The site published a report prepared by Akila Lees, in which she said that American fundraisers are collecting money to support a European group described as "AIPAC Europe" in reference to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

She said that the "European Leadership Network" or EILANT arranges relationship trips for elected leaders and takes them to Israel, hosts events for European Parliament members, and influences foreign policy, just as AIPAC does in the United States, and Renan Eliaz is one of the group's founders who previously worked as a former advisor to the (AIPAC) committee, and he is a graduate of the office of the Prime Minister of the Israeli occupation government.

The group attributes to itself the credit for taking key decisions supportive of Israel in foreign policy, including convincing Germany to approve a deal worth 3.5 billion dollars to buy Israeli drones and missiles, the largest in Israel's history, and since the October 7 attacks on Israel, and amid two years of genocide in Gaza, the EILANT network broke fundraising records.

An analysis revealed that more than a hundred American institutions, non-profit organizations, trust funds, and donor entities contributed at least 11 million US dollars to the organization's branch in the United States since 2022, and this is the first major analysis that reveals how American donors support the machine of support for Israel in Europe, transferring the same methods that helped (AIPAC) for years to suppress any concerns about Palestinians in the corridors of power and enhance unconditional support for Israel.

Although EILANT is smaller in size than AIPAC, it operates in a small market and constantly publishes pro-Israel materials targeting European parliamentarians. Although the United States is Israel's largest financial and military supporter, the European Union is its largest trading partner and has political influence on how the world deals with Israel, especially after protests against the genocidal war in Gaza, and from here EILANT sees its work as necessary.

The site quoted Lynn Boylan, a European Parliament member and Irish representative for Sinn Féin party, saying: "The EILANT network clearly confirms that its role is to legitimize and deepen economic relations with Israel, at a time when international law requires us to impose sanctions on Israel and cut off trade relations with it. As a legislator in the European Union, I am deeply concerned about the ability of American groups, apparently, to influence the European Union's policy towards Israel".

The organization "Friends of EILANT", the non-profit American arm of the organization, transfers most of its revenues to EILANT branches around the world. The organization raised more than 9.1 million dollars in 2023, the last year its tax data appears, with an increase over 7 million dollars in 2022, and more than double its revenues in 2018.

The American arm is headed by Larry Hochberg, a donor from Chicago and former director of the AIPAC organization, and he is a member of the board of the non-profit organization "Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces". It is headed by David Siegel, a former Israeli diplomat, former member of AIPAC, former officer in the Israeli army, and the board of directors of EILANT in the United States includes donors who provided more than 170,000 dollars to AIPAC, and its political committee "United Democracy Project". One of its board members, Jerry Rosenberg, is a member of the private Minyan club for major AIPAC donors according to his biography on the EILANT website. European media also reported the existence of a number of EILANT donors who supported President Donald Trump.

Among the prominent American donors to the "Friends of EILANT" organization is the William Davidson Foundation, founded by the businessman of the same name from Michigan, which provided 800,000 US dollars to the organization since 2022, and the Newton and Rochelle Baker Charitable Fund, founded by the couple to work on "ensuring the future of the Jewish people and the state of Israel", which provided approximately half a million US dollars in 2023, and the Ocean State GOB Lot Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of the cheap retail chain in the northeastern United States, which provided 445,000 US dollars in 2022. Representatives of the institutions did not respond to requests for comment.

Among the other major donors is the Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation, the family foundation of Joseph Feinberg, a member of the EILANT board in the United States, the National Philanthropic Trust, and the Dian and Guilford Glazer Foundation, each of which provided 675,000 dollars, 560,000 dollars, and 430,000 dollars respectively since 2022. The Jewish Federations in Palm Beach, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta, and San Francisco provided 443,000 dollars since 2022.

This money helped the EILANT organization continue its efforts in transferring two drones to the Israeli army, cutting funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, and pushing for a European Union decision affirming Israel's right to self-defense and calling for the elimination of Hamas.

Boylan, head of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Palestine, told the site that she is concerned about the role played by American donors in pressuring European governments to support Israel.

Boylan said: "Although it is not surprising that American donors are pumping millions of dollars to influence the European Union's policy towards Israel, this shows the extent of the detachment of European institutions from the reality of their citizens regarding the genocide in Gaza".

Beit Miller from the organization "Jewish Voice for Peace" said: "With the increasing rejection by American politicians of accepting money from war-inciting groups like AIPAC, it seems that American donors are sending more donations abroad in an attempt to gain support for the Israeli army throughout Europe". She added: "It is shameful that many here in the United States play a major role in the apartheid system and the ongoing genocide against Palestinians".

Many American institutions also directed money to the "Friends of EILANT" organization through recommended donation funds, which allow donors to make tax-exempt donations through an intermediary, with the possibility of hiding their identity. Recommended donation funds are not allowed to contribute to political lobbying efforts, but there are many ways to circumvent this ban, as explained by Bela Devan, deputy director of the Charitable Institutions Reform Initiative at the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive research center. The National Philanthropic Trust, the Jewish Foundation in San Diego, and the Jewish Foundation in Atlanta transferred money to the network through these recommended funds. EILANT did not respond to the site's requests for comment.

Thousands of Europeans demonstrate weekly to pressure their officials to stop the genocide in Gaza, where Boylan said: "Their concerns are ignored in favor of organizations created specifically to defend Israel at any cost". EILANT began after the October 7, 2023 attacks by organizing documentary screenings about the attacks in European parliaments, and launched a campaign that would quickly raise its profile over the following two years. The group arranged meetings between its members and families of Israeli prisoners, organized trips for about 300 policymakers and opinion leaders to Israel, and celebrated what it described as the success of its influence on European policy.

The group wrote in a fundraising appeal in October 2023 to support "emergency solidarity missions" to Israel from European countries, including France, Germany, Britain, and Italy: "Europe's alignment with the United States in supporting Israel is a historic achievement, and reflects the essential work done by the EILANT network" and added: "EILANT's priority is to ensure the continuation of unprecedented European military and diplomatic support for Israel throughout the war and until the elimination of Hamas".

Among its successes is pushing European countries to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of anti-Semitism, pushing European countries to suppress pro-Palestine groups, and securing historic arms deals between Israel and Germany. The group includes a wide network of thousands of European and Israeli officials, and has branches around the world, including Britain, Germany, France, and Italy, in addition to offices in Central and Eastern Europe, the European Union, and NATO. In her conversation with the site, the Irish MP Boylan expressed her concern about the efforts of the "EILANT" organization to expand relations between the Israeli arms industry and the Israeli army.

Boylan said: "It is also worrying that an organization conducting 'strategic dialogues' headed by individuals who previously held leadership positions in the Israeli army is allowed to have any role in determining the European Union's policy", referring to the former presidents of the 'EILANT' forum that organizes 'high-level strategic dialogues' between Europe and Israel. She added that she will follow up the matter with the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, regarding the support of American donor entities for 'EILANT' efforts in promoting pro-Israel policies in Europe.

Critics and journalists also raised questions about the amount of money the network received from the Israeli government, which paid for the costs of a lobbying event held last month in the French Parliament, according to a French site. It is worth noting that the leadership of "EILANT" and its board members have ties to the Israeli government, including two former advisors to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Foreign Affairs and Security Committee of the Israeli Knesset approved on Tuesday the referral of a bill to cut off water and electricity from the offices of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees "UNRWA" for voting, as part of a systematic campaign to pressure the agency and restrict its role.

Last week, Israeli police forcibly raided the main headquarters of UNRWA in the occupied East Jerusalem, and seized what was inside, according to statements from UN agency officials.

The Foreign Affairs and Security Committee in the Knesset (Parliament) today approved the referral of a bill for voting in the second and third readings to stop the activities of UNRWA, and to clearly state that providing electricity and water services to properties registered in the agency's name will also be considered a prohibited act under the law.

In November last year, the Knesset approved the bill in the first reading with a majority of 28 members out of 120 and opposition from 8 members, and after voting, it was referred to the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee to prepare it for voting in the second and third readings.

The bill requires voting on it in three readings to become an enforceable law.

For his part, Energy Minister Eli Cohen said on Tuesday in a post on the American company "X" platform: "We turn off the lights on UNRWA".

He added: "The approval was given today by the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee on my bill to cut off electricity and water from UNRWA offices", without more details about the project.

He added: "It (the bill) will be brought for the second and third readings next week".

The Israeli campaign comes as the Palestinians' need for UNRWA increases, under the weight of the repercussions of a genocide war launched by Tel Aviv with American support on the Gaza Strip for two years, since October 8, 2023, until the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect on October 10 last year.

Earlier on Tuesday, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said during an international event that over the past two years, more than 380 of the agency's staff in Gaza have been killed, and more than 300 of its facilities have been damaged or destroyed, in addition to Israel's expulsion of many international UNRWA staff from the occupied Palestinian territories.

In October 2024, the Knesset finally approved banning UNRWA activities in Israel, claiming that some of its staff participated in the events of October 7, 2023.

With American support, Israel launched a genocide war in Gaza on October 8, 2023, which lasted two years, and left more than 70,000 Palestinian dead and about 171,000 injured, most of them children and women.

Despite the ceasefire on October 10 last year, the living reality for Palestinians in Gaza has not improved due to the strict restrictions imposed by Israel on the entry of aid trucks, thus violating the humanitarian protocol of the agreement.

In the heart of Gaza City, amidst a makeshift displacement camp teeming with suffering, the young Palestinian woman Rafqa Al-Dughli (23 years old) finds herself in a daily confrontation with the harsh reality imposed by the ongoing Israeli war since October 2023.

This war, described by international reports as exceeding the boundaries of traditional conflict to reach levels of genocide, destroyed Rafqa's home and abducted her husband, leaving her to face the bitter cold and hunger with her infant daughter "Malak" inside a dilapidated tent fixed near a landfill.

The tent, made of worn-out fabrics and corroded nylon pieces, lacks the most basic necessities of human life. Strong winds shake its edges daily, trying to uproot it from the ground, while rainwater seeps through the holes to flood the earthen floor.

Rafqa, who lived a peaceful life before the war, now sits hunched over a primitive stove relying on damp wooden sticks, trying to prepare a warm drink for her daughter who clings to her back in fear of the storms. She says, "I never imagined living in such harsh conditions.. I lost my home and my husband, and life is no longer as it was."

Before the outbreak of the war on Gaza on October 8, 2023, Rafqa lived in a modest home with her husband Youssef Hassan (24 years old), who worked in a pastry and sweets factory. Their life was not luxurious, but it was sufficient to provide happiness and stability.

They had gotten engaged just a week before the start of the Israeli attacks, dreaming of a new life full of hope. But reality was harsh; they were soon forced into compulsory displacement from their home in Beit Lahia, moving between neighborhoods and cities like hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.

The birth of their daughter Malak in November 2024 was a rare moment of joy amidst the destruction, but it didn't last long as Youssef lost his job, the family's only source of income, amidst a deadly famine imposed by Israeli policies that prevented regular entry of aid.

Youssef did not give up; he went on August 5 to an area near the "Zikim" checkpoint northwest of Gaza to get a bag of flour from an aid truck, where hundreds of Palestinians crowded around it, but an Israeli sniper shot him, martyring him instantly.

With the approach of winter, the challenge increases; Rafqa tries to patch the holes in the tent that shelters 9 people, fighting the winds and rains. The camp itself, adjacent to the landfill, is full of similar tents hiding other painful stories, where displaced people suffer from cold, hunger, and diseases.

In a neighboring tent, Manal Al-Ariri (52 years old) lives a double suffering, having lost her husband Ayman (50 years old) on December 23, 2023, while trying to rescue his relatives in the Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza, after Israeli bombing destroyed the area.

Al-Ariri was paralyzed; she says about her husband and their past: "He was a metal trader, we lived happily in our home in Shujaiya," and on December 23, 2023, Ayman went out to rescue his relatives after bombing, but he was martyred by an Israeli fire belt.

The war destroyed their home, leaving Manal and her five children in a tent full of insects near the dump, deprived of everything.

Zahir Al-Wahidi, director of the Health Information Center at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, says that the genocide war has killed 70,300 Palestinians and injured 171,000, including 20,000 children, 10,000 women, and 5,000 elderly.

The war itself widowed 22,750 women and orphaned 57,000 children (49,000 lost their fathers, 5,000 lost their mothers, and 3,000 lost both parents). It wiped out 2,600 entire families, and 5,000 families witnessed massacres from which only one person survived, and 6,000 families lost members. "These numbers are horrifying, reflecting an unprecedented catastrophe," Al-Wahidi confirms.

The war claimed the lives of more than a thousand children under one year, and 450 children were born during it and died under bombardment. It destroyed infrastructure, leading to famine and diseases in the camps.

Nevertheless, widows like Rafqa and Manal continue to struggle for survival, preserving their children, awaiting a peace that restores life to the wounded Gaza.

The Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland, stated that it is necessary to exert more pressure on Israel and all parties to ensure the continuation of the peace plan proposed by Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, and the United States.

Egeland emphasized the need to implement this plan to make it a tangible reality, noting that there are many measures that Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) can take to apply the peace plan in a way that serves the interests of the people of the Gaza Strip.

The Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council stressed the necessity for Israel to open the crossings immediately, given that non-governmental organizations—including his council—have hundreds of thousands of plastic tarps to protect against rain, tens of thousands of tents, and other relief materials ready to assist more than a million people.

Egeland explained that the residents of Gaza are exposed to winter cold and are homeless, as 8 out of every 10 homes were destroyed due to the war.

He expressed hope that the countries that mediated to achieve the truce and ceasefire would exert pressure on Israel to convince it to open the crossings for charitable organizations committed to coordinating with all parties to deliver aid to those in need.

The international official called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, to restore the necessary permits to humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza to implement their projects and ensure the safety of their legal status, after the Israeli government previously revoked those permits.

Regarding the field situation, Egeland confirmed that the fighting cannot continue, noting that humanitarian organizations were subjected to Israeli bombing near their sites, making the pressure to implement the peace plan an urgent duty to protect women, children, and families in Gaza.

For his part, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem confirmed that the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are facing an escalating humanitarian catastrophe due to the harsh weather conditions and the aftermath of the genocide war, coinciding with the occupation allowing less than 10% of the agreed fuel quantities to enter.

Qassem explained today, Tuesday, that what was allowed to enter in terms of shelter supplies does not meet the minimum needs, noting that the tents are not prepared to deal with the current weather conditions, leading to their flooding with every low-pressure system, and warning of more casualties.

It is noted that the Israeli genocide war in Gaza—which began on October 8, 2023, with American support and lasted two years—has left more than 70,000 martyrs and over 171,000 injured, most of them children and women, in addition to destruction that affected 90% of the civilian infrastructure.

Qalqilya (West Bank) / Qais Abu Samra

The Israeli Army distributed, on Tuesday, flyers in the village of Ras Tira in Qalqilya Governorate in the northern occupied West Bank, requesting residents to lower the volume of the adhan in the village's mosques.

Local sources reported that Israeli forces raided the village and distributed the flyers under the pretext that the sound of the adhan "disturbs" settlers in the "Alfi Menashe" settlement built on the village's lands.

The sources added that the Israeli Army threatened to arrest the mosque imams if the volume of the adhan is raised again.

This comes at a time when the Israeli Army continues its operations in the West Bank, carrying out raids and arrests, and killing Palestinians.

According to Palestinian government sources, the toll of Israeli Army and settler assaults in the West Bank and Jerusalem has risen since the start of the genocide war on Gaza on October 8, 2023, to 1,097 Palestinian deaths, in addition to about 11,000 injured and more than 21,000 detained.

The genocide war has also resulted in the killing of more than 70,000 Palestinians and injuring more than 171,000 in the Gaza Strip, most of them children and women.

Australian police said that the two gunmen accused of the mass shooting on Bondi Beach in Sydney traveled to the Philippines last month, and that the reasons for their trip are still under investigation.

The police added that preliminary investigations suggest that the two gunmen may have been inspired by the ideologies of the Islamic State organization, noting that a homemade flag of the Islamic State was found in a vehicle used by one of the men.

An Australian security source said that the perpetrators of the Bondi operation traveled to the Philippines in November/December last year, and underwent military training in a camp described as terrorist.

The man and his son opened fire on hundreds of people during Hanukkah celebrations held on Sunday on Bondi Beach, resulting in the death of 16 people, including one of the gunmen, aged 50, who was shot by police, while the second gunman, aged 24, was arrested and is now in critical condition in the hospital.

Australian authorities praised the bravery of the Muslim citizen of Syrian origin, Ahmed Al-Ahmed, confirming that his intervention and seizing the rifle of one of the attackers prevented more casualties.

The US President Donald Trump intends to hold a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of this month, to agree on proceeding with his plan to end the war on the Gaza Strip, and achieve what Americans call "stability" in the Middle East, which is embodied in Trump's plan that he began implementing by stopping the firing, more than two months ago, because that transition was not only as difficult as most observers and followers expected, but it is still stagnant, threatening the plan with cessation, and thus the entire American project in the Middle East with non-realization, or perhaps the goal turns into its complete opposite, and this is due to one of its reasons the complete mismatch between the American and Israeli positions regarding the details of implementing that plan, which differs completely from what it was during the war in the past two years.

And saying that the positions do not coincide does not mean in any way that they are contradictory or opposing, but this is due to more than one reason in our estimation, including what relates to the reference for decision-making on both sides, as the American side with Trump has become very pragmatic, and it makes its decisions according to multiple international and regional calculations, while the Israeli decision-making has become very ideological, especially in light of the alliance of the right with the far right, and its most important calculations are internal ones, therefore Trump has so far been forced to conduct a series of meetings with Netanyahu during his first year in the White House, as he did not do with any other foreign official, and if we add to the personal direct meetings of the two men, their phone calls, as well as sending American envoys, this shows us that the political coordination between them has become more difficult than field coordination, and that this happens despite the political rapprochement between them, as they represent the conservative right in both countries, meaning that the matter might have been even more difficult if the Democrats were in the White House, or if the Israeli government was leftist for example.

In any case, the disagreement despite this does not seem deep between them, as they share in defining the goal, which is achieving "stability", for Tel Aviv sees in achieving calm and security especially in the occupied Palestinian land, its opportunity to continue the process of Judaization and Hebraization, and thus annexation, without noise and without opposition, and without being exposed to any punitive European measures, or the like, while Washington sees in "stabilizing" the Middle East, after it was confirmed that Gaza was the one that ignited it, its opportunity to continue the economic investment program, which provides it with the ability to compete with Chinese economic growth, and it has come to see in "rebuilding Gaza" specifically one of the items of that investment program, so that it can continue working on implementing the global trade route from India to the Israeli ports on the eastern Mediterranean, and the gateway to all this or the decisive knot has become what is called the next phase of Trump's plan.

And the second phase, as is known, after implementing the first phase, after removing the Israeli pretext, related to handing over the bodies of the dead, is embodied in the gradual withdrawal of the Israeli army from the zero zone, as well as starting the reconstruction, after the entry of aid and the United Nations taking over it has been completed fully, as the second phase also includes forming a local civilian administration for the sector, with starting to disarm the armed factions, to ensure no repetition of the military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Strip again.

In these details there is a gap between the American and Israeli positions, where Israel is not interested in stopping the war, as is the case with the Americans, on the one hand, and on the other hand, Israel prefers to stop and not move to the second phase, so that it remains occupying half of the Gaza Strip, empty of population, therefore it sets crippling conditions, especially regarding the nature of the stabilization forces and their role and function, or their mission, as well as regarding the executive board, and it was not satisfied with rejecting handing over Gaza to the Palestinian Authority only, but stipulated that there be no role for Qatar in the reconstruction, and that Turkish soldiers do not participate in the stabilization force.

And the truth is that America has a different position from Israel regarding the Qatari and Turkish roles, in reconstruction and in the stabilization force respectively, because America considers Qatar, like Saudi Arabia, one of its very important regional allies in the Middle East, and Trump himself said that America has very important allies in the Middle East, and that Israel is not its only ally in the region, and Qatar in turn refused to sign a "blank check" regarding reconstruction, but pushed the American position to accept the idea that Israel itself participates in that task, so it seems that an agreement has actually been reached that Israel will remove the rubble it caused, which exceeds a billion dollars in cost, and it is more than 68 million tons, as for Turkey, while it shows readiness to send its soldiers to participate in the international stabilization force, it says that the mission of this force is to maintain the ceasefire, and it seems that Israel has failed so far to "impose" its desire to exclude Qatar and Turkey from the scene of "the day after" the war.

The Americans seem to agree with the Israelis on the goal that the peace council be international and chaired by Trump himself, while the executive board is local, and they are not interested in it being completely temporary, that is, leading to handing over Gaza to the Palestinian Authority after two years, as they agree with Israel that the stabilization force disarms Gaza, and here the "horse's bridle" appears, the very big difference between the Americans and Israelis on the one hand, and the sponsors of Trump's plan, specifically the eight Arab Islamic countries, especially Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, that is, the three countries that sponsored the agreement with America.

The Arab Islamic side aims first to consolidate the ceasefire, then to actually move to the second phase, which confirms the full entry of aid, and the start of reconstruction, and the implementation of everything that came in the plan literally, and Egypt in particular sees that in exchange for handing over the peace council to America, Washington must grant it the task of forming the executive board of Gaza, which must be as stated in the plan, Palestinian local related to the Authority, and most importantly temporary for two years, as that administration must rely on a Palestinian police, which Egypt has actually prepared with the Authority, until it became ready to take on its duties as soon as it is allowed to do so.

The most important remains - in our estimation - the mission entrusted to the stabilization force, which is not an international force, that is, not affiliated with the United Nations, as is the case with "UNIFIL" in Lebanon, that is, separating the forces and monitoring the borders as is known internationally, therefore there is a gap through which differences enter between the parties, and if Israel insists that the mission of this force is to clash with Hamas and the armed factions in Gaza, as it tries to do with the Lebanese government and its army in Lebanon, that is, that the international stabilization force performs the occupational mission on behalf of Israel, and Netanyahu and Eyal Zamir summarized that by saying that if the stabilization force does not perform this mission, the Israeli army will do it, and this means the threat of returning to war, and if that happened, it could be said that the mission of occupying Gaza has become international in nature, and between that, the mission of the stabilization force is to end the occupation, by removing Israel from the zero zone, in addition to preventing it from returning to war, by strict monitoring of its violations of the ceasefire.

This is the real conflict, as for the "disagreement" between America and Israel, it is due to the fact that no country in the world has been encouraged to participate in the stabilization force to perform the Israeli occupational mission, or at least in light of the foggy vision, therefore and because Turkey specifically represents the second military force in NATO, and shows readiness to participate in the stabilization force in Gaza, which pushes the Americans to agree to that participation, that is, including agreeing to what the Turks say that their mission is to separate the warring parties, thus things proceed in the midst of a process of pulling and loosening, indicating that the regional conflict that is still ongoing between Israel on the one hand and most Middle Eastern countries on the other hand, and it will not end except with the disappearance of the Israeli occupation, not from Gaza only, but from all Palestine, and this begins with consolidating the mission of separating the forces, and with America itself turning into a party that manages the regional conflict in a way that preserves its interests achieved by consensus with the interests of all Middle Eastern countries, not with Israel only.

The United Nations General Assembly, by an overwhelming majority, adopted a resolution affirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the right to have their own independent state.

172 countries voted in favor of the resolution, 5 opposed it, while 10 abstained. The countries that opposed the resolution are: the United States, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Nauru.

The resolution emphasizes the urgent need to end the Israeli occupation that began in 1967, and to achieve a peaceful, just, lasting, and comprehensive settlement to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The suffering of Gaza Strip residents is worsening with the arrival of a low-pressure system hitting the area, increasing the harshness of the difficult living conditions they face.

The United Nations has issued a warning about the risk of newborns freezing in the sector, amid the acute shortage of heating means and suitable shelter.

The sector suffers from a significant shortage of fuel and electricity, making it difficult for families to provide warmth for their children, especially infants.

Humanitarian organizations call for the necessity of providing urgent aid to Gaza residents, to face the repercussions of this low-pressure system and avoid a humanitarian catastrophe.

The American President Donald Trump said that 59 countries have expressed their readiness to participate in the stabilization force in Gaza, confirming that he still trusts Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and has no connection to the attack on American forces in Syria.

The American President emphasized in a speech in the Oval Office that the international stabilization force in Gaza is already operational, and that more countries will be added to it.

Trump added that Washington will consider whether Israel's killing of the Qassam Brigades commander Raed Saad represents a violation of the ceasefire.

He continued by saying "We have real peace in the Middle East and we will see what happens with Hamas and Hezbollah", confirming that Hamas said it would disarm and we will see if that is true or not

Regarding the attack on American forces in Syria, Trump said that his country will respond forcefully to the attack by the Islamic State organization, which led to the death of 3 Americans in Syria.

On the Ukrainian issue, the American President said that he conducted intensive and good contacts with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the European leaders gathered in Berlin regarding stopping the war.

Trump expressed his confidence in European support regarding ending the war in Ukraine, confirming that Washington is working with Europe on the issue of security guarantees so that the war does not return to Ukraine again.

Trump concluded his speech by saying "We are closer than ever to reaching an agreement that ends the war with Russia".

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Kyiv is abandoning its strategic goal of joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in exchange for Western security guarantees as a compromise to end the war with Russia.

Zelensky made this statement while heading to the German capital Berlin, where he attended meetings with the American envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as part of the efforts to end the war with Russia.

In response to journalists' questions, Zelensky said, "From the beginning, Ukraine's desire was to join NATO, and these are real security guarantees. But some partners from the United States and Europe did not support this direction."

The Ukrainian President added that "Therefore, the bilateral security guarantees between Ukraine and the United States, and the guarantees similar to Article 5 of the NATO Treaty provided to us by the United States, and the security guarantees from European colleagues, and other countries like Canada and Japan, are an opportunity to prevent another Russian invasion."

He clarified that "This is already a compromise on our part," noting that the security guarantees must be legally binding.

Zelensky met with the American envoys in talks hosted by the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

The Ukrainian President said, before Sunday's talks, that accepting the security guarantees offered by the United States and European partners and others as an alternative to Ukraine's membership in the North Atlantic Alliance is a compromise on Ukraine's part.

He indicated that Ukraine, European countries, and the United States are discussing a plan consisting of 20 points, and that an agreement to cease fire will eventually be reached, noting that Kyiv is not conducting direct talks with Russia.

Zelensky mentioned that reaching an agreement to cease fire along the current contact lines would be a fair option.

He also called earlier for a peace that "preserves dignity" and guarantees that Russia will not attack Ukraine again, accusing Moscow of prolonging the war by bombing cities and energy facilities and water supply facilities in Ukraine.

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly demanded that Ukraine officially abandon its ambitions to join NATO, and withdraw its forces from about 10 percent of the Donbas region that Kyiv still controls.

Moscow also insists that Ukraine must be a neutral state, and that no NATO-affiliated forces are allowed to be stationed on its territory.

Russian sources earlier this year said that Putin wants a "written" commitment from the major Western powers not to expand the US-led North Atlantic Alliance eastward, in a shorthand reference to excluding membership for Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and other republics that were part of the Soviet Union before its collapse.

The Hebrew Broadcasting Authority reported on Monday evening that the ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim) threatened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with supporting the dissolution of the Knesset (parliament) and going to early elections, unless he accelerates the pace of discussions on a bill that exempts them from conscription.

Previously, the parties "Shas" (11 MKs) and "Yahadut Hatorah" (7 MKs), which represent the "Haredim", threatened to topple the government if the conscription law is not passed, which could lead to early elections, while the current Knesset's term ends in October 2026.

The governing coalition, including the Haredim, holds 68 seats in the Knesset out of 120, and needs at least 61 seats to remain in power.

The "Haredim" continue their protests against conscription in the army following the Supreme Court's decision on June 25, 2024, obligating them to conscript and preventing the provision of financial aid to religious institutions whose students refuse military service.

The "Haredim" constitute about 13 percent of Israel's population of 10 million people, and they refuse military service on the grounds of dedicating their lives to studying the Torah, asserting that integration into secular society poses a threat to their religious identity and the continuity of their community.

The authority stated on Monday evening that the Haredi MKs (18 out of 120) threatened to support dissolving the Knesset if the pace of discussions on the conscription law is not accelerated.

It added that they clarified in a letter delivered to Netanyahu's office on Monday "that if the pace is not accelerated, they will not only withhold support for the budget, but will also push for elections".

The authority noted that the possibility of voting on the law to dissolve the Knesset was only brought up for a vote this week, due to the parliamentary rule that prohibits re-proposing any motion rejected in the general vote for voting on it for 6 months.

It explained that "only now have 6 months passed since the vote that was rejected on the eve of the attack on Iran".

On June 12, the Knesset rejected by a majority of 61 MKs against 53 in favor a bill proposed by the opposition to dissolve the Knesset, and thus organize early legislative elections.

On Thursday, the broadcasting authority reported that Netanyahu said during his meeting with MKs from the "Yahadut Hatorah" (Jewish Torah) party to discuss the exemption from conscription issue, that going to elections "would be a mistake".

At the time, Netanyahu said: "The conscription law must be explained to the public, and I believe there will be no more than two or three opponents from the coalition in the end. We will be required to complete this legislation as soon as possible", according to the same source.

For about two weeks, the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee has been discussing the conscription bill proposed by the committee chairman Boaz Bismut from the Likud party led by Netanyahu.

The bill stipulates "the possibility of granting annual deferments from conscription to students of religious institutions who are fully dedicated to study and do not engage in any other profession, and it removed several clauses from a previous version that aimed to ensure the actual commitment of those registered in religious institution studies to the study", according to the "Times of Israel" newspaper.

According to the newspaper, "several members of the ruling coalition, in addition to the opposition, criticized the bill, saying it contains loopholes and ineffective penalties that do not encourage conscription".

Over the decades, the "Haredim" have managed to avoid conscription upon reaching 18 years of age by obtaining repeated deferments on the pretext of studying in religious institutions, until reaching the exemption age, which is currently 26 years.

The United Nations General Assembly -today, Monday- adopted by an overwhelming majority a resolution affirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.

It stated that 164 countries in the United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of a resolution affirming the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, while 8 countries voted against it, namely Israel, the United States, Micronesia, Argentina, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, Palau, and Nauru.

9 countries abstained from voting, namely Ecuador, Togo, Tonga, Panama, Fiji, Cameroon, Marshall Islands, Samoa, and South Sudan.

The resolution in its text refers to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice dated July 2024, which states that "the continued existence of the State of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory is illegal," emphasizing that Palestinians have "the right to self-determination" and that "Israeli settlements established on occupied lands must be evacuated."

The Permanent Representative of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, praised the UN resolution and the vote in its favor.

The UN resolution comes after two years of a genocide war launched by Israel on Gaza since October 8, 2023, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 70,000 Palestinians and injuring more than 171,000 in the Gaza Strip, most of them children and women.

Simultaneously, the Israeli army killed 1,096 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, injured about 11,000 others, in addition to arresting more than 21,000.

For decades, Israel has occupied lands in Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, and refuses to withdraw from them and establish an independent Palestinian state, with its capital in East Jerusalem, on the borders before the 1967 war.

The United Nations announced that Israel continues to obstruct the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip despite the harsh winter conditions, and warned of the increasing risk of newborns freezing due to the cold.

This came from the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, on Monday, during his daily press conference.

Haq explained that the United Nations and its partners continue to work to deliver aid to the "most vulnerable" Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip.

He said: "Staff from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warn that the needs, amid the ongoing obstacles they face, still exceed the capacity of humanitarian workers to respond."

Haq pointed out that the heavy rains and extremely cold weather in recent days have worsened the situation, noting the increased risk of hypothermia in newborns, and that special aid kits are being distributed to combat freezing cases.

He clarified that during the past week, 3,800 tents and 4,600 tarpaulins were distributed, confirming the continuation of delivering packages that include, in addition to shelter supplies, basic food items and hygiene materials.

However, Haq added: "Nevertheless, our partners have been forced since Friday to reduce the scope of aid provided through these packages, due to restrictions that affect our ability to deliver sufficient quantities of aid."

He also referred to efforts to establish temporary educational spaces benefiting 5,000 children, as part of efforts to improve children's access to education in Gaza, but emphasized that attempts to return children to normal education remain limited due to Israel's prevention of importing educational materials.

He warned again of the continuation of obstacles that hinder the ability of teams from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to accelerate and expand the humanitarian response, stressing the necessity of removing these obstacles so that the United Nations and its partners can reach all those in need.

On Thursday, the Director-General of the Health Ministry in Gaza, Munir al-Barsh, announced the death of the infant Rahaf Abu Jazzar in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern sector due to the cold and her tent flooding with rainwater.

Since Wednesday, thousands of tents sheltering survivors of the Israeli genocide over two years in Gaza have turned into pools of water, flooding beds, clothes, and food, leaving hundreds of families exposed to harsh conditions without warmth or shelter, amid a tragic reality exacerbated by the lack of life essentials.

Most displaced people take shelter in dilapidated tents, while the Government Media Office in Gaza estimated at the end of September last year that the percentage of tents no longer habitable in the sector reached about 93 percent, amounting to 125,000 tents out of 135,000.

Despite the end of the genocide war with the ceasefire taking effect on October 10 last year, the living reality for Palestinians in Gaza has not improved due to the strict restrictions imposed by Israel on the entry of aid trucks, thus violating the humanitarian protocol of the agreement.

Over nearly two years of genocide, tens of thousands of tents were damaged by Israeli bombing that hit them directly or targeted their surroundings, while some deteriorated due to natural factors such as high summer heat and winter winds.

The ceasefire agreement ended a genocide war launched by Israel on October 8, 2023, lasting two years, leaving more than 70,000 Palestinian deaths and over 171,000 injured, and massive destruction affecting 90 percent of civilian infrastructure, with initial losses estimated at $70 billion.

On Monday, Lebanon and the European Union expressed their concern over Israel's ongoing violations of the ceasefire in southern Lebanon, and called on Tel Aviv to "withdraw from Lebanese territories and respect international humanitarian law".

This came in a joint statement issued after the ninth meeting of the Partnership Council between the European Union and Lebanon in the Belgian capital, Brussels, attended by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the Union, Kaja Kallas, and Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajeh.

In the statement, both sides renewed "their commitment to strengthening the bilateral partnership and supporting the partnership agreement and its priorities".

According to the statement, "the European Union reiterated its support for the reforms launched by the new Lebanese authorities under President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam", calling for "the necessity of disarming all illegal armed groups and implementing UN Security Council resolutions, particularly Resolution 1701".

Resolution 1701, issued on August 11, 2006, calls for an end to combat operations between "Hezbollah" and Israel at the time, and the establishment of a weapons-free zone between the Blue Line and the Litani River in southern Lebanon, except for the Lebanese army and the UNIFIL peacekeeping force.

On August 5, the Lebanese Council of Ministers approved the monopolization of weapons by the state, including those held by "Hezbollah", and tasked the army with developing and implementing a plan before the end of 2025.

However, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem has said on more than one occasion that the party rejects this and demands the withdrawal of the Israeli army from all Lebanese territories.

Both sides expressed "their concern over Israel's ongoing violations of the ceasefire", calling on Tel Aviv to "withdraw from Lebanese territories and respect international humanitarian law".

Israel has killed more than 4,000 people and injured nearly 17,000 others during its aggression on Lebanon, which it launched in October 2023, before turning it into a full-scale war in September 2024.

It has also breached the ceasefire agreement in effect since November 27, 2024, more than 4,500 times, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries, in addition to its occupation of 5 Lebanese hills it seized in the recent war, plus other areas it has occupied for decades.

The joint statement mentioned that the two sides also discussed the file of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

The European Union renewed its commitment to support Lebanon and "work towards a voluntary, safe, and dignified return of refugees to Syria", according to the same source.

According to UN estimates, more than 378,000 Syrian refugees have returned from Lebanon to their country since the overthrow of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024.

The spokesperson for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Jonathan Crickx, warned of extremely alarming humanitarian conditions faced by children in the Gaza Strip, amid the low-pressure weather system and poor weather conditions, emphasizing that the scale of needs is extremely large.

Crickx confirmed that the real need lies in fully rebuilding homes using concrete for those living in tents, stressing the necessity of providing suitable shelter that preserves the dignity of Gazans and their children.

He added that the heavy rains cause water to enter the tents, exposing children to greater risks of illness and its spread.

In this context, he reported that hundreds of displaced people's tents have been flooded with the renewed heavy rains on the Palestinian sector, which is besieged by the Israeli occupation and where more than half its area is occupied after two years of genocide war.

He explained that the situation of the displaced in the sector is worsening amid the deep low-pressure system, heavy rains, and strong winds, describing the situation as catastrophic.

On the sidelines of his visit to Gaza City today, the UN spokesperson in Palestine said he saw barefoot children completely soaked in cold weather and low temperatures, noting that most of these children live inside tents under extremely difficult living conditions.

According to the spokesperson, these children suffer from cold symptoms, in addition to major difficulties related to personal hygiene, as they cannot bathe, describing the scene as extremely saddening.

He pointed out that while on the coastal road, he saw tents uprooted by the winds, at a time when families and their children were trying to hold onto them, considering that this makes the situation extremely alarming.

According to Crickx, his visit to Gaza came as part of UNICEF distributing winter clothes to try to keep children warm, including jackets, shoes, hats, and gloves.

However, he emphasized that the scale of needs far exceeds what has been provided, given the large number of children living in tents and the destruction of most buildings, confirming the need to double the quantities of warm clothing and deliver more aid.

He also said that UNICEF's efforts are not limited to distributing winter clothes, noting that the organization has also distributed 600,000 blankets, 7,000 tents, in addition to protective plastic sheets, but he acknowledged that these quantities are not sufficient given the scale of needs and the difficulty of the task under current conditions.

Several areas in Gaza have witnessed the flooding of hundreds of tents due to rainfall over the past few days, and displaced people in the tents lived in a tragic situation due to the incapacity and lack of means of the civil defense.

The Government Media Office in Gaza said that 12 people have died or are missing due to bad weather conditions in recent days, and that at least 13 buildings have collapsed, and 27,000 tents have been flooded.

The agenda of US President Donald Trump to reorganize the region's files seems stuck at a central knot where Gaza, Syria, and Turkey intersect, where Washington seeks a pragmatic approach based on regional partnership, while Benjamin Netanyahu's government insists on a narrow security definition that rejects any influential Turkish role.

This divergence is no longer a passing tactical disagreement, but has transformed—as reflected in the episode of the program Beyond the News—into an early test of Trump's ability to impose his regional vision in the face of Netanyahu's repeated "noes," which he presents under the title of Israel's independent security decision-making.

The visit of US envoy Tom Brake to Tel Aviv, and the strong-toned American messages that accompanied it, revealed that Washington does not view the three files—Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon—as separate paths, but as a single package that requires a cohesive regional approach, in which Turkey has a pivotal role.

In the American vision, Ankara is no longer just a side actor, but a necessary pillar for succeeding in the "day after" arrangements in Gaza, and building long-term stability in Syria, as clearly expressed by former US State Department official Thomas Warrick, when he pointed out that Washington sees partnership with Turkey as an indispensable security and political entry point.

But this approach directly clashes with Netanyahu's vision, who sees any Turkish involvement as a dual threat: first, because it gives the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) indirect political cover, and second, because it limits Israel's freedom to impose unilateral security facts, whether in Gaza or southern Syria.

The researcher specializing in Israeli affairs, Adel Shadid, considered in his talk to the program Beyond the News that the Israeli attack on Tom Brake, accusing him of turning into a "lawyer for Turkey," cannot be separated from the essence of the disagreement, for the issue—according to his reading—is not personal, but relates to a deep contradiction in the philosophy of managing the region.

For Israel, as Shadid explains, is still captive to the logic of security subjugation, and sees that the "new Syria" should be managed with the same equation previously used with the Iranian presence, while the Trump administration believes that any stability in Syria without Turkish partnership is a strategic illusion.

This contradiction also extends to Gaza, where Washington bets on forming a "multilateral executive force," which Turkey gives regional legitimacy and operational capacity to deal with the complex reality in the sector, while Tel Aviv rejects this formula entirely.

Professor of International Conflicts at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Dr. Ibrahim Fraihat, sees that Trump's insistence on involving Tom Brake in this mission reflects unprecedented American seriousness, especially after the US President himself set a declared timeline for forming the executive force.

From this perspective, Turkey's participation—according to Fraihat's analysis—is an American necessity, not a political luxury, as it gives the proposed arrangements Arab and Islamic acceptance, and opens an indirect channel with Hamas, which reduces the chances of security explosion in the post-war phase.

However, this American bet clashes with Netanyahu's internal calculations, where the Israeli Prime Minister employs the discourse of "challenging" Washington in an electoral context, through which he seeks to restore his image as a leader capable of saying "no" to the American ally.

This explains—according to Adel Shadid's reading—the insistence of Netanyahu on exaggerating the slogan of "independent security decision," despite the fact that realities indicate that Israel is still moving within a strict American ceiling, especially since October 7, 2023.

And in the Syrian file, the rift deepens further, as Washington proceeds on an accelerated path of rapprochement with Damascus, which included lifting sanctions and expanding security coordination against ISIS, while Israel sees in this path a direct threat to its ability to control southern Syria.

Here, Thomas Warrick clearly points out that the Trump administration considers integrating Syria into its Arab environment a "historic opportunity," and that this goal requires curbing Israeli movements that may undermine this path, which puts Netanyahu in a difficult equation.

As for Lebanon, the scene appears less confrontational, as both sides—the American and Israeli—agree on the goal of weakening Hezbollah, but they differ on the tools and time frame, where Washington tends to manage pressure, while Tel Aviv pushes towards harsher options.

This difference in approaches reinforces the impression that the Trump administration is trying to redefine Israel's role in the region, from a dominant partner to a player within a broader system, a transformation that Netanyahu does not seem ready to accept easily.

In conclusion, the disagreement does not revolve around Turkey itself, but around who has the right to draw maps of influence and arrange the "day after" in Gaza and Syria, for while Washington sees regional partnership as the least costly path, Tel Aviv insists that security is only managed by the lone fist.

This clash, even if it seems rhythm-controlled so far, is likely to escalate with the approaching meeting between Trump and Netanyahu in the White House, where the US President's ability to turn his regional vision from ideas on paper into political realities will be tested, in the face of an Israeli Prime Minister who still bets on a policy of rejection and delay.

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court rejected Israel's objection to the arrest warrants issued against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

The appeals judges rejected by a majority vote another appeal submitted by Israel to halt the Court's investigation into its conduct of the war on the Gaza Strip.

The decision indicates that the investigation continues and that the arrest warrants issued last year against Netanyahu and Gallant "remain in place".

Israel argues in its objection that the International Criminal Court must issue a new notification (new referral) regarding the investigation into crimes committed in Palestine, based on the fact that the events of October 7, 2023, constitute a "new situation".

In October last year, the International Criminal Court rejected for the second time an appeal submitted by Israel against the arrest warrants issued against Netanyahu and Gallant.

On February 5, 2021, the International Criminal Court ruled that Palestine is a state party to the Rome Statute, and that the Court's jurisdiction over Palestinian territories extends to include Gaza and the West Bank occupied since 1967.

On March 3, 2021, the Office of the Prosecutor announced the start of an investigation into the Palestinian situation.

Israel challenged the Court's jurisdiction on September 23, 2024, under Article 19(2) of the Rome Statute.

On November 21, 2024, the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Palestine had submitted a request to the International Criminal Court in 2018 demanding an investigation into "crimes committed and being committed in all occupied Palestinian territories as of June 13, 2014".

In March 2021, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court indicated in his notification to Israel that the preliminary investigation into crimes committed in Palestine includes the period from June 13, 2014, and thereafter.

On November 17, 2023, five member states of the Court (South Africa, Bolivia, Bangladesh, Comoros, and Djibouti) requested the opening of an investigation into Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.

Leaks obtained by The Washington Post indicate that Israel is studying carrying out a new military action in Lebanon, while the White House calls for restraint and avoiding any behavior that contradicts President Donald Trump's belief that he achieved peace in the Middle East.

In a report published today, Monday, it quoted Israeli officials saying that "the government is studying the end of the year as a possible date for military action in Lebanon and it may be extended".

A senior Israeli military official said that Washington strongly urged restraint regarding Lebanon during the past two weeks".

He added "Trump said he achieved peace in the Middle East, and any Israeli escalation contradicts that".

A former Israeli military official, familiar with the discussions, said that American officials were urging more restraint during the past two weeks, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Another Israeli official, also on condition of anonymity, said "The United States will not like this part of the world to explode".

The newspaper noted that the White House expressed concern about the outbreak of another major confrontation in the Middle East during the term of President Donald Trump, who presented himself as a peace mediator.

Despite the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah since November 2024, Israel continues to carry out daily air strikes on areas in southern Lebanon, causing more casualties.

Tariq Mazraani, a displaced person from the southern town of Houla, said "Anything that moves is targeted. The situation is terrible. There is no compensation. No help".

The newspaper quoted Ali Hamdan, advisor to the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, saying that the Lebanese army clarified that it follows a gradual approach to disarming Hezbollah, but "Israel wants it to happen within 24 hours".

For his part, Lebanese Army Commander General Rudolph Haikal said "Our main goal is to secure stability while Israel continues its aggressions and occupation of Lebanese lands".

He emphasized his country's commitment to implementing Resolution 1701 and the ceasefire agreement "and fulfilling our duties despite limited capabilities".

A Palestinian boy was martyred by gunfire from Israeli occupation forces in the evening of Saturday in the town of Silat al-Harithiya west of Jenin in the northern West Bank. Medical sources reported the martyrdom of the boy Mahmoud Muhammad Khamis Nazal (17 years old), succumbing to his injury by occupation gunfire in Silat al-Harithiya.

Occupation forces had stormed the town, leading to clashes during which live fire, sound bombs, and tear gas were fired, resulting in the boy Nazal being shot in the abdomen with live fire. He was transferred to Jenin Government Hospital, where doctors announced his martyrdom.

In a related context, settlers uprooted about 400 olive trees today, Saturday, from lands in the town of Turmus Ayya northeast of Ramallah, owned by citizens from the Hajja family, in the northern area of the town, near bypass road number 60.

The mayor of Turmus Ayya, Lafi Hajja, stated that the settlers uprooted the trees from the citizens' lands in preparation for seizing them, noting that these attacks recur almost daily, manifesting in uprooting trees, destroying property, and assaulting citizens, with the aim of displacing them from their lands.

A child was martyred by the bullets of the Israeli occupation forces, Saturday evening, in the town of Silat al-Harithiya west of Jenin in the northern West Bank. The Israeli escalation led to the martyrdom of at least 1092 Palestinians, injuring nearly 11,000, in addition to arresting more than 21,000, according to official data.

A weather low threatens the lives of the displaced.. Gaza municipality demands the entry of equipment into the sector

Suspected to be Palestinian.. Occupation army shoots at a settler in the West Bank

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in West Jerusalem on Monday with US envoy Tom Barrack, amid growing pressure from Washington to move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu's office released a video clip of Barrack's reception before holding a meeting with officials from both the Israeli and American sides.

Earlier on Monday, the official Hebrew Broadcasting Corporation stated that "the visit (of unspecified duration) is highly sensitive and reflects, according to diplomatic sources, the impatience of US President Donald Trump regarding the delay in transitioning to the next phase of his plan for the Gaza Strip."

On October 10 last year, the first phase of the ceasefire agreement between the "Hamas" movement and Israel began, but the latter violates it daily, resulting in hundreds of Palestinian deaths.

Israel conditions the start of negotiations to launch the second phase on recovering the remains of its last prisoner in Gaza, which "Hamas" is searching for amid massive destruction caused by Israel's genocidal war.

The second phase of the agreement includes several provisions, including the establishment of an international stabilization force led by the US, reconstruction of the sector, its future governance, and discussion of the fate of the "Hamas" movement's weapons.

"Barrack is scheduled to also meet senior political and security officials to assess Israel's readiness to advance towards the second phase, amid increasing American pressure," according to the corporation.

With American support, Israel began a genocidal war in Gaza on October 8, 2023; resulting in the death of more than 70,000 Palestinians and injury to over 171,000, mostly children and women.

According to the corporation, "the essence of Barrack's visit revolves around Gaza and transitioning to the second phase of the American plan to replace the temporary and fragile ceasefire with more stable security and political arrangements."

It added that the American plan includes establishing an international stabilization force led by the US aimed at gradually dismantling the military capabilities of the "Hamas" movement and creating an alternative authority in the sector.

"Hamas" insists that it is a "resistance movement against Israeli occupation," rejects disarming, and proposes freezing or storing its weapons.

The corporation explained: "Here, one of the central points of disagreement between Israel and the United States emerges, embodied in the Turkish role."

It indicated that "Barrack sees that Turkey should be part of the stabilization force, thanks to its military capabilities and influence in Gaza."

But it added: "However, Israel considers that a red line, as it sees that any party maintaining relations with Hamas cannot be classified as a stabilization force, and its inclusion (in the international force) may undermine the essence of the plan."

The corporation quoted unnamed Israeli political sources as saying that "Barrack's visit is not viewed as a routine protocol."

The sources saw his visit as "a direct preparatory step for the upcoming meeting between Netanyahu and Trump" in Florida on December 29.

The corporation considered that "Barrack is visiting Israel on a specific mission: to examine Israel's readiness to transition to the second phase and determine the limits of its flexibility, especially in the Gaza file and the international force."

On Sunday, Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya said that the mission of the international forces and the proposed Peace Council in Gaza is limited to sponsoring and preserving the ceasefire agreement and overseeing the reconstruction of the sector, without any interference in internal affairs.

"Barrack is tasked with determining if Netanyahu is a partner that can be built upon in the next phase," according to the corporation.

The corporation saw that "the first indicators will become clear during the visit, while it is expected that the full picture will be decided later at Trump's table."

In the Gaza Strip, where unprecedented destruction prevails, art has emerged as a witness to the Israeli genocide and a means to resist Tel Aviv's attempts to erase and deny its crimes, as well as a tool to revive hope in the hearts of Palestinians.

Among the rubble and displacement centers, Palestinian artists document the details of suffering due to the genocide, including loss, displacement, and starvation.

While some have transformed the debris of homes destroyed by Israel into colorful artworks that break the grayness of war and instill hope for life in the residents.

Israel began the genocide in Gaza on October 8, 2023, lasting two years, resulting in more than 70,000 Palestinian deaths, over 171,000 injuries, and massive destruction affecting 90% of the civilian infrastructure in the sector.

This war ended with a ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10 last year, which Israel violated hundreds of times, resulting in the killing and injury of hundreds of Palestinians.

During the months of genocide, Israel denied many of the crimes it committed in the Gaza Strip, including deliberately targeting children and practicing starvation against civilians, which facts have proven.

In this context, Palestinians are trying through art to preserve the memory of the genocide and remind of the crimes committed by Tel Aviv against civilians.

**Documenting Crimes and Suffering

Palestinian artist Muhammad Al-Mughari, holder of a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Al-Aqsa University, is one of these artists who document the genocide crimes and the suffering of Palestinians.

Despite limited resources, Al-Mughari launched these artworks from his small room made of tin sheets in the city of Deir al-Balah.

Along the walls of the room, Al-Mughari's paintings are scattered, who previously participated in local and international exhibitions and festivals, narrating daily stories from the depths of Palestinian suffering in Gaza.

One of those paintings depicted a child with exhausted features, holding an empty pot, expressing the famine that struck the sector's joints during the war and whose repercussions still gnaw at Palestinians' bodies despite the ceasefire.

In the same painting, he drew an elderly man wandering the camp's streets in search of food for his children, and at the same time pointed to Israel's dehydration policy by drawing a woman making her way through the rubble pulling heavy water gallons.

During the Israeli genocide war, Palestinians suffered from acute shortages in water, food, medicine, and fuel, leading to the death of dozens due to the Israeli siege accompanied by starvation and dehydration policies.

On August 22 last year, the "Global Initiative for Integrated Food Security Phase Classification" announced in a report the occurrence of "famine in Gaza City (north)".

Al-Mughari also embodied in his paintings the crimes of killing Palestinian civilians and injuring them, and bombing tents over their heads.

In addition, he addressed the details of the primitive life to which the Israeli genocide transferred Palestinians, whether in terms of life inside the tents and its harsh consequences, or providing and cooking food where they relied on lighting fires with wood and papers, or regarding transportation where carts pulled by animals formed its basis.

Al-Mughari said in an interview that he dedicated part of his works to embodying the symbolism of the tent, considering it a witness to the ongoing Palestinian suffering since 1948, referring to the Nakba of displacing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their lands.

He added that he documented in his paintings all the details that Palestinians lived in displacement camps with the aim of "documentation and preserving the human memory of the war".

**Reviving Hope

In the Maghazi camp in the center of the sector, Palestinian artists transformed the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel during the genocide months into colorful paintings pulsating with life.

In one of their artworks, the artists embodied the mythical phoenix on a pile of rubble, indicating Gaza's ability to rise despite the destruction.

Under the bird, the artists drew a Palestinian woman who wrote "Gaza" on her dress, embracing buildings between her arms, indicating Palestinians' attachment to their land.

On the remains of a demolished wall, artists wrote the word "Gaza" in English, with missiles falling from the sky on it, while flowers bloom in its soil.

In other paintings, they recorded words that give Palestinians hope, including some words from the late poet Mahmoud Darwish: "On this land, what deserves life", and "We remain as long as the thyme and olive trees remain".

**Lack of Tools

Despite limited resources, Palestinian artist Muhammad Al-Maghribi continues his artworks, the latest of which was reviving a national figure by painting a portrait of the late President Yasser Arafat.

This painting was drawn by Al-Maghribi using pens he retrieved from under the rubble of his studio, which Israel destroyed during the genocide months.

He said that the army destroyed his home and private studio during the genocide, which contained a number of his artworks, all of which turned into rubble.

He explained that he tried to integrate Palestinian national symbols alongside the character of "Abu Ammar", including Al-Aqsa Mosque and the key of return, which represents the Palestinians' dream of returning to their lands from which they were displaced in 1948.

He mentioned that the Palestinian artist faces major challenges in continuing his art due to Israel's closure of crossings and preventing the entry of necessary materials.

In the face of that, he indicated that they replaced charcoal pencils with charcoal produced from lighting fires with wood, and reused it in the field of art and drawing.

Despite the ceasefire agreement, Israel reneges on fulfilling its commitments, including opening crossings and importing the sector's basic needs, according to what Palestinian government reports confirmed.

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced on Monday that the toll of victims of the Israeli genocide has risen to 70,665 killed and 171,145 injured since October 2023.

This came in the ministry's daily report on the statistics of the genocide committed by Israel in Gaza over two years starting from October 8, 2023.

The ministry stated: "Two new martyrs arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals, and 6 injuries during the past 24 hours."

The ministry did not provide additional details regarding the locations or circumstances of the killings and injuries, but Israel continues to violate the ceasefire agreement by targeting civilian areas and shooting at Palestinians.

The ministry indicated that 393 Palestinians were killed, and 1,086 were injured, in addition to the recovery of 632 bodies, since the start of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas on October 10 last year.

Regarding the statistics of the Israeli genocide, the ministry stated that the number of Palestinian deaths has risen to 70,665, while the number of injured has reached 171,145.

In addition to the victims, the Israeli genocide has left massive destruction affecting 90 percent of the infrastructure in the sector, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at around 70 billion dollars.

The European Union Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness, and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib, said that humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip "must flow like a torrent, not drop by drop."

This came in a talk to journalists on Monday, during a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, where she addressed the Israeli restrictions imposed on the entry of aid into Gaza.

Lahbib noted that Palestinians are still being killed daily despite the ceasefire agreement.

She pointed out that she visited Egypt two weeks ago and was not allowed (by Israel) to enter Gaza, and to the detention of hundreds of aid trucks at the Rafah border crossing.

Lahbib had previously stated that she intended to enter Gaza during her visit to Egypt, but Israel rejected her request to cross.

She emphasized that relief workers face many administrative obstacles to deliver aid to the sector.

She noted that needs in Gaza increase particularly during the winter months, and added: "Aid to Gaza must flow like a torrent, not drop by drop."

Despite the ceasefire in effect since October 10, which Israel continues to violate, the living reality for Palestinians in Gaza has not improved due to the strict restrictions Israel imposes on the entry of aid trucks, violating the humanitarian protocol of the agreement.

On the Syrian front, Lahbib said that humanitarian aid for Syria will also be discussed during the meeting.

She indicated that 16 million people in Syria still need assistance.

She mentioned that they will discuss ways to increase their contributions in Syria through humanitarian aid and development.

The American envoy and U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barak, arrived in the occupying state on Monday to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a visit described as sensitive and multifaceted.

Barak will meet with Netanyahu and senior political and security officials amid increasing American pressure to move to the next phase of President Trump's plan in the Gaza Strip, ongoing tensions in Lebanon, and open question marks in the Syrian arena.

Operationally, this visit was described as preparatory for a meeting between Netanyahu and Trump scheduled for the end of the month in Miami, and it was said that in this sense, Barak is not coming "to listen", but to verify the extent of "Israel"'s readiness to move.

Regarding Lebanon and Hezbollah's weapons, Washington expects concrete steps from Beirut, manifested in strengthening the Lebanese army's control in the south, limiting Hezbollah's freedom of movement, and showing readiness to assume security responsibility.

This meeting focuses on Gaza and the transition to the second phase, which is supposed to allow the temporary and fragile ceasefire to pave the way for a secure and permanent security and political arrangement. The model promoted by the United States includes establishing an international stabilization force, under American leadership, that enables the gradual disarmament of Hamas and the formation of an alternative government.

It is said that the international force is under discussion between America and "Israel", especially regarding Turkey's participation, as Barak believes that Turkey should be part of the stabilization force, given its military capabilities and channels of influence in Gaza. In "Israel", this is considered a red line. Politically and security-wise, no entity with ties to Hamas can be considered a stabilization force, and its inclusion in the international framework could undermine the fundamental purpose of this step. According to the newspaper.

On Monday, the Jerusalem Governorate warned of a "dangerous" Israeli plan that Tel Aviv intends to implement on the airport lands and adjacent areas north of the city, including the establishment of 9,000 settlement units.

The governorate stated in a statement: "The Israeli occupation authorities are seeking to implement a dangerous settlement plan on the lands of Jerusalem International Airport and adjacent areas."

It considered the plan a "direct threat to the geographical and demographic continuity of Palestinians between Jerusalem and the city of Ramallah (center of the occupied West Bank)."

It confirmed that the plan "aims to establish about 9,000 settlement units in densely populated Palestinian areas, including Kafr Aqab, Qalandiya, Al-Ram, Beit Hanina, and Bir Nabala, which deepens the policy of separation and isolation imposed on the city and its surroundings, and undermines any political horizon based on the two-state solution."

The governorate warned that "the so-called Israeli District Planning and Construction Committee intends to hold a session on Wednesday to discuss advancing the plan, which may include approving the basic principles of the project, including allocating commercial and public spaces."

It also noted that "the Israeli Ministry of Finance recently requested approval from the Knesset Finance Committee (Parliament) to transfer 16 million shekels (about 5 million dollars) to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, under the pretext of rehabilitating polluted lands, including Jerusalem International Airport, in a step that practically accelerates the implementation of the settlement project."

The Jerusalem Governorate warned that implementing the plan "will lead to the creation of a settlement enclave that separates northern Jerusalem from its Palestinian surroundings."

It confirmed that it "will continue to expose the plan and address the international community and human rights institutions as a blatant violation of international law and decisions of international legitimacy."

The Palestinian governmental Anti-Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission had spoken in a previous report about Israel's seizure of 2,800 dunams in the West Bank during last November, "through orders of placing hands and expropriation and amending state land boundaries."

Israel's devouring of the West Bank and then formally annexing it to it would end the possibility of implementing the principle of the two-state solution stipulated in resolutions issued by the United Nations.

This comes amid escalating attacks by the army and settlers in the West Bank and Jerusalem coinciding with the start of Israel's genocide war in Gaza on October 8, 2023, which lasted for two years and ended with a ceasefire agreement that entered into force last October.

Since the start of the Israeli genocide, the army and settlers have killed 1,094 Palestinians in the West Bank and injured about 11,000 others, in addition to arresting more than 21,000.

A group of settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque this morning, Monday, from the direction of Bab al-Maghariba, and carried out provocative tours in its courtyard, while a Palestinian child was injured in clashes with Israeli occupation forces in Jalazone camp in the center of the occupied West Bank.

The settlers also performed Talmudic prayers in the Al-Aqsa courtyard under the protection of the occupation police.

Jewish groups known as "Temple Mount" groups had called for intensifying the incursions during the Jewish Festival of Lights "Hanukkah".

Occupation forces arrested 22 Palestinians at dawn today, Monday, following raids and incursions they carried out in various areas of the West Bank.

A child was injured by bullets from occupation forces during the clashes in Jalazone camp north of Ramallah.

Clashes erupted in the town of Jareer and the village of Aaboud north-east and west of Ramallah city amid gunfire and sound and gas bombs.

It indicated that there is a campaign of harassment and detention of children and youth in the village of Aaboud, without reports of arrests or raids.

For its part, the Palestinian News Agency reported that the Israeli army raided the Jabal al-Taweel neighborhood in the city of Al-Bireh in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate.

The agency indicated that the army fired bullets and toxic gas bombs, without reports of injuries or arrests.

It continued that the raid also targeted the town of Turmus Ayya and the village of Kafr Malik north-east of Ramallah city.

In Hebron, occupation forces arrested 3 Palestinians after searching their homes, tampering with their contents, and assaulting them with severe beatings.

Occupation forces raided the city of Hebron and the towns of Beit Awa and Halhoul, raided several homes, detained their owners, assaulted them with severe beatings, searched their homes, and wreaked havoc on their contents.

They also set up several military checkpoints at the entrances to Hebron and its towns, villages, and camps, and closed a number of main and secondary roads with iron gates, concrete blocks, and earthen barriers.

In Jenin, occupation forces left destruction and devastation after raiding a house and arresting a number of young men during the raid on the town of Jaba to the south.

Likewise, occupation forces carried out a campaign of raiding citizens' homes in the town of Awarta south of Nablus, arrested some of them, and settlers' buses accompanied by occupation vehicles raided the town of Awarta south of Nablus.

On another front, Youssef Fanadqa, deputy head of the Popular Committee in Nour Shams camp, said that about 1907 displaced families are currently living in rented apartments distributed across various areas of Tulkarm governorate, lacking the minimum necessities of life, amid heavy financial burdens due to high rental costs.

He added that no less than a thousand residential apartments were completely demolished by the occupation in Nour Shams camp, in addition to hundreds of homes that suffered partial damage, as part of a systematic destruction policy targeting the camp and its residents.

Since the start of the Gaza war on October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army has intensified its military operations in the West Bank, and the army and settlers' assaults in the West Bank have led to the martyrdom of no less than 1094 Palestinians and the injury of about 11,000 others, in addition to the arrest of more than 21,000, according to official Palestinian figures.