Aid workers trying to deliver supplies to Gaza were left stranded on a burning ship in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea after they say it was attacked by drones. The ship was part of an attempt to challenge Israel’s two-month blockade of Gaza.
Published On 2 May 2025
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A humanitarian aid ship bound for Gaza with 16 people on board left crippled by a drone attack was rescued by Maltese forces, local media reported today.
Citing a government statement, public broadcaster TVM announced that a tugboat with firefighting equipment provided the Freedom Flotilla ship with assistance after it made an SOS distress call.
BREAKING: At 00:23 Maltese time, a #FreedomFlotilla ship was subjected to a drone attack. The front of the vessel…
News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com
Valletta (Quds News Network)- A Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists heading for Gaza was attacked in international waters off the coast of Malta early Friday. The FFC has accused Israel of carrying out the attack, amid reports that an Israeli Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft departed from Israel on Thursday afternoon and was tracked en route to Malta.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, an international NGO, said, “At 00:23 Maltese time, the…
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Israel launched more than 20 air strikes inside Syria late Friday, a war monitor said, following up an attack near the presidential palace in Damascus which was condemned as a “dangerous escalation” by the country’s Islamist rulers.
The strikes came amid Israeli warnings to the Damascus government not to harm the Druze minority, following recent sectarian clashes.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 20 new strikes hit military targets across Syria in the “heaviest” assault…
News Source: www.al-monitor.com
Syria’s Islamist rulers on Friday denounced an air strike near the presidential palace as a “dangerous escalation”, as Israel called it a “clear message” not to harm the Druze minority.
The dawn strike came hours after senior Druze clerics and armed factions reaffirmed their loyalty to Damascus and rejected any call for secession.
They also urged the authorities to appoint local officials to official posts in their Sweida province stronghold.
The statement followed sectarian clashes between…
News Source: www.al-monitor.com
Israel said it carried out an air strike near Syria’s presidential palace in Damascus on Friday, warning the country’s new Islamist rulers against targeting the Druze minority.
The dawn strike came hours after top Druze clerics and armed factions reaffirmed their loyalty to Syria, rejecting any call for secession.
The Druze leaders urged the government to empower the interior ministry and judiciary in Sweida province — their stronghold — by appointing officials from the local population.
The…
News Source: www.al-monitor.com
A group of activists organising an aid boat for Gaza said it was attacked on Friday by drones in international waters off Malta as it headed towards the Palestinian territory.
The Maltese government and Cypriot rescuers said they had responded to a distress call from the vessel, while Malta said all crew members were safe and made no mention of an alleged attack.
The activists said they suspected Israel could be behind the incident, and Cyprus’s rescue agency said it had been informed by the…
News Source: www.al-monitor.com
Women make up more than 50% of the population, yet before the 1990s they were largely excluded from health and medical research studies.
To try to help correct this imbalance, in 1991 the National Institutes of Health launched a massive, long-term study called the Women’s Health Initiative, which is still running today. It is the largest, longest and most comprehensive study on women’s health ever conducted in the U.S. It also is one of the most productive studies in history, with…
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“When one person joins the military, the whole family serves.”
The origin of this statement is unknown, but it captures the reality that military families confront in 2025. One member’s service shapes the lives of the entire family.
Here’s a look at the numbers: More than 2 million Americans serve in the U.S. military. About 1.3 million are on active duty, nearly half of them are married, and just over one-third have children. Many of the rest are otherwise partnered, or…
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)
Tens of thousands of worshipers performed Friday prayers at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite the Israeli occupation forces’ restrictions and heightened measures at military checkpoints surrounding Jerusalem, the Old City, and the mosque itself.
The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf Department confirmed that tens of thousands gathered for Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, also offering absentee prayers for the souls of martyrs from Gaza and the West Bank.
The…
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