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SvennoJ 9 hours ago

More than 80 families displaced amid Israeli raids near Nablus: Report

More than 80 Palestinian families have been displaced from the al-Ein refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.

The families have been forcibly expelled from their homes amid an ongoing Israeli military escalation in the area, Ibrahim Shattawi, deputy head of the al-Ein Camp Services Committee, told the agency.

According to Shattawi, Israeli forces stormed the homes and forced residents to leave at gunpoint before turning the buildings into military barracks. Several camp residents were detained, while those forced out of their homes sought refuge with relatives and in local mosques.

Two young Palestinians wounded during Israeli raids in occupied West Bank

Two young Palestinians sustained injuries from Israeli army gunfire in the village of Madama and the town of Beit Furik, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Wafa reports, citing local sources.

Sources said that Israeli forces ransacked several houses in Madama, and interrogated villagers while firing at them.

They also simultaneously stormed Beit Furik while firing live ammunition.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its medics provided first aid treatment to a 19-year-old youth and a 16-year-old teenager.


Israeli raids in the Ein Beit el-Ma refugee camp near Nablus

Israeli forces detained Palestinians and forced residents to flee in the Ein Beit el-Ma refugee camp near Nablus, as part of an ongoing military escalation in the occupied West Bank.




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SvennoJ 9 hours ago

Main events on March 19th

  • At least 70 more people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza that have killed hundreds of Palestinians in the two days since Israel shattered the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
  • Israeli attacks targeted a funeral home in Beit Lahiya, killing at least 24 Palestinians, and a UN site in Deir el-Balah, killing a UN staff member and injuring others.
  • Israeli ground troops have returned to Gaza, including the Netzarim Corridor, which divides the Palestinian territory in two, preventing free movement of residents, weeks after they withdrew under a ceasefire agreement.
  • The US State Department says the opportunity for Hamas to accept “a bridge proposal”, which Hamas says departs from ceasefire terms already agreed to in January, is “closing fast”.
  • US President Donald Trump says the Houthis “will be completely annihilated” as US air strikes on Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen continue for a fifth day.
  • Speaking to Israeli police in the occupied West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “While we are waging a fierce war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, we are aware of the possibility of a larger and stronger front emerging here.”

Palestine urges UN Security Council to ‘stop Israeli war machine’

Palestine’s mission to the United Nations called on the “international community to act with urgency” to put an end to Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza, which has killed at least 436 Palestinians since Tuesday, including 183 children.

“This ruthless, unlawful use of force against a defenceless civilian population must be halted immediately,” it said in a statement.

It added that “failure to act” against Israel’s “blatant war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide will further undermine any shred of credibility the Security Council might still have”.




SvennoJ 9 hours ago

US military carries out more strikes on Yemen: Report

Houthi-run news channel Al Masirah TV reports that the US military has carried out five raids in the province of Hodeidah, striking a cotton processing plant in Zabid.

It’s the fifth night in a row the US military has carried out strikes on Yemen, after resuming its attacks against the Houthis over the weekend in response to the Iran-backed group’s operations targeting Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

The US strikes have killed dozens of people so far, as fears grow of a new cycle of violence in the conflict-torn country.

The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Wednesday it was continuing “24/7 operations” against the Houthis in a post on X but did not confirm its latest attacks.



US military carries out more strikes on Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen

Yemen’s Ministry of Health has now said that US fighter jets also bombed a wedding hall that was under construction in the capital Sanaa, injuring nine people, including women and children.

Israel’s military says Houthi missile intercepted

The missile launched from Yemen was destroyed by the Israeli Air Force before entering the country’s territorial space, the military said in a post on social media.

Air attack alerts sounded in several parts of the country as the missile approached Israel’s borders, the military said, adding that the attempted strike is “being examined”.

The Associated Press news agency reports that explosion were heard during the operation to intercept the missile.



SvennoJ 9 hours ago

Macron says France, Saudi Arabia to co-chair conference on two-state solution

The French president says he spoke with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and that they agreed to co-chair a conference on the two-state solution “to help revive a political perspective for both Israelis and Palestinians”.

In a summary of his call with the crown prince, Macron said, “We condemn the resumption of Israeli strikes on Gaza,” adding that “a return to the ceasefire is essential for the release of all hostages and the protection of civilians”.

Macron also welcomed the work of Saudi Arabia and “its Arab partners on a credible framework for the day after in Gaza, which must serve as the basis for discussions”.




Israeli police fire water cannon at protest outside Netanyahu’s home


Israeli police fired a water cannon at Israelis protesting outside Netanyahu’s residence in west Jerusalem on Wednesday



The protesters called for Netanyahu’s government to release Israeli captives in Gaza through a ceasefire deal.

Protesters also called for Netanyahu’s resignation as the Israeli Prime Minister this week postponed appearing at a corruption trial after resuming Israel’s war on Gaza.



SvennoJ 9 hours ago

Israeli military shells Khan Younis, killing at least 10

The Israeli military has shelled homes in the town of al-Fakhari, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing at least 10 people, according to our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues.

Israeli fighter jets have carried out strikes in other locations in the north and south of the Strip, including:

  • The Abu Nasr family home in as-Sultan, west of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, causing an unspecified number of deaths and injuries.
  • The Jabr family home near the Ammar bin Yasser Mosque in the Zahour neighbourhood, north of Rafah in southern Gaza. No casualties have been reported so far.


Israeli ‘ground incursion’ comes as mass forced evacuations restart, Gaza attacks intensify

The Israeli military says they’ve launched what they are calling a limited ground incursion into the Gaza Strip, trying to expand the buffer zone known as the Netzarim Corridor. It essentially cuts the Gaza Strip in half from north to south.

In the northern part of the territory, where more than one million were forcibly displaced throughout the 15 months of fighting, hundreds of thousands have since gone back to the areas where their homes are and pitched tents on the rubble and ruins of what was once their houses.

But the Israeli army has noted that there are going to be a lot of evacuations for the northern part of the territory – forcing Palestinians to leave once again – because of the relentless bombardment that is going to ensue.

Just a day ago, the Israeli prime minister noted that the same intensity of the strikes we saw in Gaza initially is going to be that intensity moving forward.

That means the Israeli army is going to operate at a much different level than the 15 months of fighting. That’s according to the very top, from the prime minister and the defence minister, saying that Israel is going to operate from land, air and sea.

Children among at least 10 killed in Israeli attack that flattened homes in southern Gaza

There is no let-up in terms of the Israeli attacks. In particular, in the past hour, we have seen a very brutal escalation of air strikes on the southern part of the Gaza Strip, in the city of Khan Younis and Rafah as well.

We know that 10 residential homes have been levelled to the ground, as part of the Israeli attacks on those two largest cities in the south.

The initial death toll that we have received from Gaza’s Health Ministry is that 10 Palestinians have been confirmed killed in this strike, including young children. We have seen very devastating videos from Palestinians caught in the middle of the ongoing Israeli attacks on Rafah city.

We can see now this is a clear surge in air strikes at such a very critical time when these houses are very densely populated with civilians.

Civil defence teams are trying until now to search for missing people who are still trapped underneath these destroyed homes and buildings.

We can also confirm that strikes continue elsewhere in the Strip, in particular Beit Lahiya town where Israeli artillery units alongside fighter jets have targeted a number of residential houses. We have confirmation from eye witnesses that a number of civilians have been killed and injured in one of the fresh barrage of attacks in the city there.