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SvennoJ on 31 August 2025
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Main events on August 31st

  • The Israeli army killed at least 78 Palestinians, including 32 aid seekers and one journalist, across the Strip as it ramped up its bombardment of Gaza City while blocking most aid from getting into the starved enclave.
  • Houthi leaders in Yemen pledged to escalate their attacks on Israel in opposition to the war in Gaza. The group also detained at least 11 UN personnel in raids on offices in Sanaa and Hodeidah.
  • A Liberia-flagged and Israeli-owned tanker reported that an unknown projectile fell near it in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, followed by a loud bang, but no damage or injuries.
  • The Israeli army blew up a building in southern Lebanon’s Ayta ash-Shaab and carried out another killing in Lebanon in alleged attempts to hit Hezbollah operatives.
  • Israeli soldiers and settlers injured several Palestinians during incursions into Hebron and other areas of the occupied West Bank, with more arrests reported.
  • The Jerusalem governorate said that Israel is carrying out unauthorised excavations and demolition operations beneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to destroy Islamic antiquities.
  • The Global Sumud Flotilla humanitarian expedition has set off from Spain’s Barcelona on a mission to break the siege of Gaza and deliver aid to Palestinians.



Netanyahu’s comments on MAGA widen division between him and Trump supporters


Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu currently wanted by the International Criminal Court has angered Trump supporters in the US with his latest comments.

Netanyahu said that anyone who was against Israel could not be described as MAGA.

This has evoked strong reaction from Trump supporters with Steve Bannon exploding in anger. Rifat Jawaid looks at the widening divide between the current Israeli regime and the MAGA right in the US. This coincides with the visit by two US senators to the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

 

Ex-Biden Official Accidentally EXPOSES Israel’s Secret Strategy in New Yorker Call


Journalist Laila Al-Arian joins Katie to discuss Jacob Lew’s defense of killing children, smears of Palestinian reporters, and the resilience of Wael Dahdouh and Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya — as the mask of Western values falls off.