous trend within the Israeli government, based on military and settlement escalation, in light of unconditional American support, which portends more tension and escalation in the region.

Imposing new facts on the ground through violence and settlement

Writer and political analyst Daoud Kuttab warns of the danger of Smotrich’s statements regarding the Gaza Strip, stressing that his threats, although they may not actually come true, give settlers a sense of legal protection, which increases the pace of their attacks in the occupied West Bank.

Writers explain that those who threaten verbally often back down in action, but the danger of Smotrich's statements lies in providing political and legal cover for extremist settlers, who exploit these threats to continue their attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.

Writers confirm that this trend reflects the policy of the extreme Israeli right, which seeks to impose new facts on the ground through violence and settlement.

Regarding the potential escalation in the Gaza Strip, writers point out that the threats issued by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz face internal and external difficulties that hinder their implementation.

The writers explain that internally, the families of the Israeli prisoners realize that any new war could mean endangering the lives of their sons held by the Palestinian resistance. Externally, US President Donald Trump’s policy has been based on reducing wars, which makes it difficult to justify any new aggression on Gaza, especially in light of Hamas’ commitment to the terms of the ceasefire.

Writers point out that the recent talk about Gaza, especially in Trump’s statements, stirred up the stagnant Arab waters, stressing that the future of the Strip requires intensive Arab and international effort.

He stresses that any serious move must begin by addressing the situation in Gaza, before talking about a comprehensive political solution that includes the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The writers point out that reforming the Palestinian leadership has become an urgent necessity, especially in light of the release of a large number of national leaders in recent exchange deals. The writers explain that these leaders, who have a clean record and extensive political experience, may play a prominent role in rebuilding the Palestinian political system, by enabling the young generation to assume responsibility.

Writers point out that the Fatah movement may witness a major transformation if the imprisoned leader Marwan Barghouti is released, as he is considered one of the most prominent figures capable of bringing about real change in the Palestinian political arena, by adopting a more democratic and reformist approach within the movement.

Netanyahu's government is heading towards further escalation

Political science professor Dr. Amjad Bashkar warns that the Israeli government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is heading towards further escalation, in light of internal Israeli pressures and threats to return to war in the Gaza Strip, which Bashkar considers an attempt to get out of the crises plaguing the ruling coalition, noting that Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is continuing to implement his old plan to "resolve the conflict" with the Palestinians, which is based on annexation, settlement and displacement, which is consistent with his recent statements.

Bashkar explains that Smotrich, who represents the hard base of the far right, seeks to impose final solutions to the conflict instead of managing it as was the case in previous years.

Bashkar asserts that Smotrich's repeated statements about returning to war are part of his and Netanyahu's strategy to subdue the Palestinian resistance and extend the first phase of the existing agreement, rather than being actual threats.

"We may witness limited military operations, but a full return to war is still a risky option, especially since the Israeli military establishment is fully aware that continuing the war will not achieve what Israel failed to achieve over 16 months of fighting," Bashkar says.

Bashkar points out that Netanyahu's threats of escalation come in the context of political maneuvering to escape the obligations contained in the interim agreement, which Israel signed under the auspices of the mediators, and which stipulates moving to the second and then third stages, which effectively means the end of the war and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Strip.

"Netanyahu, who has violated the agreement more than 950 times, is trying to impose a new agreement with more favorable terms for him, to ensure the continuation of his government and his political survival," Bashkar says.

He warns that Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court as a war criminal, continues to commit new crimes by cutting off humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, in a blatant violation of all international laws and norms.

"Even in times of war, humanitarian aid must not be touched, but Israel does so openly, in an attempt to pressure the Palestinian resistance," says Bashkar.

Regarding the West Bank, Bashkar asserts that Smotrich’s so-called “decisive plan,” which dates back to 2017, aims to impose full Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank, through expanding settlements and annexing Area C, which constitutes more than 60% of the West Bank.

Bashkar explains that this plan includes the systematic displacement of Palestinians through home demolitions, land confiscation, and economic strangulation, in an attempt to push Palestinians towards forced migration.

Bashkar points out that Israel aims to change the geographical reality of the Palestinian camps, by demolishing many homes inside the camps, to strike the symbolism of the camps, with what they carry of symbolism for the rights of refugees and the right of return.

Bashkar asserts that the Israeli government is using internal and regional tensions to intensify its settlement activity and create new facts on the ground, which poses an existential threat to the Palestinian Authority, so that it will not have a real role in the areas in which it is supposed to exercise its powers according to the Oslo Agreement.

"The Authority faces the risk of dismantling in light of these policies, which also aim to empty the areas adjacent to Palestinian cities of their residents, through escalating settler attacks with direct government support," Bashkar says.

Bashkar points out that the pressures on the Palestinians in the coming period are not limited to the West Bank, but extend to Gaza, where Israel is trying to impose a new reality through a limited military escalation, which may be a prelude to a wider war.

"Netanyahu and his allies want to renew the aggression on Gaza, with the aim of recovering the Israeli prisoners, despite their awareness that this will not lead to different results than before," Bashkar said.

Bashkar believes that “next week will be decisive in the negotiations between the resistance and the occupation, especially with the visit of the US envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, to the region, but in light of the Israeli escalation, the coming days may witness greater tensions in the West Bank, especially in the villages and camps that are facing unprecedented settlement pressure.”

Excess power in light of unlimited American support for Israel

Antoine Shalhat, a writer and political analyst specializing in Israeli affairs, explains that Smotrich's statements about "opening a war of hell" on the Gaza Strip reflect the excess power he feels in light of the US administration's unlimited support for Israel.

Shalhat asserts that Smotrich's statements represent an attempt on his part to justify the continuation of the war on Gaza, despite the victims and the great destruction caused by the Israeli military operations there.

Shalhat points out that Israel has already carried out the war of hell in Gaza, and that Smotrich's statements are a threat to continue what Israel has done in Gaza, especially in light of the war that has been going on for more than a year and a half, explaining that Israel seeks to eliminate the Palestinian resistance battalions and destroy the military infrastructure that it considers a threat.

Shalhat believes that Smotrich's statements, which come at a sensitive time, highlight the complete identification between the Israeli and American positions, and indicate that Israel is determined to resume the war in 2025.

He points out that Israel, led by the Netanyahu government, is adopting a continuing war scenario throughout this year, even if the intensity of combat operations varies.

Shalhat explains that Israel sees itself in a state of constant war, whether through limited military operations or a comprehensive escalation.

Shalhat believes that this perception was a point of contention between the Israeli government and the American administration in the past, but now it seems that the relationship between the two sides has completely changed, especially after the current American administration reached unprecedented support for Israel.

Shalhat explains that Smotrich's speech and statements about the West Bank and Gaza Strip must be understood in the context of the great American support that Israel has received from the current American administration, which no longer hesitates to support the Israeli positions regarding the ceasefire and the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas.

Shalhat points out that the US administration has not put forward any alternative plans for the “day after” in Gaza, after the end of military operations, except for Trump’s plan, which calls for the displacement of the residents of Gaza, which reflects America’s orientations, which are now moving away from traditional solutions such as the two-state solution.

Shalhat points out that Trump had proposed the two-state solution in his first term, but over time he backed away from this position and was no longer convinced of it as he was in the past.

Shalhat explains that despite the Biden administration’s declaration of its commitment to the two-state solution, there is a tangible decline in this direction in light of its broad support for Israeli policies.

Speaking about the Israeli military future, Shalhat confirms that the current scene remains vague, stressing that what is clear in this scene is the complete American bias towards Israel, which has been clearly reflected in Israeli policy during the current government’s term.

Shalhat believes that what is happening in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is closely linked to US support for Israel, which gives the green light to Israeli ministers like Smotrich to make extremist and reckless statements.

Regarding Israeli military operations in the West Bank, Shalhat explains that the future can be inferred from the escalation of military operations in the northern West Bank, which began on January 21, 2025 under what is known as “Operation Iron Wall.”

Shalhat explains that these military operations are considered the largest in more than 20 years, as Israeli tanks entered the West Bank for the first time since Operation Defensive Shield in 2002.

He points out that these operations have been reinforced by forces from the Nahal Brigade and the Duvdevan units, and that tanks have been sent, which reflects a major escalation in military operations.

Shalhat explains that the Israeli army forced about 40,000 Palestinians to leave the Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, and issued orders to remain in the area for at least a year in order to prevent the return of Palestinians to the camps.

Shalhat explains that the occupation operations in the West Bank, along with plans to displace the Palestinian population, are part of a new Israeli strategy aimed at dismantling the Palestinian military structures in these areas, as it is also trying to do in the Gaza Strip.

Shalhat points out that future scenarios related to both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank relate to escalating military operations and expanding the scope of the war.

He points out that Israel may continue to use military operations as a means to achieve its security and political goals in the region, including continued settlement and annexation of lands in the West Bank.

Shalhat believes that the current situation requires more Arab and international efforts to control the Israeli escalation, and that the Israeli military escalation will continue as long as there is unconditional American support for Israel in these policies.

Smotrich's statements are in line with current Israeli policy

The writer and expert on Israeli affairs, Yasser Manna, confirms that what was stated in the statements is consistent with the current Israeli policy towards the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which follows a simultaneous approach but with different methods, as Israel seeks to reshape the Palestinian geographical and political scene by escalating the situation in both regions.

Regarding the West Bank, Manna points out that settler attacks are increasing with the aim of imposing more control over the land and changing the equations of the Palestinian existence. These attacks are accompanied by expanded settlements that lead to increased pressure on the Palestinians there. In contrast, the occupation deals with the Gaza Strip differently, as a tight siege is imposed with threats of military escalation against the Strip.

Manaa stresses that this military and political pressure comes within the framework of reshaping the power equations in Gaza, and establishing a new reality that the occupation seeks to establish, which may make it difficult to change in the future.

Manaa points out that the next phase may witness more pressure on the Palestinian side, as Israel aims to force the Palestinians to make political concessions in the second phase negotiations. This pressure includes Israel’s attempts to recover the largest number of Israeli prisoners in an exchange deal with Hamas, as well as pressure on Gaza by imposing an additional blockade that includes preventing the entry of basic materials, such as food, fuel and medical supplies, in addition to additional restrictions on building materials, which exacerbates the humanitarian situation in the Strip.

He explains that Israel may resort to a "fight without war" scenario, which includes targeted assassinations or limited military incursions into Gaza, without returning to the method of large-scale war that the Strip previously witnessed.

But, as Manaa asserts, there is ambiguity regarding Israel's readiness to confront the second phase of its plans in Gaza, in light of the absence of a clear vision on its part regarding the "day after" in the Strip.

Manaa points out that Israel believes that the humanitarian disaster in Gaza may lead to an exacerbation of living pressures, which may push some residents to seek emigration outside the Gaza Strip.

Manaa believes that this may be part of a long-term strategy aimed at changing the demographic reality in the Strip, which contributes to strengthening the Israeli policy seeking to bring about demographic changes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Unconcerned by what will come out of the emergency Arab summit, Netanyahu gave Hamas ten days to release the detainees before he returns to war again. A threat that must be taken seriously in light of the sharp polarization within the Israeli government, which threatens to unravel the coalition if the fox does not respond to his partners’ blackmail to return to war, even if that leads to the deaths of all the detainees.

Netanyahu's threat to resume the war is directed at the summit more than it is directed at Hamas, because the "king" who is fascinated with liquidating maps and reshaping the Middle East anew, and who believes that his dreams are now one or two rounds away from the return of hell to the Strip, is capable of thwarting the Egyptian plan that won the consensus of the Arab leaders, just as he previously thwarted the Arab peace plan in 2002.

Between Netanyahu’s doctrine based on the principle of “right by force” and the Arab moral doctrine based on the principle of “right belongs to the rightful owner,” the weak international situation and the full American partnership with Israel will not allow those with the right to impose their vision without disruption and obstruction by those who embrace the doctrine of the right to exercise force, genocide, and ethnic cleansing, as long as they remain unpunished and receive support and backing from Trump.

The return of war means the death of thousands of women and children, and the deepening of the catastrophic conditions that the sector has been groaning under for sixteen months, while the specter of displacement looms behind the clouds of smoke and columns of fire, to fulfill Trump's dream of establishing the "Riviera of the East" on the bodies of the victims.

Will the Arab Summit succeed, this time, in averting the existential dangers that threaten the nation’s present and future?

A number of citizens suffered from suffocation, Tuesday evening, during the Israeli occupation forces’ storming of the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed Al-Khader and took up positions in the “Al-Bawaba” and “Al-Jami’ Al-Kabir” areas, while firing sound bombs and toxic gas, which led to a number of citizens suffering from suffocation.

Two citizens were killed, Tuesday evening, by Israeli occupation forces' bullets in Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that the young man, Ahmed Eid Abdel Aziz Al-Masry, was killed after being shot by Israeli vehicles that penetrated Al-Masryeen Street in Beit Hanoun, while the citizen Hanin Al-Kafarna was killed by the bullets of the occupation forces in Beit Hanoun.

Earlier today, medical sources announced that the death toll in the Gaza Strip had risen to 48,405 dead, since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023.

The same sources added that the number of injuries has risen to 111,835 since the beginning of the aggression, while a number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and rescue crews cannot reach them.