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  • Tuesday Jun 03 2025 | 10:38 AMThree Israeli soldiers killed in combat in northern Gaza By: ReutersThree Israeli soldiers have been killed in combat in northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Tuesday. 
  • Tuesday Jun 03 2025 | 09:18 AMOfficial says Israel’s govt continued to make unsubstantiated claims against UNRWA By: Web Desk
     
  • Tuesday Jun 03 2025 | 06:49 AMFather of six killed ´for piece of bread´ during Gaza aid distribution By: AFPWails of sorrow filled the halls of Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza on Monday as mourners gathered to grieve the loss of Hossam Wafi, a father of six who was killed while trying to secure food for his family, AFP reported.His mother, Nahla Wafi, wept inconsolably over her son’s body. According to Gaza’s civil defence agency, Hossam was one of 31 people killed by Israeli fire on Sunday as they approached a food distribution site.“He went out to get food for his daughters — and came back in a coffin,” Nahla said, still in shock from losing her son and seeing other family members wounded in the same incident.Hossam had travelled with his brother and nephew to a recently opened aid centre in Rafah, in southern Gaza, when the attack occurred.“They were just trying to buy flour,” his mother said, explaining that a drone strike hit them as they waited. In the courtyard of Khan Yunis’ Nasser Hospital, she tried to console four of her young granddaughters, now left without their father.The incident comes amid mounting international criticism of Israel over the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza. The United Nations has warned that the entire population of the besieged territory is now at risk of famine. 
  • Tuesday Jun 03 2025 | 01:35 AM’World’s silence more dangerous than this mission’: Greta Thunberg By: TN Web DeskA new Freedom Flotilla vessel is sailing towards Gaza to try to break Israel’s siege after the first mission was halted when a drone attack hit and damaged the ship in international waters.DActivist Greta Thunberg is on board the Freedom Flotilla mission, among 11 other international activists attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians.She said that silence is more dangerous than sailing to Gaza. 
  • Tuesday Jun 03 2025 | 01:31 AMJordan slams Israeli settlers raids of Al Aqsa mosque By: TN Web DeskJordan denounced the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by Israeli settlers, condemning what it called “provocative and unacceptable actions” aimed at desecrating the holy site, Al Jazeera reported, citing a report.In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sufyan Qudah said repeated incursions, carried out under the protection of Israeli police, represent a flagrant violation of international law and threaten the status quo of the site.A Jordan-appointed, Islamic authority known as the Jerusalem Waqf oversees the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary).Under Waqf management, only Muslims are allowed to pray at the compound.Qudah reaffirmed the Waqf remains the sole legitimate authority responsible for overseeing Al-Aqsa Mosque and regulating access to the site. 
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 11:53 PMGermany asks Israel to halt expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank By: TN Web DeskGermany has condemned Israeli plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank and describing the move as “unacceptable” as it runs counter to a two-state solution, Al Jazeera reported.“We call on the Israeli government to halt the expansion of the settlements but, above all, the practice of land seizure, destruction of homes and expulsion of the Palestinian population,” Foreign Office spokesperson Josef Hinterseher said at a news briefing in Berlin.Germany views the Israeli announcement “as unacceptable because it runs counter to a two-state solution” and it “naturally rejects any annexation efforts”. 
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 11:48 PMIsrael says it intercepts Yemen missile after air raid warning By: AFPThe Israeli army said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen on Monday, with loud booms heard in the skies over Jerusalem.”Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted,” the army said in a statement. 
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 10:39 PMIsrael calls for civilian to evacuate to west of Gaza’s Khan Yunis By: AFPThe Israeli military issued an evacuation order for residents of several western parts of Gaza’s Khan Yunis on Monday, saying Hamas was operating in those areas.”The IDF (military) will operate with intense force in the areas where you are present,” Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee told residents, noting that the order did not include Al-Amal hospital. “For your safety, evacuate immediately west to Al-Mawasi.” 
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 08:03 PM14 killed in Israeli strike on home in Jabalia: Gaza rescuers By: AFPGaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli strike on a home in the northern town of Jabalia killed 14 people on Monday.”The number of martyrs from the targeting of the Al-Bursh family home has risen to 14, including six children and three women, in addition to more than 20 missing individuals still under the rubble,” agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP. 
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 08:02 PMAt least 38 reported killed in Gaza since morning By: TN Web DeskAt least 38 Palestinians were killed today from Israeli raids on the Gaza strip, reported Al-Jazeera.Out of them, 27 people were killed in northern Gaza. As per the Gaza health ministry, Israel’s attacks have killed more than 54,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children. 
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 06:30 PMGaza health ministry says death toll soars to 54,470 By: TN Web DeskThe death toll in Gaza has risen to 54,470 after at least 51 Palestinians were killed and 503 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.The body of a person killed in a previous Israeli attack was also recovered from the rubble in the war-torn territory, Al Jazeera quoted the statement.The total death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza has risen to 54,470 killed and 124,693 injured since October 7, 2023, it said.Israel has killed 4,201 Palestinians and injured 12,652 since breaking a ceasefire in March this year.The number of aid seekers killed since May 27 has also risen to 75, following the killing of 35 people yesterday, the ministry said. The total number of aid seekers injured crossed 400, it said. 
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 04:36 PMUN head ‘appalled’ by reports of deaths of Palestinians while seeking food aid By: ReutersThe United Nations Secretary General said on Monday he was appalled by reports of Palestinians killed and injured while seeking aid in Gaza on Sunday, and called for an independent investigation.”It is unacceptable that Palestinians are risking their lives for food,” Antonio Guterres said in a statement. 
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 02:29 PMAid delivery in Gaza being sabotaged by Israeli military, says PNGO chief By: TN Web DeskMourners react during the funeral of Palestinians who, according to medics, were killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 2, 2025. — ReutersAmjad Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO), told Al Jazeera Arabic on Monday that the US-backed Israeli aid distribution system, currently in place in the coastal enclave, are “so-called aid centres” that are “merely military outposts serving the agenda of the Israeli occupation”.”The occupation is working to sabotage the previous aid distribution systems,” he said. “The deterioration of humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip is unprecedented worldwide. The occupation caused famine to force people to seek aid centres.””The occupation forces shoot at civilians near aid centres with the intent to kill,” he added. 
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 12:28 PMMan yells ‘Free Palestine’ before attacking Colorado crowd with firebombs By: ReutersPolice gather, after an attack that injured multiple people, in Boulder, Colorado, US June 1, 2025. — ReutersEight people were injured on Sunday when a 45-year-old man yelled “Free Palestine” and threw incendiary devices into a crowd in Boulder, Colorado where a demonstration to remember the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza was taking place, authorities said.Four women and four men between 52 and 88 years old were transported to hospitals, Boulder police said. Authorities had earlier put the count of the injured at six and said at least one of them was in a critical condition.”As a result of these preliminary facts, it is clear that this is a targeted act of violence and the FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism,” the FBI special agent in charge of the Denver Field Office, Mark Michalek, said.Michalek named the suspect as Mohamed Soliman, who was hospitalised shortly after the attack. 
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 10:32 AM”Our staff are operating under extraordinarily hostile conditions,”says UNRWA chief By: TN Web DeskView this post on InstagramA post shared by AJ+ (@ajplus)

     
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 08:29 AMUN, aid groups denounce Israeli killings of Palestinians near distribution points By: TN Web DeskPalestinians react as they inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Gaza City, June 1, 2025. — Reuters Aid groups, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, have condemned the Israeli killings of more than 30 people who had gathered at aid distribution sites run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Al Jazeera reported.There has also been a fresh Israeli attack on Palestinians who gathered at the GHF aid distribution point in Rafah just moments ago, killing at least three people with and 35 others were wounded, according to medical sources.The UNOHCHR has joined the chorus of concern over the Israeli killings of Palestinian aid seekers at the GHF sites in southern Rafah and near the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza.It said the killings on Sunday follow multiple reports of deadly attacks at the sites between May 27 and 31, that killed at least 19 Palestinians and wounded 80 others.The office stressed “once more that Israel’s militarised humanitarian assistance mechanism violates international standards on aid distribution, endangers civilians, and is contributing to the catastrophic situation in Gaza”. 
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 01:28 AMDialysis hospital in northern Gaza destroyed in Israeli strike By: TN Web DeskAn Israeli strike has destroyed the Noura al-Kaabi Dialysis Hospital, the only kidney treatment centre in northern Gaza, Palestinian media reported Sunday.The hospital, situated near Beit Lahiya, provided essential services to patients from nearby areas such as Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Umm al-Nasr. It had already sustained significant damage in earlier attacks, which had reduced the number of functioning dialysis machines to eight before the latest strike.The destruction of the facility comes amid ongoing conflict and continued pressure on Gaza’s already strained healthcare system. Numerous medical centres across the region have been damaged or shut down due to airstrikes and resource shortages.According to Gaza’s Health Ministry and aid agencies, the deteriorating state of the health sector, exacerbated by restricted humanitarian access, is contributing to an escalating humanitarian crisis. 
  • Monday Jun 02 2025 | 12:11 AMReady to immediately hold fresh round of Gaza truce talks: Hamas By: AFPThe Palestinian resistance group Hamas said on Sunday it was ready to “immediately” hold a fresh round of negotiations for a truce in Gaza after recent talks appeared to hit a dead end.”The movement affirms its readiness to immediately begin a round of indirect negotiations to reach an agreement on the points of contention,” Hamas said in a statement after mediators Qatar and Egypt said they would intensify their efforts for a truce in the war-battered Gaza Strip. 
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 08:52 PMAid distribution becomes a death trap: UNRWA chief By: AFPThe head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Gaza “aid distribution has become a death trap”, citing reports from medics on the ground of “mass casualties” among starving civilians on Sunday morning.”Aid deliveries and distribution must be at scale and safe,” UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on X. “In Gaza, this can be done only through the United Nations including UNRWA.”
     
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 05:47 PMIsrael blocking Ramallah meeting showed its ‘extremism, rejection of peace’: Saudi Arabia By: ReutersSaudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud said the Israeli government’s refusal to allow a delegation of Arab ministers to the occupied West Bank showed its “extremism and rejection of peace”.His statements came during a joint press conference with counterparts from Jordan, Egypt and Bahrain in Amman.On Saturday, Israel said it will not allow a planned meeting on Sunday in the Palestinian administrative capital of Ramallah to go ahead. 
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 04:51 PM31 killed in Gaza near aid delivery point, faltering truce talks By: ReutersAn Israeli attack near an aid distribution point run by a private US-based group killed at least 31 people in Gaza on Sunday, local health authorities said, as Hamas and Israel exchanged blame over a faltering effort to secure a ceasefire.”There are martyrs and injuries. Many injuries. It is a tragic situation in this place. I advise them that nobody goes to aid delivery points. Enough,” paramedic Abu Tareq said at Nasser Hospital in nearby Khan Younis city.The Palestinian Red Crescent, affiliated with the international Red Cross, said its medical teams had recovered bodies of 23 Palestinians and treated another 23 injured near an aid collection site in Rafah. The US-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation operates the aid distribution sites in Rafah.The Red Crescent also reported that 14 more Palestinians were injured near a separate site in central Gaza. GHF also operates the aid distribution site in central Gaza. 
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 04:01 PMGaza doctor dies eight days after suffering severe injuries in Israeli strike By: TN Web DeskView this post on InstagramA post shared by Al Jazeera English (@aljazeeraenglish)

     
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 02:16 PMDeath toll in Israeli strike on aid site in Gaza climbs to 30 By: ReutersA mourner reacts during the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 1, 2025. — ReutersThe death toll from an Israeli attack near an aid distribution point run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has climbed to 30 in Rafah, Palestinian news agency WAFA said on Sunday.There was no immediate comment from Israel on the reported attack, which WAFA said injured more than 115 people.The GHF, also backed by Israel, recently started operating in Gaza.While some Palestinians expressed concern over its neutrality and biometric and other checks Israel said it would employ, Israeli officials said it allowed screening of recipients to exclude anyone found to be connected with Hamas.On May 28, Hamas accused Israel of killing at least three Palestinians and wounding 46 near one of the GHF’s distribution sites, an accusation the aid group denied.The Israeli military also said its troops fired warning shots in the area outside the compound to re-establish control, as thousands of Palestinians rushed to an aid distribution site.  
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 11:29 AMMusic teacher spreads hope amid ruins of war in Gaza .
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 09:04 AMIsraeli gunfire at Rafah aid site leaves 22 dead.
  • Web DeskIsraeli forces opened fire near a humanitarian aid site in Rafah, southern Gaza, killing at least 22 Palestinians, Al Jazeera Arabic reports. The facility is reportedly operated by a US-supported group. Over 115 people have been injured in the incident. 
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 07:45 AMMan who lost nine children in Gaza attack succumbs to injuries By: TN Web DeskHamdi al-Najjar, who was wounded in the Israeli air attack that killed his children, has died of his wounds, Al Jazeera reported.Al-Najjar spent days in intensive care.His 11-year-old son is the sole survivor of the attack.His wife, Alaa al-Najjar, who is also a doctor, left hours before Israel struck their home to go to work. 
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 05:47 AMEgypt vows to use ‘all our strength’ to end Gaza war, says FM Abdelatty By: TN Web DeskEgyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty says his country is exerting maximum pressure to end the Israeli onslaught against the Gaza Strip.“We are pressing with all our strength to end the war on Gaza, and we hope to reach an agreement to stop the bloodshed in Gaza as soon as possible,” Abdelatty said in a news conference in Cairo.Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty. — Reuters/File He stressed the “urgent need for unrestricted and full access of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip”.“It is unacceptable to use hunger as a weapon against the Palestinians in Gaza,” said Abdelatty.Israel has kept all border crossings shut since March 2, cutting off the entry of food, medicine, fuel, and other essential supplies for Gaza’s 2.3 million residents. 
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 01:47 AMArab ministers condemn Israel’s decision to block West Bank visit By: AFPThe foreign ministers of several Arab countries, who had planned to visit the occupied West Bank this weekend, condemned on Saturday Israel´s decision to block their trip.The ministers condemned “Israel´s decision to ban the delegation´s visit to Ramallah (on Sunday) to meet with the president of the State of Palestine, Mahmud Abbas”, the Jordanian foreign ministry said.Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain had been expected to take part alongside the secretary-general of the Arab League, according to the statement.Israel had announced late Friday that it would not cooperate, effectively blocking the visit as it controls the territory´s borders and airspace.Abbas “intended to host in Ramallah a provocative meeting of foreign ministers from Arab countries to discuss the promotion of the establishment of a Palestinian state”, an Israeli official said.”Such a state would undoubtedly become a terrorist state in the heart of the Land of Israel. Israel will not cooperate with such moves aimed at harming it and its security.”The Palestinian Authority´s foreign ministry expressed “grave concern” and called Israel´s decision a “blatant violation of its obligations under international law as an occupying power”. 
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 01:37 AMHamas responds positively to US plan, insists on permanent truce By: AFPA Hamas source on Saturday said that the Palestinian group had responded positively to a US-proposed ceasefire deal but emphasised its demand for a permanent ceasefire.”Hamas informed the mediators of its formal written response, which includes a positive response to (US envoy Steve) Witkoff, but with emphasis on guaranteeing a permanent ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal,” said the Hamas source with knowledge of the ongoing negotiations. 
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 01:28 AMHamas criticises Israeli response to ceasefire plan, calls US position ‘unfair’ By: ReutersHamas has said that it has not rejected a ceasefire proposal presented by US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, senior Hamas official Basem Naim told Reuters on Saturday.Naim said Israel’s response to Witkoff’s proposal was incompatible with what the group agreed on, adding that the US envoy’s position towards the group was “unfair” and showed “complete bias” towards Israel. 
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 01:19 AMNetanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire response as ‘totally unacceptable’ By: TN Web DeskIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has firmly rejected Hamas’ response to a proposed Gaza ceasefire deal, calling it “unacceptable” and warning that it hinders progress, Al Jazeera reported, citing Israeli media.“While Israel has agreed to the updated Witkoff outline for the release of our hostages, Hamas continues to adhere to its refusal,” says Netanyahu.”As Witkoff said, Hamas’ response is unacceptable and sets the situation back. Israel will continue its action for the return of our hostages and the defeat of Hamas.” 
  • Sunday Jun 01 2025 | 01:13 AMHamas’s response to ceasefire plan ‘takes us backward’, says Witkoff By: TN Web DeskSteve Witkoff, the US special envoy for the Middle East, has said that Hamas’s response to the Gaza ceasefire proposal “is totally unacceptable and only takes us backward”.“Hamas should accept the framework proposal we put forward as the basis for proximity talks, which we can begin immediately this coming week,” Witkoff said in a post on X.“That is the only way we can close a 60-day ceasefire deal in the coming days in which half of the living hostages and half of those who are deceased will come home to their families, and in which we can have at the proximity talks substantive negotiations in good-faith to try to reach a permanent ceasefire.” 
  • Saturday May 31 2025 | 09:44 PMArab ministers condemn Israel’s move to block delegation visit to occupied West Bank By: AFPThe foreign ministers of several Arab countries, who had planned to visit the occupied West Bank this weekend, condemned on Saturday Israel’s decision to block their trip.The ministers condemned “Israel’s decision to ban the delegation’s visit to Ramallah (on Sunday) to meet with the president of the State of Palestine, Mahmud Abbas”, the Jordanian foreign ministry said.Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain had been expected to take part alongside the secretary-general of the Arab League, according to the statement.Israel had announced late Friday that it would not cooperate, effectively blocking the visit as it controls the territory’s borders and airspace. 
  • Saturday May 31 2025 | 08:34 PMHamas submits response to mediator on Trump’s envoy ceasefire proposal By: ReutersHamas said on Saturday that it has submitted its response to a ceasefire proposal presented by US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to mediators.The Palestinian group said in a statement that under the deal, it would release ten living hostages and 18 bodies in return for Israel’s release of several Palestinian prisoners.The Israeli Prime Minister’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 
  • Saturday May 31 2025 | 06:44 PMArab ministers meeting in Ramallah stopped by Israel By: ReutersIsrael would not allow a planned meeting in the Palestinian administrative capital of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, to go ahead, an Israeli official said on Saturday, after Arab ministers planning to attend were stopped from coming.The delegation of senior Arab officials due to visit Ramallah — including the Jordanian, Egyptian, Saudi Arabian and Bahraini foreign ministers — postponed the visit after “Israel’s obstruction of it”, Jordan’s foreign ministry said in a statement, adding that the block was “a clear breach of Israel’s obligations as an occupying force”. 
  • Saturday May 31 2025 | 02:24 PMIsrael making allegations ‘without evidence, due process’, says UNRWA .
     
  • Saturday May 31 2025 | 12:32 PMIsraeli army kills two Palestinians as they seek US aid in Gaza By: TN Web DeskPalestinians carry aid supplies which they received from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in the central Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025. — Reuters Israeli forces have fired on a group of people trying to reach an aid centre near Rafah, killing at least two, Al Jazeera reported citing the Wafa news agency.Dozens more were wounded, reported Al Jazeera reporters on the ground.The scene mirrors events from yesterday, when Israeli troops also fired on Palestinians trying to access newly established aid centres, wounding at least 20. 
  • Saturday May 31 2025 | 10:29 AMLatest updates from Gaza By: TN Web DeskAccording to Al Jazeera:
    • Israeli forces have shot at Palestinians seeking food at a US-backed distribution point in Gaza, injuring at least 20 people.
    • At least 72 deaths and 278 injuries have been reported to Gaza hospitals over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry says, as Israel continues to pummel the Strip.
    • US President Trump says a Gaza ceasefire deal is “very close” after a proposal was submitted to Hamas for review; the Palestinian group says it is still assessing the plan.
    • Irish actor Liam Cunningham says the latest Gaza Freedom Flotilla mission has reached Sicily and is preparing to leave for Gaza in an attempt to break Israel’s blockade.
    •  Saturday May 31 2025 | 05:46 AMActivists call for global support as Gaza aid ship readies departure By: TN Web DeskIrish actor Liam Cunningham has said that the boat has arrived in Sicily as activists prepare to leave for Gaza in an attempt to break Israel’s blockade, Al Jazeera reported.The effort has been organised by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), a movement that seeks to draw attention to and help end the Israeli siege on Gaza.An earlier attempt to reach Gaza at the beginning of May was aborted after another FFC vessel, the “Conscience”, was attacked by two alleged drones while sailing in international waters off the coast of Malta.The FFC has accused Israel of being responsible for the attack, which severely damaged the front section of the ship. 
    •  Saturday May 31 2025 | 01:01 AMIsrael to ‘build Jewish Israeli state´ in West Bank: Minister By: AFPDefence Minister Israel Katz vowed on Friday to build a “Jewish Israeli state” in the occupied West Bank, a day after the government announced the creation of 22 new settlements in the Palestinian territory.He said the move was a “clear message” to French President Emmanuel Macron, who has recently stepped up his support for the Palestinians, and who Israel´s foreign ministry accused of carrying out a “crusade against the Jewish state.””This is a decisive response to the terrorist organisations that are trying to harm and weaken our hold on this land,” Katz said in a video published by his office.”It is also a clear message to Macron and his associates: they will recognise a Palestinian state on paper — but we will build the Jewish Israeli state here on the ground,” he added.”The paper will be thrown into the trash bin of history, and the State of Israel will flourish and prosper.”Katz was speaking during a visit to the Sa-Nur settlement outpost in the northern West Bank. 
    •  Saturday May 31 2025 | 12:58 AMIsrael’s Katz issues ultimatum to Hamas over hostage deal By: AFPIsrael on Friday said Hamas must accept a hostage deal in Gaza or “be annihilated”.Defence Minister Israel Katz said Hamas must agree to a ceasefire proposal presented by US envoy Steve Witkoff or be destroyed, after the Palestinian group said the deal failed to satisfy its demands.”The Hamas murderers will now be forced to choose: accept the terms of the ‘Witkoff Deal’ for the release of the hostages — or be annihilated.”On Friday, Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed to build a “Jewish Israeli state” in the Palestinian territory which Israel has occupied since 1967. 
    •  Friday May 30 2025 | 11:38 PMTrump says he believes a Gaza ceasefire deal is close By: ReutersPresident Donald Trump said on Friday he believes an agreement is close on a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and that it could be announced soon.US officials have been waiting on a formal response from Hamas about what a source said is a proposed 60-day Gaza ceasfire deal. 
    •  Friday May 30 2025 | 09:01 PMArms supply to Israel depends on Gaza situation: German FM By: ReutersGermany will decide whether or not to approve new weapons shipments to Israel based on an assessment of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said in an interview published on Friday.Wadephul questioned whether Israel’s actions in its war with Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza were in line with international law.”We are examining this and, if necessary, we will authorise further arms deliveries based on this examination,” he said in an interview. 
    •  Friday May 30 2025 | 07:41 PMFormer senator, rights activists held during Gaza solidarity protest By: TN Web DeskAuthorities detained former Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) senator Mushtaq Ahmad along with two human rights activists during a demonstration held in support of Palestinians in Gaza.Taking to X, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) condemned the “arbitrary arrest” of human rights defenders Tahira Abdullah and Samina Omar, who were taken into custody outside the National Press Club ahead.
      “Given that neither of them was part of any public gathering at the time, their actions in no way constitute a violation of [Section] 144 as the police have alleged,” it said.  
    •  Friday May 30 2025 | 05:05 PMUN says 100% of Gazans at risk of famine By: AFPGaza is “the hungriest place on Earth”, the United Nations said on Friday, warning that the Palestinian territory’s entire population was now at risk of famine.Negotiations to end nearly 20 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough, with Israel resuming operations in Gaza in March, ending a six-week truce.”Gaza is the hungriest place on Earth,” said Jens Laerke, a spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency OCHA.”It’s the only defined area — a country or defined territory within a country — where you have the entire population at risk of famine. 100% of the population at risk of famine,” he said, rejecting claims to the contrary by Israeli authorities. 
    •  Friday May 30 2025 | 02:31 PMFar-right Israeli minister calls for full-scale offensive in Gaza By: AFPIsrael´s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Friday it was time to use “full force” in Gaza after Hamas said a new US-backed truce proposal failed to meet its demands.”Mr Prime Minister, after Hamas rejected the deal proposal again, there are no more excuses,” Ben Gvir said on his Telegram channel. “The confusion, the shuffling and the weakness must end. We have already missed too many opportunities. It is time to go in with full force, without blinking, to destroy, and kill Hamas to the last one.”Israel has not confirmed that it approved the new US-backed proposal.Hamas sources said last week the group had accepted a US-backed deal, but on Thursday political bureau member Bassem Naim said the new version meant “the continuation of killing and famine… and does not meet any of our people’s demands, foremost among them halting the war”.”Nonetheless, the movement´s leadership is studying the response to the proposal with full national responsibility,” he added. 
    •  Friday May 30 2025 | 12:05 PMStance on Israel must ‘harden’ unless Gaza situation improves, says Macron By: AFPFrench President Emmanuel Macron gestures upon his arrival at military airbase Halim Perdanakusuma in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 27, 2025. — ReutersFrench President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that European countries should “harden the collective position” against Israel if it does not respond appropriately to the humanitarian situation in Gaza.With international pressure mounting on Israel over the deepening hunger crisis in Gaza, Macron said action was needed “in the next few hours and days”.He also asserted recognition of a Palestinian state with conditions was “not only a moral duty but a political necessity”.If there was no response in line with the humanitarian situation in Gaza “in the coming hours and days… we will have to harden our collective position,” Macron said on a visit to Singapore.This meant dropping an assumption that human rights were being respected “and apply sanctions”, the French leader said hours before addressing a defence summit in the city-state. 
    •  Friday May 30 2025 | 10:23 AM’There isn’t at all sufficient food or humanitarian supplies in Gaza’: UNRWA official By: TN Web DeskView this post on InstagramA post shared by UNRWA (@unrwa)

       
     
  • Saturday May 31 2025 | 08:33 AMGaza faces ‘catastrophic hunger’, UN says as aid remains severely restricted By: TN Web Desk
     
  • Saturday May 31 2025 | 06:53 AMIsrael prevents high-level Arab diplomatic meeting in Ramallah, West Bank By: TN Web DeskThe Israeli government has decided to block a rare visit by a delegation of foreign ministers from mostly Arab countries to the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported, citing reports published in Israeli media.Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud arrives at a side event during an event commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, December 12, 2023. — Reuters The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and Turkiye were planning to meet with leaders from the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah on Sunday.The goal was to promote the establishment of a Palestinian state, especially with Saudi Arabia and France planning a UN conference next month to help advance a two-state solution.But the Walla news website and The Times of Israel are now quoting unnamed Israeli sources as saying the visit will be blocked amid Israel’s efforts to combat the internationally-backed two-state solution. 
  • Saturday May 31 2025 | 05:46 AMActivists call for global support as Gaza aid ship readies departure By: TN Web DeskIrish actor Liam Cunningham has said that the boat has arrived in Sicily as activists prepare to leave for Gaza in an attempt to break Israel’s blockade, Al Jazeera reported.The effort has been organised by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), a movement that seeks to draw attention to and help end the Israeli siege on Gaza.An earlier attempt to reach Gaza at the beginning of May was aborted after another FFC vessel, the “Conscience”, was attacked by two alleged drones while sailing in international waters off the coast of Malta.The FFC has accused Israel of being responsible for the attack, which severely damaged the front section of the ship. 
  • Saturday May 31 2025 | 01:01 AMIsrael to ‘build Jewish Israeli state´ in West Bank: Minister By: AFPDefence Minister Israel Katz vowed on Friday to build a “Jewish Israeli state” in the occupied West Bank, a day after the government announced the creation of 22 new settlements in the Palestinian territory.He said the move was a “clear message” to French President Emmanuel Macron, who has recently stepped up his support for the Palestinians, and who Israel´s foreign ministry accused of carrying out a “crusade against the Jewish state.””This is a decisive response to the terrorist organisations that are trying to harm and weaken our hold on this land,” Katz said in a video published by his office.”It is also a clear message to Macron and his associates: they will recognise a Palestinian state on paper — but we will build the Jewish Israeli state here on the ground,” he added.”The paper will be thrown into the trash bin of history, and the State of Israel will flourish and prosper.”Katz was speaking during a visit to the Sa-Nur settlement outpost in the northern West Bank. 
  • Saturday May 31 2025 | 12:58 AMIsrael’s Katz issues ultimatum to Hamas over hostage deal By: AFPIsrael on Friday said Hamas must accept a hostage deal in Gaza or “be annihilated”.Defence Minister Israel Katz said Hamas must agree to a ceasefire proposal presented by US envoy Steve Witkoff or be destroyed, after the Palestinian group said the deal failed to satisfy its demands.”The Hamas murderers will now be forced to choose: accept the terms of the ‘Witkoff Deal’ for the release of the hostages — or be annihilated.”On Friday, Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed to build a “Jewish Israeli state” in the Palestinian territory which Israel has occupied since 1967.

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