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  • EU says Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza will further worsen ‘already catastrophic situation’ – Middle East Monitor

    EU says Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza will further worsen ‘already catastrophic situation’ – Middle East Monitor

    The European commissioner for equality, preparedness, and crisis management on Saturday expressed concern over the Israeli plan to occupy Gaza City, warning that it will worsen the “already catastrophic humanitarian situation,” Anadolu reports.

    “The Israeli Security Cabinet’s decision to extend its military operation in #Gaza will further worsen the already catastrophic humanitarian situation & jeopardise the lives of the remaining hostages,” Hadja…

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  • Trump-backed peace push leaves Azerbaijan and Armenia one step from final accord, top diplomat says

    Trump-backed peace push leaves Azerbaijan and Armenia one step from final accord, top diplomat says

    By Andrew Osborn

    (Reuters) -A peace push backed by U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Azerbaijan and Armenia just one step from a final peace deal and is a paradigm shift in the strategically important South Caucasus region, a top Azerbaijani diplomat said on Saturday.

    Trump welcomed Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the White House on Friday and witnessed their signing of a joint declaration aimed at drawing a line under their decades-long…

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  • Israeli security chiefs opposed Gaza reoccupation plan over hostage safety concerns: report

    Israeli security chiefs opposed Gaza reoccupation plan over hostage safety concerns: report

    Israeli soldiers organize military equipment while standing on armored personnel carriers near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 6, 2025 in Southern Israel, Israel. [Amir Levy/Getty Images]

     Israel’s security chiefs warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that occupying Gaza City would endanger hostages and soldiers, but the plan was approved after a heated 10-hour Cabinet meeting, Israeli media said Saturday, Anadolu reports. The Yedioth Ahronoth daily, citing unnamed political sources, reported that the heads of the military, National Security Council, and Mossad “voiced their objections” during a session from Thursday evening to early Friday. They cautioned the move…

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  • Gaza: Hospitals receive 39 martyrs, death toll climbs to 61,369

    Gaza: Hospitals receive 39 martyrs, death toll climbs to 61,369

    GAZA, (PIC)

    During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of at least 39 civilians, as well as 491 people suffering from different injuries following Israeli attacks, according to Gaza’s health ministry on Saturday morning.

    Accordingly, a total of 9,862 people have been killed and 40,809 others have been injured since the Israeli occupation army resumed its genocidal war on Gaza on March 18, 2025.

    The new fatalities increased the death toll from the…

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  • Russia condemns Israel’s plan to expand Gaza operation

    Russia condemns Israel’s plan to expand Gaza operation

    MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia condemns and rejects Israel’s plan to expand its military operation in the Gaza Strip, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

    “The implementation of such decisions and plans, which provoke condemnation and rejection, is fraught with the risk of exacerbating the already extremely dramatic situation in the Palestinian enclave, which has all the hallmarks of a humanitarian catastrophe,” the ministry said in a statement.

    (Reporting by Maxim RodionovEditing by Mark…

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  • Dozens of settlers defile Baba al-Rahma cemetery in J’lem

    Dozens of settlers defile Baba al-Rahma cemetery in J’lem

    OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)

    Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Bab al-Rahma cemetery adjacent to the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Friday evening.

    According to local sources, those settlers toured the cemetery under police guard, performed provocative dances and practices inside it, and trampled over some Muslims’ graves.

    This violation happened after a recent incident in which settlers stormed the cemetery and smashed headstones of some graves.

    The…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • Palestinian Football Star “Gaza’s Pelé” Killed as Israel Kills 421 Footballers

    Palestinian Football Star “Gaza’s Pelé” Killed as Israel Kills 421 Footballers

    Gaza (Quds News Network)- Former Palestinian national team player Suleiman al-Obeid, nicknamed “Gaza’s Pelé,” was killed in an Israeli attack on starved aid seekers in southern Gaza on Wednesday. He is among 421 footballers killed in Gaza since October 7, according to the Palestinian Football Association.

    The association said al-Obeid, 41, was killed while waiting for humanitarian aid alongside other civilians. Israeli forces opened fire, killing him instantly.

    Al-Obeid…

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  • Israeli forces kill 21 aid seekers as Gaza starvation death toll rises | Gaza News

    Israeli forces kill 21 aid seekers as Gaza starvation death toll rises | Gaza News

    Israeli attacks have killed at least 39 people, including 21 seeking humanitarian aid and 11 who starved to death, over 24 hours in Gaza, Palestinian health authorities say.

    Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on Saturday that the total number of malnutrition deaths has reached 212, including 98 children, since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October 2023.

    Most of the deaths have occurred in recent weeks as Israel continues to impose severe restrictions on aid supplies entering Gaza after…

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  • Military expert: Israel's phased plan is to control Gaza, not to fully occupy it.

    Military expert: Israel's phased plan is to control Gaza, not to fully occupy it.

    The military and strategic expert Brigadier General Elias Hanna believes …

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  • Turkish foreign minister meets Egyptian president in Cairo – Middle East Monitor

    Turkish foreign minister meets Egyptian president in Cairo – Middle East Monitor

    Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was officially received on Saturday by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during his visit to Cairo, the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced.

    “Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan was received by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, during his visit to Egypt,” the ministry confirmed the meeting on X.

    No further details were immediately released regarding the discussions.

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