The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that the recovery of children in the Gaza Strip after the war will take a long time. This was mentioned in a post on the American platform "X" on Thursday, coinciding with World Children's Day, where he addressed the conditions of children in Gaza after two years of the horrors of the Israeli war on the region.

Ghebreyesus noted that "children in Gaza are finally breathing moments of calm after two years of violence." He pointed out that the fragile ceasefire has given children a chance to breathe, connect, play, and even begin to recover.

However, he added, "the trauma, injuries, grief, and shattered childhood will take much longer to heal." Ghebreyesus confirmed that the World Health Organization is supporting on-the-ground rehabilitation and rebuilding of the health system and expanding mental health services for children.

He added, "On World Children's Day, the World Health Organization calls for full respect for the ceasefire, leading to lasting peace." The ceasefire agreement, which came into effect on October 10, ended the Israeli massacre in Gaza, which left more than 69,000 Palestinian dead and over 170,000 injured, most of whom are children and women, while the United Nations estimated the cost of reconstruction at about $70 billion.

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority revealed on Friday that the security cabinet "kitchen cabinet" decided to form a team to implement the second phase of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir stated that the small team will work on implementing the next steps.

The Broadcasting Authority did not specify the steps that will be included in the second phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the war.

Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa, on the sidelines of the donors' meeting for Palestine in the Belgian capital Brussels, briefed a number of foreign ministers and European officials on the situation and developments on the ground in Palestine.

During the meeting, the Prime Minister discussed the importance of intensifying international efforts to establish a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and implement Security Council Resolution 2803, to initiate the recovery and reconstruction process in the sector, and to exert serious pressure to allow the entry of aid and relief supplies without restrictions, in addition to stopping the aggression of the occupation army and settlers in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and for Israel to release the withheld Palestinian funds.

Mustafa reviewed the progress of implementing the institutional reform and development program, which includes many sectors, affirming the commitment to execute this program, which is a national demand, to develop financial policies and manage public finances, enhance the governance system and the rule of law, improve the legislative and regulatory environment for investment and business, and elevate the level of basic services provided to our people.

The terrorist attacks by settlers escalated early this Friday morning against citizens and their properties in various parts of the West Bank.

A video clip showed a violent assault carried out by settlers early this morning against citizens in Khirbet al-Masdar in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron.

In the city of Nablus, settlers set fire to six tourist villas under construction on Mount Taroja between the villages of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya and Amouriya south of Nablus, belonging to citizen Khalil Abu Sanina and several of his partners, while the guard of these villas sustained burns while trying to extinguish the fire.

Settlers also attacked a nursery in the village of Deir Sharaf west of Nablus, belonging to citizen Nasser Nasser, where they destroyed and damaged its agricultural contents.

In the city of Ramallah, settlers burned an agricultural room in the village of Abu Falah north of Ramallah and wrote racist slogans.

In the city of Bethlehem, several citizens suffered from suffocation due to the assault by Israeli occupation forces and settlers on the village of Kisan east of Bethlehem.

It is noteworthy that settlers carried out 766 attacks during the month of October, concentrated in the governorates of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Nablus, and Hebron.

The Israeli occupation army claimed in an urgent statement issued on Friday that its forces managed to "eliminate 5 Palestinian militants."

The occupation army's statement alleged that the targeted group "emerged from a tunnel" located within the so-called "yellow line," the buffer zone in the eastern areas of the Gaza Strip.

This announcement comes amid a significant military escalation in the incursion axes east of Khan Younis, where Israeli vehicles are carrying out intensive artillery and air strikes in preparation for demolition and destruction operations of buildings in those areas.

A number of citizens were injured today, Friday, as a result of an attack by Israeli occupation forces and settlers on the village of Kisan east of Bethlehem.

Ahmad Ghazal, the Secretary of the Fatah Movement in Kisan, reported that a group of settlers, under the protection of the occupation forces, stormed the village and grazed their sheep on the citizens' lands and between the houses.

The citizens confronted them, and the occupation soldiers fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters at them, resulting in several cases of suffocation.

It is noteworthy that the occupation forces and settlers have recently escalated their attacks on Kisan, aiming to displace the residents and seize their lands for colonial ambitions.

Field sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday that members of "Saraya al-Quds," the military wing of Hamas, along with a team from the Egyptian security committee, have resumed the search for a detained Israeli body.

The sources clarified that the body was "detained" in an area located north of the Al-Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip. This move comes as part of ongoing Egyptian efforts to solidify understandings and address the outstanding issues between the two parties in the conflict, with the Egyptian team directly overseeing the search and excavation operations at the specified site.

On another front, the occupation army advanced into the eastern areas of Khan Younis city, in southern Gaza, on Friday morning, in what is the most intense military escalation in days, characterized by heavy shelling and demolition of buildings, alongside ground movements of occupation vehicles.

Colonists set fire early this Friday morning to six tourist villas under construction on Mount Tarouja between the villages of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya and Amoria south of Nablus.

Security sources reported that a number of colonists attacked the mountain and ignited the fire in the six villas, which belong to citizen Khalil Abu Suneina and several partners.

The sources added that the guard of these villas was injured with burns while trying to extinguish the fire.

It is noteworthy that colonists carried out 766 attacks during the month of October, concentrated in the governorates of Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Nablus, and Hebron, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

Colonizers have established a new colonial outpost in the vicinity of the Bedouin community of Hatraura in Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem Governorate reported that this outpost aims to restrict the residents, prevent them from grazing, and take control of more citizens' lands for the establishment of colonial projects.

It is noted that the colonizers demolished several homes of citizens in the community a few days ago and attacked the residents with the protection of the Israeli occupation army, which arrested three young men from the area.

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs revealed serious violations inside Ofer Prison, based on testimonies from two detainees whose health and psychological conditions deteriorated due to neglect and repression.

The commission stated in a statement issued today, Thursday, that detainee Muhammad Al-Qadi (30 years old) suffers from a severe allergy known as "cold allergy," which has caused a rash to spread all over his body. His health condition worsened after his medication was confiscated upon arrest and no treatment was provided despite his pleas.

Al-Qadi indicated that he was subjected to a violent raid of his room a month ago, where he was handcuffed from behind, blindfolded, and then taken to the bathroom away from the cameras. He was beaten specifically on the head and face and was electrocuted three times, resulting in injuries to his eye and ear and loss of balance. He was also kept in isolation for three days.

As for detainee Mujahid Yusuf (33 years old) from Silwad east of Ramallah, he underwent laser eye surgery before his arrest and needs a moisturizing drop continuously. However, the prison administration provided it for only three days and then informed him that it was unavailable, causing him burning and blurred vision.

Regarding the prison conditions, the commission's lawyer says: The daily yard time does not exceed 15 minutes in the morning and the same in the evening, and the detainees' rooms are subjected to two to three raids weekly, including searches, assaults, and insults, while the detainees receive no more than 1% of their rights.

Fifty-one countries, including Turkey, Britain, Spain, Italy, and China, confirmed that the International Atomic Energy Agency can play a role in providing urgent and long-term assistance to the State of Palestine to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

This was stated in a joint statement regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza, signed by 51 countries during a meeting of the Agency's Board of Governors in Vienna, and was followed by Turkey's permanent representative to the United Nations Office in Vienna, LAFENT ELAR.

The statement welcomed the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, calling on all parties to adhere to and implement it. It expressed concern over the serious humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially in Gaza.

The statement noted that the amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza is "much less" than what was agreed upon under the agreement. It added, "In light of this deteriorating humanitarian situation, we believe that the International Atomic Energy Agency can play an important role in providing urgent and long-term assistance to the State of Palestine to alleviate the humanitarian plight in Gaza."

The statement requested the Agency to contribute to meeting the urgent and long-term needs of the State of Palestine in the fields of nuclear medicine, non-destructive testing, and assessing soil, air, and water contamination.

The Israeli army killed 3 Palestinians and injured others in an attack targeting a populated house in southern Gaza early Thursday.

The Civil Defense in the sector stated in a brief statement: "The recovery of 3 martyrs and 15 injuries from the Abu Sabet and Sahmoud families following an Israeli bombardment on a populated house in the Bani Suheila area east of Khan Younis in the southern sector."

Medical sources reported the "arrival of three martyrs, including two girls, one of whom is an infant, and more than 15 injuries to Nasser Hospital due to an Israeli airstrike targeting a populated house of the Abu Sabet family in the Bani Suheila area east of Khan Younis."

In this context, local sources and eyewitnesses reported several explosions resulting from demolition operations carried out by the Israeli army on homes and facilities in areas under its control outside the yellow line east of the cities of Gaza and Khan Younis, in addition to ongoing artillery shelling and gunfire from vehicles and helicopters.

The Israeli army killed 25 Palestinians and injured 77 others on Wednesday in a series of successive airstrikes targeting several areas in the sector from which it withdrew, in violation of the ceasefire agreement.

The Gaza Health Ministry stated in a statement: "25 martyrs and more than 77 injured, including serious cases, arrived at hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the wave of Israeli escalation."

The ministry did not provide further details regarding the locations of the targeting or the identities of the victims.

For its part, Israel acknowledged violating the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and launching airstrikes on "Hamas-controlled areas," claiming it was in response to gunfire targeting its forces in Rafah in the southern sector.

Previous governmental, factional, and human rights data indicate that Israel has committed dozens of violations of the ceasefire agreement that has been in effect since October 10.

Among its violations, Israel killed 280 Palestinians and injured 672 others since October 11, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the Gaza Health Ministry.

The Israeli genocide war in Gaza began on October 8, 2023, and stopped after two years under a ceasefire agreement, leaving more than 69,000 Palestinian martyrs and over 170,000 injured, most of whom are children and women, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at around 70 billion dollars.

The Nasser Medical Complex announced on Thursday the martyrdom of a victim from the fire of an Israeli occupation drone in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, located east of Khan Younis, indicating an escalation of military operations behind the 'yellow line' in that area.

Local sources confirmed that the town of Abasan, east of Khan Younis, was subjected to intense artillery shelling, in addition to gunfire from Israeli occupation helicopters.

The targeting of the aforementioned area comes as part of a field escalation in the Gaza Strip, threatening the ceasefire agreement.

Thousands of displaced people in the Gaza Strip have been living through a severe humanitarian crisis for days, as they are besieged by stormy weather, heavy rains, and the biting cold of winter.

The weather conditions have not only increased their suffering but have also led to the collapse of several dilapidated tents set up on the beach, flooding the beds and blankets they use to seek warmth.

The material losses have affected around twenty-two thousand tents, and the Gaza government estimated the damage caused by the floods at four and a half million dollars, which included the destruction of food, medicine, and infrastructure facilities.

Local relief organizations confirmed the urgent need to provide three hundred thousand new tents to shelter the residents, nearly all of whom have been forced to flee their homes during the ongoing assault on the area.

Ismail al-Thawabteh, the director of the government media office, revealed that the floods led to the collapse of emergency shelters in some areas, turning the camps into pools of water and mud.

Severe damage has been inflicted on the already strained water and sewage networks, as well as on the small solar energy facilities that are the only source of electricity in the sector.

The rates of stomach diseases and skin diseases have increased; the majority of the displaced rely on small pits and tanks for sewage that overflow with heavy rainfall.

The spread of random piles of garbage has occurred due to the inaccessibility of waste dumps or their damage, which weakens the immune system of the displaced.

On World Children's Day, which falls on November 20 each year, Palestine remembers its children, who have paid a heavy price due to the Israeli genocide that has affected their lives, education, and dreams since October 7, 2023.

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education stated in a press release today, Thursday, on the occasion of World Children's Day, that more than 19,000 children from school students have become martyrs, and about 28,000 have been injured, with hundreds of schools, kindergartens, childhood centers, nurseries, and playgrounds being completely or partially damaged in Gaza and the West Bank since the beginning of the genocide until today.

It added: On this day, which is globally dedicated to affirming children's rights to protection, education, dignity, care, play, and more, we affirm that the children of Palestine deserve to live in a stable environment that guarantees them the right to free, safe, and quality education, just as international charters and laws have ensured; especially the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.

It pointed out that while countries and institutions around the world celebrate this occasion, violations by the occupation army and its settlers against our children continue in various areas, in Gaza, Jerusalem, and the areas classified as "C"; hardly a day goes by without mourning a child who falls to the bullets of a settler or an occupying soldier, and this reality is not limited to documentation in numbers; rather, it is narratives of stories left behind by dreams, ambitions, and hopes that were shattered in moments, and the effects of the crimes committed by the occupation army against our children in Gaza are still present and require punishment and deterrence.

The Ministry of Education called for the urgent protection of children and school students in Palestine, supporting relief and educational recovery efforts for the children and students of Gaza, rehabilitating the educational infrastructure in the affected areas, expanding psychological and social support programs for affected school students, and continuing to invest in equitable quality education that enhances resilience and steadfastness.

Several cities and towns in the occupied West Bank witnessed a wide campaign of incursions and arrests carried out by the Israeli occupation forces, coinciding with violent assaults by settlers targeting Palestinian families and agricultural lands.

In Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, a reporter reported that the occupation forces stormed the town of Beit Ummar north of the city, raiding a large number of citizens' homes, turning some into military barracks, and preventing movement within the streets of the town.

These raids resulted in the arrest of more than 40 Palestinians from the town during the night hours.

According to eyewitnesses, the detainees were subjected to severe beating during the army's incursion after being held in the yard of a sports field in the middle of the town, which the occupation forces turned into a field interrogation and questioning center.

The reporter also stated that the occupation forces stormed the homes of the relatives of the martyr Imran Al-Atrash in the city of Hebron and arrested several of them.

Al-Atrash is considered one of the perpetrators of the car-ramming and stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion junction in the southern West Bank last Tuesday, which resulted in the death of a settler and the injury of three others, one of whom is in critical condition.

In Hebron as well, three Palestinians from the same family were injured on Wednesday evening in an attack carried out by settlers near the area known as "Dhahr Al-Hawiya" adjacent to the bypass road number 60.

Citizen Faisal Al-Qawasmi stated that a group of settlers attacked his father, mother, and brother, causing them head injuries and multiple bruises, and the injured were transferred to the hospital for treatment.

In Jenin Governorate, the Israeli occupation forces arrested several young men in the town of Qabatiya, and a special Israeli unit carried out an infiltration operation into one of the houses in the town and arrested a young man.

In Nablus, the occupation forces stormed the courtyard of the National Hospital, and also arrested a young man from the town of Beit Furik, in addition to another arrest from the village of Salem during a raid on his home.

The town of Beit Furik also witnessed a series of raids on citizens' homes in the morning.

In the city of Al-Bireh, the occupation forces stormed the Um Al-Sharayet neighborhood, leading to a vehicle catching fire in the middle of the city after a flare bomb was dropped by the soldiers during the incursion.

The occupation forces carried out a campaign of raids in several neighborhoods in the city of Qalqilya, including the Al-Qar'an neighborhood, and arrested a young man from the Al-Naqar neighborhood.

In occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli occupation authorities delivered, yesterday Wednesday, demolition notices for the homes of four families in Aqbat Al-Khalidiya in the Old City, under the pretext that they are "unfit for habitation."

The Palestinian news agency reported that the families were surprised by the decisions despite having lived there for nearly six decades.

The families clarified that the occupation authorities have refused for years to grant them permits to renovate the buildings or improve their structure, and prevent any necessary maintenance work to preserve their safety, which led to their deterioration and later exploitation as a pretext for demolition.

According to the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, settlers committed 7,154 assaults in the West Bank during the two years of the Israeli genocide war on Gaza, resulting in the death of 33 Palestinians and the displacement of 33 residential communities until October 5 of last month.

Data indicates that the combined assaults of the occupation army and settlers led to the death of 1,076 Palestinians and the injury of about 10,760, in addition to the arrest of more than 20,500 Palestinians until Tuesday.

On this day, November 20, every year, World Children's Day returns to reopen the wounds of Palestinians by highlighting the file of Israeli occupation violations against their children, especially those who suffer torment without trial in its prisons.

According to the Palestinian Prisoners Club and prisoner institutions, as of November 5 of this year, the Israeli occupation is currently detaining about 350 children, most of whom are without trial, isolating them from the world under harsh conditions.

The director of the Accountability Program at the Global Movement for the Defense of Children in Palestine, Aaid Abu Qteish, pointed out that 48% of child prisoners are held administratively, and only about 20 of them have received varying prison sentences.

Administrative detention is defined as detention without charge or trial, relying on a secret file and secret evidence that the detainee or their lawyer cannot access.

Abu Qteish indicates that the percentage of administratively detained children before October 2023 did not exceed 2%, but today they number in the dozens according to what the Israeli Prison Service publishes.

According to data from Palestinian prisoner institutions, the total number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons is about 9,250, including approximately 3,360 administrative detainees.

In the context of the genocide war on Gaza, the occupation army detained 1,630 children in the West Bank, where various forms of torture against children continued after that date.

Child prisoners are completely isolated from the outside world, with no family visits, no means of communication, and no televisions or radios.

A large number of prisoners who were arrested as children have reached adulthood in prison and have been transferred to adult prisons, some of whom have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

The majority of the charges against child prisoners today are 'incitement' through posts or shares on social media.

The military orders in effect in the West Bank allow for the detention of children aged 14 to 18 for up to 48 hours without presenting them to a judge.

Human rights organizations have documented other violations against children, including physical assault during arrest and interrogation.

The number of Palestinian child martyrs has reached 2,507 since the year 2000, of whom 139 were killed by the occupation in the West Bank in 2024 and 2025.

In Gaza, UNICEF data indicates that more than 64,000 children have been killed or injured, and more than 58,000 children have lost one or both parents.

A participant in the process of displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, through a suspicious organization revealed to be linked to the occupation called "Al-Majd," disclosed details about the journey that landed in South Africa, causing widespread uproar.

One participant in the journey, who used the alias "Bashir" to conceal his true identity, stated that the trip from Gaza to South Africa was mysterious, dated October 28, last month.

He noted that he contacted the organization through an advertisement on Facebook, called a phone number included in the ad, and spoke with a young man named Muayad from the Nuseirat area in the middle of the Strip, who had traveled on one of the trips and is currently in Indonesia working with the organization.

He explained that the organization asked him for $1,400 per person to facilitate travel from Gaza to Indonesia, and he had to pay the required amount because life in Gaza was "very difficult."

He mentioned that he was living in the city of Rafah in the southern Strip before the start of the genocide war on October 8, 2023, and that he lost everything he owned during the war, including his home, furniture, and car, which forced him to flee his home.

He reported that after transferring the amount to another Palestinian account, he waited for readiness instructions, where he received a message one day at 10 a.m. asking him to head to Khan Younis city in southern Gaza.

Bashir clarified that all instructions were sent to him via "WhatsApp," where he later received instructions to arrive at a point near the International Committee of the Red Cross building in Gaza at 3 a.m. local time.

He noted that he saw buses waiting there, where he boarded bus number 2, and they headed to the Kerem Shalom crossing controlled by the occupation.

He added that there was no representative from the organization or the army at the crossing, saying: "It was not possible to see the army, but they monitor everything."

He indicated that the bus passengers underwent thorough inspections at the crossing, and they were not allowed to bring anything with them except their smartphones, medications, and valuable luggage.

He added: "They put a bracelet on each traveler's arm and repeatedly warned us not to remove it."

Bashir explained that they were then transported by bus to Ramon Airport in Eilat in occupied Palestine, where everyone raised their arms to show the bracelet according to instructions before heading to the airport hall.

He confirmed that the airport staff there passed their passports through the scanning devices without stamping them.

Bashir explained that he was informed upon leaving Gaza that the destination would be Indonesia, but he later discovered that the Palestinian Authority had stopped issuing travel visas to Indonesia, so they were redirected to South Africa without being informed.

He added that they first traveled from Ramon Airport to the Kenyan capital Nairobi, then took another flight to Johannesburg, entering South Africa without problems.

Bashir noted that the "Al-Majd" organization sent him via "WhatsApp" the information about the hotel where he would stay in Johannesburg for a week.

He pointed out that his daughter also traveled in the same way later through the organization, but for two thousand dollars, and was part of a trip that included 153 Palestinians, who faced many difficulties and were not allowed to enter immediately, waiting 15 hours on the plane upon arrival.

According to the organization's website, "Al-Majd" was established in 2010 in Germany, and launched its website in February 2025, with no activity on its social media accounts.

The organization's address appears in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, but it does not have an office there, and the contact numbers on the website are inactive, with no official record of it in the occupying state or Germany.

According to the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, the information published about the company is "incorrect."

According to trade records in Estonia, the founder of the "Al-Majd" organization is Tomer Janar Lind, who holds dual nationality (Israeli-Estonian), while British trade records show that Lind founded four companies in Britain over the last ten years, three of which he closed.

Haaretz contacted Lind via his phone number in London, where he did not deny his work in organizing the migration of Palestinians from Gaza, but refrained from commenting on the entity behind it.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa previously stated to reporters that the government is investigating the details of the journey of the Palestinians who were "placed in mysterious circumstances on

The Syrian News Channel reported that clashes erupted last night in the Badiyah of Maidan, east of Raqqa in the northeast of the country, following an attack by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on army positions in the area.

The official channel indicated that the army's artillery responded to the sources of fire from the SDF after they targeted army points in the Raqqa countryside.

Local sources reported that a number of Syrian army soldiers were killed as a result of the SDF attack, without further details, while other local sources mentioned that there were also casualties among the SDF due to the violent clashes that took place with the army.

Neither side has issued an official tally of the casualties resulting from the clashes between them.

Clashes that occurred weeks ago cast doubt on the agreement signed last March between Syrian President Ahmad al-Shara and SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi.

The agreement stipulated the integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces into state institutions and emphasized that the Kurdish community is an integral component of the people and the state.

The agreement included the incorporation of all areas under SDF control into the new Syrian administration, including crossings, airports, and oil fields, as well as the return of displaced Syrians to their towns and villages in northeastern Syria.

The implementation of the agreement is to be completed before the end of this year.

Abdi stated in a speech during a conference in Iraqi Kurdistan yesterday, Wednesday, that his forces "do not pose a threat to anyone," and confirmed that the forces manage areas under the umbrella of the Syrian state.

The SDF commander expressed hope that all terms of the March 10 agreement signed with the government would be completed by the end of this year, stating that the agreement is "beneficial" and "has put an end to the rhetoric of hatred and revenge."

Palestine welcomed, on Wednesday, the adoption by the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly of the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) until June 30, 2029.

This came in a statement from the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commenting on the adoption by the UN Fourth Committee, which is concerned with special political issues and decolonization, of a decision expressing regret for the failure to return Palestinian refugees to their homes or compensate them, stating that their situation "continues to raise serious concern."

The decision, which received the support of 149 countries, opposition from 10 countries, and abstention from 13, included the renewal of UNRWA's mandate until June 30, 2029, and emphasized the importance of the agency carrying out its work "without obstacles."

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates stated that it welcomes the decision of the UN committee, which received "broad and unprecedented international support."

It clarified that this support "embodies the status of the Palestinian cause in the global conscience and a clear rejection of the policies of Israeli colonial occupation."

On October 28, 2024, the Knesset (Israeli parliament) finally approved, by a large majority, two laws preventing UNRWA from conducting any activities within Israel and withdrawing privileges and facilities from it, as well as prohibiting any official contact with it. The decision came into effect at the end of January.

UNRWA was established by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly in 1949 and was mandated to provide assistance and protection to Palestinian refugees in its five areas of operation: Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, where it provides relief, health, and educational services to about 6 million Palestinian refugees.

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the importance of international decisions is highlighted in that they "reaffirm the centrality of the Palestinian refugees' issue and their inalienable rights, foremost among them their right to return to their homes and properties and to compensation for them."

It added that these decisions "clearly reject all Israeli attempts to obliterate these rights or circumvent them, and emphasize the necessity of protecting the properties of refugees and maintaining their records, as well as the continuation of UNRWA's mandate and providing financial and political support to it, as it is the first line of defense for millions of Palestinian refugees in its five areas of operation."

It continued that "the overwhelming vote confirms the international community's rejection of annexation, settlement, forced displacement, collective punishment, and the widespread destruction of infrastructure in the occupied Palestinian territory, and the genocide in the Gaza Strip."

The adoption of the decisions comes after two years of the Israeli genocide war on Gaza, which began on October 8, 2023, and ended with a ceasefire on October 10, leaving more than 69,000 Palestinian dead and over 170,000 injured, most of whom are children and women, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about $70 billion.

Simultaneously, the West Bank witnessed an Israeli escalation in which assaults by the army and settlers resulted in the deaths of at least 1,076 Palestinians, injuries to about 10,760 others, in addition to the arrest of more than 20,500 others, since the beginning of the genocide war in Gaza.

The channel indicated that in a special operation carried out by Austrian security and intelligence agencies in Vienna during September, the "Mossad" of the occupation revealed details it claims are related to Hamas preparing cells in the European continent, with the aim of carrying out operations against occupation targets and Jewish targets deep in Europe.

Channel 12 claimed that the operation, executed by the "Mossad," uncovered "armed infrastructure established by Hamas leadership deep in the European continent," and was conducted in cooperation with European law enforcement authorities, including Germany and Austria.

According to the channel's report, these entities carried out a series of "complex armed activity countermeasures," which resulted in the arrest of suspected individuals and the discovery of weapon caches that were prepared for use by Hamas to target civilians at a specific moment.

The Israeli Knesset's General Assembly approved, on Wednesday, in the first reading, the government bill to amend the law halting the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The law received the support of 28 Knesset members against the opposition of 8 members, indicating the extremist government's determination to pass it quickly.

This amendment comes as part of the ongoing and systematic efforts of the occupation to undermine the work of UNRWA, efforts that are viewed by Palestinians and the United Nations as an attempt to completely eliminate the Palestinian refugee issue.

The bill includes extreme provisions aimed at strangling the agency and paralyzing its operations in the occupied territories. The amendment clearly states that "water and electricity providers will not supply any property where UNRWA is the registered consumer."

The Israeli army distributed demolition notices for Palestinian facilities, including a mosque, residences, and agricultural structures in the Masafer Yatta area south of the city of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, on Wednesday evening.

Osama Makhamra, an activist monitoring Israeli violations, stated in an informational briefing for journalists that "the notices were distributed in the villages of Jinba and Al-Halawah, affecting a mosque, a park, three residences, three residential tents, and five barns used for livestock, in addition to several health units."

In a related context, Makhamra pointed out that settlers stormed the Wadi Al-Rakhim area, west of the village of Susiya, in Masafer Yatta (a group of 28 villages and ruins), and wrote racist slogans on one of the houses.

The West Bank is witnessing a wide escalation in assaults coinciding with the genocide in Gaza, as attacks by the army and settlers have resulted in the deaths of at least 1,076 Palestinians and injuries to about 10,760 others, in addition to the arrest of more than 20,500 citizens since the start of the war, according to data from the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

According to the commission, Israel carried out 1,014 demolition operations in the West Bank and Jerusalem during the years of genocide, affecting 3,679 facilities, including 1,288 inhabited houses and 244 uninhabited houses, and distributed 1,667 demolition notices for Palestinian houses and facilities.

The Israeli genocide, which began on October 8, 2023, and lasted for two years, ended with a ceasefire agreement, having resulted in more than 69,000 deaths and over 170,000 injuries, most of whom are women and children, while the United Nations estimated the cost of reconstruction at about $70 billion.

Yemeni officials reported that the United States has requested the internationally recognized Yemeni government to join the international force scheduled to be deployed in the Gaza Strip as part of President Donald Trump's peace plan.

This comes amid significant obstacles facing the implementation of the plan due to countries' hesitance to participate in a force that may clash with Palestinian factions.

The deployment of a stabilization force was approved by the UN Security Council on Monday, which voted in favor of Trump's plan that stipulates, after the exchange of detainees and prisoners, the deployment of an international stabilization force in the sector.

This force will undertake several missions, the most important of which are securing the borders with the occupation and Egypt, disarming Gaza, and stripping 'non-state armed groups' of their weapons.

Several Yemeni government sources reported that the Yemeni government has not yet made its decision in this regard.

A senior military official clarified that 'Yemen's participation in the international force was discussed with the Americans, but we have not yet received an official request' to join the force.

The official in the presidential council and Yemeni diplomat indicated that any contribution to the force 'would be largely symbolic.'

The diplomat stated: 'If we participate, it will not exceed sending a number of officers or soldiers to the operations room... for logistical purposes. They will not participate in any other operations.'

A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department did not directly respond to an AFP question regarding the request, stating: 'We will not get into the details of private diplomatic discussions.'

The participation of the Yemeni government, which is experiencing an internal conflict with the Iran-backed Houthis, is likely to provoke the anger of the Houthis, who also oppose the establishment of this force.