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SvennoJ on 05 June 2025
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Main events on June 5th

  • Israel carried out a series of strikes in the south of the Lebanese capital Beirut, in what Lebanon’s president decried as a “blatant” violation of Israel’s ceasefire with Hezbollah.
  • The Trump administration announced sanctions against four International Criminal Court judges, citing the court’s role in probing alleged Israeli atrocities in Gaza and issuing an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.
  • Netanyahu admitted that his government was coordinating with “clans” in Gaza are part of an effort to weaken Hamas. Some of those clans have been accused of stealing humanitarian aid.
  • International medical organisations such as Doctors Without Borders and the World Health Organization have warned that Israeli displacement orders could cause Nasser Hospital to cease functioning, warning that closing the facility would be a “death sentence” for at-risk patients.

Hamas says it is ready for a new round of negotiations with US mediators

Hamas has stated that from the outset, they’ve been willing to come to the negotiating table.

That was true even before January, they say, when the initial ceasefire agreement was put into place and both parties agreed to it. At that time, Hamas was pushing for talks on phases two and three of the deal, while the Israelis were the ones who didn’t want to come to the table.

Hamas is saying they did not fully reject a previous proposal from mediators. Instead they gave it back with some amendments, because they wanted to ultimately see a total and complete end of the war.

They wanted a deal that would stop all of the aggression on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, which Israel had refused, saying that they would only be willing for a partial agreement for a period of up to 60 days.



Netanyahu confirms Israel arming clans opposed to Hamas in Gaza

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyn2m9yk0vo

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that Israel is arming clans in Gaza that he says are opposed to Hamas.

His comments came after Israeli media reports quoted defence sources as saying Netanyahu had authorised giving weapons to one particular group in the south of Gaza. Several Israeli politicians have accused Netanyahu of endangering Israeli security.

"What's wrong with this?" Netanyahu says in a short video he's tweeted. "It only saves the lives of Israeli solders", he continues - "and publicising it only helps Hamas".

What the Israeli prime minister is referring to are the reports that Israel under his authorisation has been supplying weapons to a clan in Gaza led by a man called Yasser Abu Shabab.

The group, which some see as a militia or a criminal gang, has presented itself as an opposition force to Hamas. It says its aim is to protect trucks bringing aid into Gaza, but critics say it is doing the opposite and is looting them.

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