A site reported that Tel Aviv has informed Hamas of the necessity for its members to evacuate from the area behind the yellow line in the Gaza Strip within 24 hours.

This step comes as part of direct warnings to the armed Palestinian leadership within the sector.

The source clarified that Tel Aviv will begin to enforce a ceasefire by force after the deadline expires, targeting Hamas-affiliated objectives within the areas it controls.

Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani received a phone call today, Thursday, from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during which they discussed the latest developments regarding the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry stated in a statement that the two sides reviewed "the close strategic relations between the State of Qatar and the United States of America and ways to support and develop them," as well as discussing "the developments in the situation in the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories, in light of the ceasefire agreement in the sector, in addition to a number of topics of mutual interest."

According to the statement, the Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs emphasized during the call "the necessity of regional and international efforts to ensure the full implementation of the agreement, paving the way for achieving sustainable peace and the desired stability in the region."

A ceasefire is currently in effect in the Gaza Strip under the agreement reached in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on October 9, with the mediation of Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, and the participation of the United States, following two years of Israeli genocide.

Despite the agreement, Israel continues to carry out airstrikes and artillery shelling in the Gaza Strip almost daily, and continues to restrict the entry of aid and closes the Rafah crossing between the Palestinian sector and Egypt.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the occupation forces will take direct action to disarm Hamas if international forces do not carry out this mission, affirming his intention to turn the Gaza Strip into a demilitarized zone.

Netanyahu's remarks came in the context of discussing security plans and coordination with international allies regarding what he described as "renewed threats" from the sector.

The Israeli army announced on Thursday evening that it had received the bodies of two prisoners from the International Red Cross in the Gaza Strip.

The army stated in a brief announcement that "its forces received two coffins belonging to two detainees (prisoners) in Gaza, and they are on their way to the forensic institute."

Earlier on Thursday, the Red Cross received the bodies from Hamas, which always asserts that it seeks to "close the file" and needs time, advanced equipment, and heavy machinery to retrieve the remaining bodies.

This comes as part of the first phase of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel, which came into effect on October 10 of this year.

Thus, Hamas has released 20 living Israeli prisoners and the remains of 19 prisoners out of 28 since the start of the agreement, most of whom are Israelis, but Tel Aviv previously claimed that one of the received bodies does not match any of its prisoners.

Last Tuesday, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated that it had managed to recover the bodies of the Israeli prisoners "Amiram Cooper" and "Saher Baruch" during the search operations that took place on the same day.

On September 16, 2025, the latest United Nations report on the genocide in Gaza was released. It is the report of the UN Commission on Human Rights Violations in the Palestinian Territories, established in 2021 and chaired by UN Commissioner Navi Pillay, titled "Legal Analysis of Israel's Conduct in Gaza According to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide."

Although it is a legal report, every word in it is a UN call to the global conscience and the international community to hold Israel accountable, to prosecute its criminals, and to save Gaza before it is too late. What has been happening in Gaza for the past two years is not the result of the attack on October 7, 2023, but rather an extension of an ongoing crime in Palestine since the inception of the Zionist project, targeting every Palestinian.

More than 50% of the casualties were women, children, and the elderly, indicating that Israeli security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian civilians.

Several statements from Israeli officials have called for collective punishment against the Palestinian people as a whole, particularly the residents of Gaza.

Revealing paragraphs before we present a summary of the report; I was struck by the existence of an entire chapter on preventing childbirth and killing fetuses, which shows that one of the unannounced goals is the complete extermination of the Palestinian people.

I was also struck by paragraphs that illustrate the horrific nature of the crime occurring in Gaza under the watchful eyes of the entire world.

The amount of bombs used by Israel since October 7, 2023, is exceptional even compared to other global conflicts.

The results of the Israeli attacks align with its declared strategy according to the military spokesperson: "We focus on what causes the maximum damage."

The prohibition of genocide is a peremptory norm of international law, and a legal obligation that cannot be diminished.

Since the fifth clause has not been proven against Israel so far, the report reviewed the first four actions and based its conclusions on the established commission of genocide by Israel and the necessity of holding it accountable.

An article published by the American website Intercept stated that Israel "blew up" the ceasefire that U.S. President Donald Trump boasted about, putting Washington in a difficult position before the world as attention turned to it to see its reaction to the actions of its ally.

The report came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered violent airstrikes on Gaza on Tuesday, resulting in the deaths of at least 20 Palestinians, including children.

The site's political correspondent, Jonah Valdez, noted that these attacks came just days after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited a new U.S. military base in Israel, in an attempt to affirm Washington's commitment to the ceasefire, but Tel Aviv's actions undermined those efforts.

Interestingly, according to the report, Israel had informed the Trump administration in advance of its intention to carry out the airstrikes, raising questions about whether the United States would hold its ally accountable or continue to overlook its repeated violations.

Youssef Manayer, the Palestine and Israel program officer at the Arab Center in Washington, commented on this, saying: "All eyes are on Washington to see if it will be a fair judge or just a political facade that allows the Israelis to escape punishment as has been the case before?" according to the site.

What happened was the second option, as U.S. Vice President Jay D. Vance downplayed the attacks, describing them as "minor skirmishes," affirming that "the ceasefire is still holding," according to the report.

The report indicated that the bodies of the Palestinian prisoners were mutilated and showed signs of torture and mistreatment.

The site quoted Rami Abdu, head of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, an organization that monitors Israel's violations against civilians in Gaza, stating that Israel was never serious about adhering to the ceasefire but was looking for justifications to resume its attacks.

Abdu believes that the goal of the Israeli attacks is to provoke Palestinians into a military response, aiming to undermine the ceasefire, saying: "They are trying to provoke the Palestinians and push them to respond; this is their strategy. They want any response from the Palestinians just to justify continuing their destructive mission."

However, Israel did not wait for the results of its strategy but tried to justify its repeated violations of the ceasefire, either by claiming that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) attacked Israeli soldiers or by alleging that the movement was deliberately obstructing the process of delivering the bodies of Israeli prisoners, according to the report.

Indeed, Israel claimed that the movement fired at Israeli soldiers just before its attacks on it the day before yesterday, despite the movement denying responsibility.

In contrast, Abdu confirmed that "if Israel had a genuine intention to return the remains of its prisoners, it would have facilitated all efforts to achieve that, instead of fabricating these stories about violating the ceasefire and inventing fabricated images."

According to the report, Hamas adhered to the terms of the ceasefire and returned all living prisoners within the specified timeframe, in addition to the bodies of 15 out of 28 Israeli fatalities, but it faces Israeli obstacles preventing search teams from completing their work.

It added that Israel was the party that undermined the ceasefire from the beginning, as it continued to impose restrictions on humanitarian aid and destroy infrastructure in the areas it controls in Gaza (over 50%), and it also closed the vital Rafah crossing and bombed the sector several times already.

Manayer believes that the Israeli government exploited the ceasefire to alleviate the intensity of anti-government protests demanding the return of prisoners, then returned to military escalation as soon as public pressure decreased, which is the same pattern of "violence" it followed in previous ceasefires in 2023 and 2024.

He questioned: "The Israelis are now trying to create a narrative that Hamas is the one that violated the ceasefire and that is why the agreement is no longer valid, but do they really think the international community will be convinced of that?"

The report concluded that by insisting on sabotaging the ceasefire, Israel not only harms the Palestinians but also weakens the United States' position before the world, which allowed Netanyahu to breach Trump's promises without any accountability.

The airstrikes by the occupation completely destroyed the electricity company building in the town of Abasan, east of the city, while the entity's army carried out a 'demolition operation' in the city of Khan Younis itself.

In a new field escalation, the occupation army intensified its military operations in the city of Khan Younis, threatening to exacerbate the humanitarian crisis by targeting one of the most important remaining vital infrastructure facilities in the area.

The destruction of the electricity distribution facility means power outages for thousands of homes and facilities in Abasan and its neighboring areas, at a time when residents rely almost entirely on generators that are already suffering from a severe fuel shortage.

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that Gaza has returned to a ceasefire after what he described as a response from Israel to the killing of one of its soldiers, while a U.S. official revealed that Washington will send a delegation to Israel to monitor the current situation.

Trump spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back from South Korea to Washington on Thursday, noting that the ceasefire agreement in Gaza is still in place and has resumed after the response to the killing of an Israeli soldier.

He added, "Yes, there was a sniper, and one of the soldiers was killed, and they responded to that. We will see the situation, but yes, the ceasefire is still in effect, and it has been resumed."

For his part, a U.S. official stated that the Israeli military response in Gaza was limited and targeted leaders and elements of Hamas and did not lead to the collapse of the ceasefire.

The U.S. official added that this response has ended and that the ceasefire has been resumed. He stated that Washington is closely monitoring developments in Gaza because it does not want violence to lead to a resumption of the conflict.

He revealed that Washington will send a delegation to Israel to understand the situation. The U.S. official said that the United States has ears and eyes that help in understanding what is happening on the ground in Gaza, and that it has a vested interest in implementing President Trump's peace plan.

He spoke about monitoring multiple violations by Hamas of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip over the past few days.

The U.S. official revealed that the number of countries represented in the coordination center regarding Gaza has risen to 14, while the number of non-governmental organizations has increased to 20.

For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his happiness in hosting the U.S. delegation in the city of Kiryat Gat, affirming that both sides are working together to develop a plan for a "different Gaza."

During his visit to the civil-military coordination center in Kiryat Gat, he indicated that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel, and that the Israeli government is seeking to ensure the implementation of the goal agreed upon with the U.S. president, which is the disarmament of Hamas and Gaza.

These statements come after a wave of Israeli escalation following claims that its forces were fired upon in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, last Sunday, resulting in the martyrdom of 104 Palestinians, including dozens of children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Israel then announced a return to the ceasefire agreement, threatening subsequent violations.

Hamas accused Israel of seeking to undermine the ceasefire agreement and imposing new equations by force.

It affirmed that the positions of the U.S. administration biased towards the occupation constitute direct encouragement for the continuation of aggression and actual partnership in the bloodshed of children and women in Gaza.

The movement called on mediators and guarantors to fully assume their responsibilities and to exert immediate pressure on the occupying government to stop its massacres and to fully adhere to the terms of the agreement.

It emphasized that the blood of Gaza's children and women is not cheap, and that the resistance, in all its factions, has committed to the agreement with responsible will, but will not allow the enemy to impose new realities under fire.

The Gaza Ministry of Health stated that the death toll since the ceasefire agreement came into effect on October 10 has risen to 211 martyrs and 597 injuries, in addition to the recovery of the bodies of 482 martyrs who were killed before the agreement began.

In the midst of a new political and media storm, the Minister of Culture in the occupying government, Miki Zohar, strongly defended the nomination of Yair Netanyahu, the son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for a "high position" within the structure of the "World Zionist Organization."

Zohar did not stop at defending; he launched a counterattack on the critics of the decision, "describing the attack on the nomination as a vile persecution."

This rigid stance from the minister came "in response to strong opposition accusations," which quickly described this nomination process as representing political "hypocrisy" and a nepotistic appointment.

Following the significant uproar that this issue caused immediately after it was revealed in media reports, it seems that the initial repercussions have begun to appear quickly at the procedural level.

The "permanent committee of the World Zionist Organization in Jerusalem announced a halt to its work on Wednesday evening," which practically means that "the vote on the appointment has been frozen" for now, pending the outcome of negotiations behind the scenes.

In contrast, Minister Miki Zohar, a prominent figure in the ruling "Likud Party" led by Netanyahu the elder, provided a counter-narrative to what is happening.

"Zohar accused the opposition of hypocrisy," hinting that they practice double standards regarding political appointments.

Zohar posed a rhetorical question to the opponents, "saying: how is it possible for them to appoint dozens of close associates and relatives in national institutions, then try to prevent one of them simply because his last name is Netanyahu?"

Thus, the minister framed the ongoing controversy in personal terms, considering that the attack is not directed against the appointment itself, but against the name "Netanyahu" as a family.

The minister described the criticisms as "a vile persecution of Yair Netanyahu" specifically.

In an attempt to legitimize the candidate's competence, "Zohar added that the Prime Minister's son has only sought to defend the occupation abroad."

This reference seems aimed at portraying Yair Netanyahu as a soldier defending the image of the occupation internationally, which qualifies him, from the minister's perspective, for a high media position in the Zionist organization, especially considering his known activity on social media platforms.

Under pressure, Zohar showed a strong adherence to his decision, "and Miki Zohar confirmed his commitment to the nomination," even going further, taking a rigid stance "saying he would not withdraw his nomination even if the Prime Minister asked him to."

After "the uproar caused by the media reports" regarding the position, specifically after revealing the significant benefits associated with it, where "it is believed to come with the benefits of a 'minister's salary'," making it a highly valuable political appointment, "the work of the permanent committee of the World Zionist Organization in Jerusalem stopped on Wednesday evening."

Media sources, specifically the newspaper "Yedioth Ahronoth," confirmed that the appointment process has indeed stopped, and that "the vote on the appointment did not take place" as planned.

The newspaper quoted informed sources stating that "Yair Netanyahu's nomination surprised the participants" in the meeting.

This surprise indicates that the nomination may not have been coordinated as usual or was included at the last moment, which heightened the reaction.

"It is now expected" that the crisis will be deferred, as "further discussions on this matter will take place over the next two weeks," in an attempt to find a way out of the agreement or to retract it.

"This ongoing controversy" surrounding the son's appointment "comes at a time when officials in the World Zionist Organization" revealed parallel moves being made by the father.

The officials clarified "that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently met with representatives during a visit to New York."

"According to the officials" themselves, Netanyahu the elder "asked them to support Miki Zohar's nomination" (the same minister who nominated his son) "to head the World Zionist Organization."

This "nomination was officially announced by the minister on Wednesday."

This information places the son's nomination in the context of a potential political "deal": Netanyahu's support for Zohar to head the organization, in exchange for Zohar appointing Netanyahu's son to a high position "with a minister's salary."

As for "Netanyahu the son" himself, he is a controversial figure in his own right.

He has "spent most of the past two years in Miami, Florida," away from the occupied territories, which has intensified criticisms regarding his suitability for the position, especially given

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, strongly condemned the airstrikes carried out by the Israeli occupation army on the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of civilians, including a large number of children.

The spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Stefan Dujarric, clarified in a statement to reporters that Guterres "condemns in the strongest terms the large number of civilian casualties in the recent Israeli attacks," while calling on all parties to fully adhere to the ceasefire and respect international humanitarian law.

He added that the Secretary-General "urges all parties to avoid actions that would endanger civilians or obstruct the delivery of vital humanitarian aid to the population."

Guterres's statements came hours after the Israeli occupation army announced it had carried out airstrikes targeting what it described as a "weapons storage facility belonging to Hamas" in the northern part of the strip, specifically in the Beit Lahia area.

The army confirmed that these attacks were in response to "an assault targeting one of its soldiers," indicating that the targeted infrastructure was being used "to store weapons and drones in preparation for future attacks."

However, the Civil Defense Ministry in Gaza stated that the airstrikes resulted in the deaths of more than one hundred people overnight, marking the highest toll since the ceasefire came into effect on October 10, which was reached through American mediation after a violent two-year round of fighting between Israel and Hamas.

The spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, Mahmoud Bessal, stated that among the victims were women and children, noting that rescue operations were still ongoing among the rubble in several areas of the northern strip.

For his part, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that the Israeli strikes "do not constitute a violation of the ceasefire," emphasizing "Israel's right to defend itself and respond to any assaults targeting its forces."

In contrast, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani expressed hope that "the ceasefire will hold despite recent violations," affirming his country's continued mediation efforts to ensure stability on the ground.

Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that "no Hamas leaders will be safe," confirming that his country "will respond strongly to any threat to the security of its soldiers or violations of agreements related to prisoners and remains."

International concerns continue that these developments could lead to the collapse of the fragile truce, which may plunge the region back into a new cycle of escalation.

Two Palestinians were martyred in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip amid the occupation's attacks today, Thursday, on the eastern areas of Khan Younis in the south, despite the Israeli army announcing a return to implementing the ceasefire agreement.

The Israeli army announced that it carried out an attack in the Beit Lahiya area in northern Gaza, led by the southern command and through the air force, claiming it targeted "terrorist infrastructure that stores weapons intended for use in executing an immediate terrorist plan against the Israeli army and the State of Israel."

Early this morning, a reporter reported that the occupation army launched 10 airstrikes on the eastern areas of Khan Younis city, preceded by the occupation carrying out massive demolition operations east of the cities of Khan Younis and Gaza.

The Israeli occupation's Minister of War, Yoav Gallant, issued an order preventing representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross from visiting hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in its jails.

Gallant's decision, published by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority, stated: "According to my authority, and based on the professional opinion of the General Security Service, and after being convinced that this would endanger state security, I prohibit visits by Red Cross representatives to prisoners held (Palestinians) under the Unlawful Combatants Law of 2002, whose names appear in the attached confidential list as an annex."

The Broadcasting Authority noted that "this is a confidential list containing the names of thousands of prisoners. This order will apply to any prisoner classified under the category of unlawful combatant."

The occupation defines "unlawful combatant" as any Palestinian prisoner arrested by the occupation army from the Gaza Strip and its surroundings since October 7, 2023, after fighters from the Hamas movement attacked settlements and military bases "in response to the assaults on Al-Aqsa Mosque."

The number of "unlawful combatants" reached 2,454 as of last July, according to the Israeli Prison Service, and they are subjected to systematic torture that includes severe beating, starvation, medical neglect, and brutal methods, according to testimonies obtained by Palestinian lawyers.

Last week, Jeremy Sharon, a reporter for the Zman Israel website, revealed that "Gaza prisoners arrested by the army inside the strip during the war have not been charged with any crime, nor have they been tried, and the vast majority of them have been held in complete isolation for several months, where human rights organizations and UN bodies confirmed that many of them are not connected to armed organizations at all, yet they have provided numerous testimonies about the serious violations they faced in the occupation's prisons."

He added in a report translated by "Arabi21" that "the violations focused on beating, poor health conditions, insufficient and inappropriate food, psychological torture, and their detention under the Unlawful Combatants Law in prisons and detention centers. Yuval Biton, the former head of the intelligence department in the Prison Service, estimated that based on his experience, the detainees were not directly involved in killing Israelis and did not participate in the attack on October 7, 2023."

He clarified that "up until the beginning of October 2025, there were 2,673 detainees of this type held in prison service facilities, although the organization 'Hamoked,' which provides legal assistance to detainees, estimates that there are several hundred more detainees in some military detention centers, who are held for six months according to the provisions of the Unlawful Combatants Law, which are extendable periods, and are often extended by decision of the central court judges."

He pointed out that "these extensions occur after very short discussions held with the detainees via video in front of the judge, lasting between 5-10 minutes only, without allowing them to see the evidence presented by the security forces to the judge to justify the detention, and the vast majority of them were not allowed to contact lawyers at all, and even in cases where they managed to obtain legal representation, their lawyers were not informed of the evidence, and they were held without Red Cross visits, after the government banned them immediately after the attack on October 7, and family visits were also prohibited, and detainees were not allowed to receive phone calls or messages, effectively isolating them completely from the outside world."

He explained that "the detainees who were released revealed that they were continuously subjected to severe abuse and harassment during their detention. One of them, 23 years old and working as a driver for humanitarian aid, said he was arrested at a checkpoint in Gaza in April 2024, was beaten, and forced to confess that he was a member of Hamas, then sent to the notorious military detention center, Sde Teiman, for 45 days, before being transferred to Ofer detention center, where he was taken to the 'disco room,' where he was subjected to very loud music for an hour or more, then transferred for interrogation."

He confirmed that "later, he was interrogated again and asked for details about Hamas tunnels, and he provided information about one of the tunnels he knew was near his home, denying any connection to Hamas. He developed scabies due to poor health conditions, a common phenomenon among Gaza detainees, and was unable to sleep properly for 20 days because of it. Another person said he was arrested in his home in Khan Younis, and while being beaten on the head and sustaining deep wounds, he was handcuffed, blindfolded, placed in a bus, beaten again, then transferred to Sde Teiman

The government media office in Gaza stated on Wednesday that Israel published a list containing 26 names, claiming they belong to Palestinians killed during its recent aggression over the past 24 hours. However, it turned out that the list contains fictitious names, non-Arab names, and others who are still alive.

This was mentioned in a statement from the office, in response to a list published by Israeli army spokesperson Avichai Adraee on the 'Telegram' platform, claiming it included names of leaders in the 'Palestinian resistance' killed in recent hours.

In its statement, the media office in Gaza said that 'the Israeli occupation continues its systematic campaign of deception, forgery, and spreading lies aimed at distorting the truth and covering up its ongoing crimes against the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.'

It clarified that the Israeli army 'published a list containing 26 names, including 21 images, which it claimed belonged to individuals killed during its brutal recent aggression that occurred 24 hours ago.'

It continued: 'After verification, it became clear that the list contains 3 incorrect names that are non-Arab and not found in the official Palestinian records, in addition to fictitious names that do not exist in reality, some of which were deliberately not accompanied by any images at all.'

It was also revealed that the list includes 'names of four individuals who were not martyred and were not present in the targeted areas at all, and they are still alive.'

Medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City reported this evening, Wednesday, that two Palestinians were martyred due to an Israeli airstrike targeting the Al-Salatin neighborhood in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, in a new Israeli violation of the ceasefire agreement.

For its part, the Israeli army stated that it carried out an attack in Beit Lahiya, targeting what it described as "terrorist infrastructure" used for storing weapons and aerial means, claiming that they were prepared to carry out an imminent attack against its forces.

This escalation comes hours after the Israeli army announced the resumption of the ceasefire agreement, following a series of violent airstrikes across various parts of the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the martyrdom of 104 Palestinians, including 46 children, according to civil defense data.

For his part, Mahmoud Basal, the spokesperson for the civil defense in Gaza, confirmed to Agence France-Presse that one of the martyrs fell in an airstrike on the Al-Attatra area in northern Gaza and was transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital.

The Gaza Ministry of Health had announced that the death toll since the ceasefire agreement came into effect on October 10 has reached 211 martyrs and 597 injuries, in addition to the retrieval of the bodies of 482 martyrs who were killed before the agreement began.

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) earlier today called on the international community to pressure Israel to stop the massacres against civilians in the Gaza Strip.

The movement emphasized that "the blood of the children and women of Gaza is not cheap, and that the resistance, with all its factions, has committed to the agreement with responsible will, but it will not allow the enemy to impose new realities under fire."

These attacks represent new violations of the agreement reached as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan, which came after two years of genocide in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 68,000 Palestinians and injuries to about 170,000, most of whom are children and women, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at around $70 billion.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society stated that 3 Palestinians were injured today, Wednesday, as a result of being beaten by the Israeli occupation army at a checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank.

The society said in a statement that its teams dealt with 3 citizens who sustained bruises after being beaten by the Israeli army at the Deir Sharaf checkpoint west of Nablus.

It reported that the injured were transferred to a hospital for treatment.

Anadolu Agency quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the army tightened its military procedures at the checkpoint, scrutinized the identity cards of passersby, subjected their vehicles to inspection, and detained citizens for hours.

Israel maintains about a thousand military checkpoints and gates in the West Bank, according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization.

In other developments, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported clashes between Palestinian youths and settlers in the town of Burqa in the Ramallah governorate in the West Bank, and Palestinian sources reported that occupation forces stormed the town of Silwad east of the city.

Meanwhile, settlers - under the protection of occupation forces - continued to prevent Palestinian farmers from accessing their lands to harvest olives in villages and towns of the West Bank.

In a related context, the newspaper "Haaretz" reported that Israeli authorities have been detaining a disabled Palestinian boy for two weeks, with Hebrew media stating that he is subjected to violence from guards and inmates.

The newspaper said, "The General Security Service (Shabak) and the police have detained a 14-year-old boy with special needs for two weeks on suspicion of committing security offenses."

It added on Tuesday that "the boy, who is from central Israel, is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and suffers from a complete disability."

"Haaretz" added that "Israeli army forces arrested him during a family visit in the West Bank," and authorities prohibited "the publication of his name and the reason for his arrest," according to "Haaretz."

More than 10,000 Palestinian detainees, including children and women, are held in Israeli prisons, suffering from torture, starvation, and medical neglect that has led to the deaths of many detainees, according to Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations.

The Israeli army killed two Palestinians on Wednesday evening in an airstrike targeting them in the town of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza Strip, marking a new violation of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

Medical sources reported that the bodies of the two Palestinians arrived at Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza after they were targeted in Beit Lahiya.

The Israeli army announced in a statement published on its account on the American platform "X" that it "carried out a focused attack in the Beit Lahiya area in northern Gaza Strip, led by the southern command and through the air force."

It added that it attacked what it claimed was "terrorist infrastructure where weapons and aerial means were stored, which were prepared for use in executing an immediate terrorist plot against the Israeli army and the State of Israel."

The army stated that its forces are deployed in the area "in accordance with the lines of the ceasefire agreement and will continue to work to eliminate any direct threat."

This attack came less than 24 hours after a wave of Israeli escalation, claiming that its forces were shot at in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of 104 Palestinians, including dozens of children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

The ministry stated that the death toll since the ceasefire agreement came into effect on October 10 has risen to "211 martyrs and 597 injuries," in addition to the retrieval of the bodies of "482 martyrs," indicating that they were killed before the agreement began.

This targeting is considered a new violation of the ceasefire agreement signed by Hamas with Israel, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, and under the auspices of the United States as part of a plan put forth by President Donald Trump.

Israel announced in the morning its return to the ceasefire agreement, threatening subsequent violations.

Earlier on Wednesday, Hamas called for pressure on Israel to stop its massacres against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and to adhere to the ceasefire agreement, emphasizing that it "will not allow the enemy to impose new realities."

The ceasefire agreement, according to President Donald Trump's plan, ended an Israeli genocide against Gaza that lasted for two years since October 8, 2023, with support from Washington, resulting in 68,643 Palestinian deaths and 170,655 injuries, most of whom were children and women, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about 70 billion dollars.

Israeli occupation forces stormed the towns of Hizma and Al-Issawiya, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, this evening, Wednesday.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the town of Hizma, stopped several vehicles, searched them, and checked the identities of the passengers.

The occupation forces also stormed the town of Al-Issawiya, detained a number of citizens, searched their mobile phones, and sent threatening voice messages from the phones of several citizens to the town's groups via messaging applications.

The Israeli army continued its violation of the ceasefire agreement, announcing on Wednesday evening that it had bombed what it claimed was "terrorist infrastructure" in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, alleging that it "was a weapons storage and posed an immediate threat to its forces."

The army claimed in a statement published on its account on the American platform "X" that it attacked "terrorist infrastructure where weapons and aerial means were stored, which posed a direct threat in northern Gaza."

It went on: "A short while ago, the Israeli army carried out a focused attack in the Beit Lahia area in northern Gaza, led by the Southern Command and through the Air Force."

It alleged that the attack targeted "terrorist infrastructure where weapons and aerial means were stored, which were prepared for use in executing an immediate terrorist plan against the Israeli army forces and the State of Israel."

The army stated that its forces are deployed in the area "according to the lines of the ceasefire agreement, and will continue to work to eliminate any direct threat."

The government media office in the Gaza Strip announced today, Wednesday, the martyrdom of a journalist due to the escalating violations of the occupation and its heavy airstrikes in recent hours, raising the total number of martyr journalists to 256.

The media office noted in a statement that journalist Muhammad Al-Munirawi, who works for Palestine Newspaper, was martyred due to the occupation's airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of martyr journalists to 256 since the beginning of the genocide against the region.

The office condemned in the strongest terms the targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the occupation in a systematic manner, calling on the International Federation of Journalists, the Arab Journalists Union, and all journalistic bodies in all countries of the world to condemn these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists and media personnel in Gaza.

The Israeli occupation, the U.S. administration, and the countries participating in the genocide, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, were held fully responsible for committing these heinous and brutal crimes.

For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that the toll of martyrs and injuries received by the hospitals in the region since the escalation last night until now has reached 104 martyrs, including 46 children and 20 women, along with 253 injuries, of which 78 are children and 84 are women.

The ministry indicated in a statement that since the ceasefire on October 11, the number of martyrs has reached 211 and the injured 597, in addition to the recovery of about 482 martyrs from under the rubble.

It mentioned that since the beginning of the genocide committed by the occupation army in the Gaza Strip for two years, the number of martyrs has reached 68,643 Palestinians, along with 170,655 citizens injured.

The discussion about the future of the "International Peace Council" for managing the Gaza Strip raises widespread debate among international political and legal experts, amid questions about the international community's ability to find a transitional formula that transcends the failures of previous experiences and takes into account urgent political and humanitarian paths in light of the repercussions of the Israeli aggression on Gaza.

Experts' opinions vary in their statements regarding the chances of success for international management in the sector, especially as they emphasize the importance of local legitimacy, ensuring the participation of Palestinian factions, and the necessity of having a regional guarantor to prevent the international authority from bias or extending beyond its original mission.

Previous experiences of international governance show that the international community often resorts to this model when state institutions are disrupted and competition for influence intensifies; however, history reveals the limitations of this solution, imposing strict conditions for any actual transition from international administration to legitimate and sustainable national governance.

The plan for international administration in Gaza is not exempt from this debate, as experts' evaluations range from considering it a necessary imperative for reconstruction and overcoming collapse, to fears of imposing guardianship over the Palestinians and entrenching temporary solutions.

The "Peace Council" plan represents a proposal from U.S. President Donald Trump, in an attempt to stop the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, which has escalated after the last war that lasted two full years and resulted in tens of thousands of civilian casualties.

The bet remains always contingent on the extent to which these administrations respect the rights of the population and their ability to later transfer authority to the local national body.

Rami Abu Badawieh, a professor of international relations at the American University of Beirut, argues that the international community often resorts to establishing international administrations in cases of security collapse or disruption of state institutions, where the urgent need arises to fill the political and security vacuum.

Abu Badawieh adds that this option is usually a temporary refuge to stabilize security and provide basic services until appropriate conditions are prepared for the transfer of authority to a legitimate local entity.

This view is supported by international law expert Anis Al-Qassem, as the establishment of a temporary international authority is often a preferred exit for major powers to avoid the outbreak of conflicts or wars between competing international parties over a strategic area.

On the other hand, Heather Benatzer, a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University, sees that the primary motivation behind resorting to this model is often the need for a temporary geopolitical settlement rather than a desire to build sustainable political legitimacy.

Analysts agree that the success of international administrations in previous experiences has remained circumstantial and limited, linked to the size of international mandates, the effectiveness of regional support, and the ability of local actors to participate.

Abu Badawieh reviews recent experiences of international administrations, noting that their results have been mixed; the East Timor experience achieved relative success thanks to the clarity of the international mandate and regional support.

As for the Kosovo experience, it provided a degree of stability and services, but it did not end political divisions or establish a sustainable governance legitimacy.

Al-Qassem reinforces this assessment, adding that the cases of Danzig, Shanghai, and Bosnia demonstrated that international administrations achieved exceptional interests in complex conflict conditions, but they did not succeed in creating a legitimate and solid national structure.

However, Benatzer warns that most international administrations suffer from chronic legitimacy deficits and uncalculated expansions in their tasks.

Mohsen Saleh, director of the Al-Zaytouna Center for Studies and Consultations, emphasizes that all previous transgressions of this kind have failed when they collided with the will of the people.

Regarding the future of the Gaza Strip under the Peace Council proposed by Trump's plan, analysts agree that it remains contingent on the extent to which Palestinian will is respected.

Everyone acknowledges that the international model cannot succeed if local forces are excluded or if the logic of guardianship is repeated.

Saleh states, "The Palestinian people are full of energies and competencies and are capable of managing themselves once the occupation is lifted; they do not need anyone's guardianship."

International law expert Anis Al-Qassem takes a different angle regarding the proposed "Peace Council" in Gaza, stating that it carries the seeds of its failure due to its leadership composition.

Abu Badawieh conditions that the success of any international administration in Gaza remains contingent on a clear mandate, effective and guaranteeing regional support, and the inclusion of Palestinian factions, including the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), in the administration.

Experts conclude that the international "Peace Council" - if approved - will be a temporary measure imposed by the results of a devastating Israeli aggression

Thousands of residents from the city of Kafr Qasim in the Triangle area and members of the Palestinian community in the territories of 1948, including the mayor and members of the Kafr Qasim municipality, the popular committee, leaders from political parties and movements, and several political and community activists, participated this morning, Wednesday, in the annual march commemorating the 69th anniversary of the Kafr Qasim massacre.

Thousands of residents and activists gathered at the Martyrs' Roundabout before the march began and the ceremonies to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Kafr Qasim massacre commenced.

Participants in the march wore black shirts that read "The 69th anniversary of the Kafr Qasim massacre, sixty-nine years and the wound of the massacre still bleeds." Black flags were raised during the march in mourning for the souls of the martyrs, along with pictures of the massacre's victims, and banners inscribed with slogans "No forgetting.. No forgiveness," amidst chants condemning the policies of the Israeli government, and others demanding the government acknowledge the massacre and take responsibility for it.

The march started at 8:30 AM from the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque square to the Martyrs' Monument.

The spokesperson for the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Bessal, announced this morning, Wednesday, that at least 50 Palestinians have been martyred during the past night due to the air and artillery strikes launched by the occupation on various areas of the Strip.

Bessal clarified that the number of victims includes 22 children, in addition to women and the elderly, confirming that medical teams have transported the martyrs to hospitals and medical centers to provide possible first aid.

Bessal stated that the strikes targeted several populated areas, resulting in martyrs and injuries and causing significant damage to homes and public properties.

The spokesperson confirmed that the ongoing bombardment has created a state of terror and panic among the residents, as many have sought refuge in shelters and safer areas to escape the random shelling, while Civil Defense teams continue to work around the clock to deal with the explosions, evacuate the injured, and secure the affected sites.

Bessal accused the occupation of violating the ceasefire agreement, pointing out that this escalation comes at a time when the international community has called for calming the situation and protecting civilians.

He added that the situation in the Gaza Strip is "catastrophic and terrifying," as the infrastructure has been extensively damaged, including roads and public and private buildings, which increases the suffering of civilians and complicates relief and rescue efforts.

Hospitals and medical centers in the Strip are experiencing extreme pressure due to the high number of injuries, as medical staff work under difficult conditions to provide care for the wounded and injured.

The Civil Defense confirmed that the number of injuries is continuously rising due to the ongoing bombardment, while the medical staff faces significant challenges in transporting the injured and securing the necessary medicines and equipment to deal with the humanitarian disaster.

Bessal expressed his discontent with the repeated attacks on residential areas, noting that children, women, and the elderly are the most affected.

He added that Civil Defense teams and paramedics are making great efforts to secure citizens, evacuate affected families, and coordinate rescue operations with local authorities, but the intensity of the strikes and the difficulty of reaching targeted areas increase the difficulty of the mission.

Bessal pointed out that the continuation of the bombardment at a time when a ceasefire is supposed to be in effect places civilians directly in danger and disrupts any efforts to restore stability and open humanitarian corridors.

He confirmed that the Civil Defense is working to document incidents and victims in coordination with human rights organizations to provide a clear picture of the extent of the damage and the catastrophic level that the situation in Gaza has reached.

At the same time, Bessal warned of the worsening humanitarian situation if the escalation continues, emphasizing that the Strip is in urgent need of immediate support from the international community to provide medical and food assistance, ensure the protection of civilians, and provide safe passages to deliver aid to the most affected areas.

This escalation comes at a time when the Strip faces significant challenges regarding infrastructure and basic services, including water and electricity, as the continuous strikes affect the operation of vital facilities and increase the suffering of the population, especially in densely populated areas and hospitals that receive a growing number of injured.

Overall, the martyrdom of at least 50 Palestinians in the past hours reflects a dangerous escalation in violence and confirms the continuation of the occupation's policy of launching air and artillery strikes on the Strip, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis and placing civilians in danger, at a time when international calls for calm and the protection of unarmed populations continue.

Israeli settlers burned two vehicles in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday.

Eyewitnesses said that extremist settlers set fire to the vehicles in the town of Attara, north of Ramallah.

The witnesses mentioned that the settlers wrote anti-Arab slogans in Hebrew on the walls of houses in the town.

According to data from the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Israeli settlers carried out 7,154 attacks against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank throughout the two years of the genocide against Gaza.

These attacks resulted in the deaths of 33 Palestinians and the displacement of 33 Bedouin communities, as well as the establishment of 114 settlement outposts.

The settlers' attacks are part of a broad Israeli escalation in the West Bank, which has resulted in the deaths of 1,062 Palestinians and injuries to about 10,000 others.

Israel began a genocide in Gaza on October 8, 2023, which lasted for two years and resulted in the deaths of 68,531 Palestinians.

The Israeli reserve officer and orientalist, Moshe Elad, stated that U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for the Gaza Strip "will not withstand the test of reality," emphasizing that "there is no hope for its implementation" because Hamas "will not give up its weapons or relinquish control of the strip."

Elad explained in an interview with the newspaper "Ma'ariv" that what is happening in Gaza today reminds him of the expression used by the late Prime Minister Levi Eshkol when he described the failure to implement his decisions as "half tea and half coffee," saying that the current scene "fits this description perfectly."

He added that the United States has established a massive headquarters in Kiryat Gat to monitor the implementation of the plan, noting that the official visits to it are impressive, "but the question is: what is actually being implemented?".

He pointed out that this headquarters is reminiscent of the American floating port that was established on the Gaza coast in 2024 to bypass the Israeli blockade, which collapsed in the first wave after losing $230 million, and the Biden administration faced severe criticism at that time.

He said: "Will Trump's project also be a symbolic display of failure in the face of reality?".

Elad indicated that Trump's plan, called the "Twenty-Point Plan," is "a bold American plan but filled with contradictions," explaining that its authors envisioned Hamas voluntarily withdrawing from the strip after disarming, in a "celebratory" scene of lowering its flag.

After that, Arab and Islamic countries, including Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, Jordan, and the UAE, would take over the management and development of the strip for the benefit of its approximately two million residents.

He added that "the evangelical supporters of Trump in the United States were proud of this vision that imagines a place of fire and destruction turning into a land pulsating with life," but he affirmed that "this plan will not be implemented as Trump and his team envisioned."

Elad clarified that Hamas considers the return of prisoners "a gesture of goodwill towards Trump," and that its gradual implementation of this step will enhance its position with the intermediary countries, and may even guarantee its participation in the next government.

He noted that all parties in the Middle East, such as Hamas, Arab countries, and the United States, understand the American plan in different ways.

He pointed out that the first phase of the agreement saw the return of 20 living prisoners to Israel, but the process was slow and marked by deliberate procrastination.

Hamas, supported by Turkey and Qatar, claimed that it "is not violating the agreement and is making its effort," yet American anger exceeded the organization itself.

Elad stated that Hamas is betting on the support of its sponsors in Turkey and Qatar, who are close to the Muslim Brotherhood, so as not to succumb to American or Israeli dictates.

He explained that "the movement seeks to buy time to regain its strength and control over the strip again, and it will return the dead prisoners very slowly."

He added that "it is clear that Hamas refuses to implement the second part of the agreement, related to the demobilization of fighters and the transfer of control over the Gaza Strip, as this item does not appear on its agenda at all."

He also clarified that the United States, despite being the leader of the world, "deters Israel and the Arab countries but does not deter Hamas," pointing out that "Trump's repeated threats to open the gates of hell no longer scare anyone," according to him.

Elad affirmed that "the last thing left in Trump's hands is to expel Hamas leaders from Qatar and Turkey, and that alone is what truly scares them."

He explained that Hamas is taking advantage of the current period of anticipation to reorganize its ranks within the strip, in preparation for the possibility of being forcibly removed, adding that "any confrontation between Hamas and an Arab peace force would be expected."

He recalled that "the United States is considered a historical enemy of Hamas," referring to the incident in 2003 when three American diplomats were killed in Gaza at the invitation of the Palestinian Authority.

The Israeli orientalist concluded his remarks by saying: "Someone needs to tell Trump: You are late. Hamas was supposed to have withdrawn from the strip by now, and the peace government should start reconstruction. What is happening in Gaza will not be resolved by establishing luxurious headquarters or by empty threats, but only by force, and it must happen now."

Israeli occupation forces forced shop owners in the town of Hawara, south of Nablus, to close their doors today, Wednesday.

Rana Abu Haniya, head of the Public Relations Department in the municipality of Hawara, stated that the occupation forces compelled shop owners located on the outskirts of the main street to shut their doors under the threat of weapons, following a raid on several homes in the town.

She added that the town of Hawara has been suffering from a suffocating siege imposed by the occupation forces since February 2023, in addition to assaults by settlers, repeated attacks, and the installation of more iron gates within the town.

U.S. President Donald Trump commented today, Wednesday, on the intense Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the martyrdom of at least 63 Palestinians, believing that the ceasefire agreement is not in danger.

Trump said in remarks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to South Korea: "The U.S.-backed ceasefire is not in danger, and nothing will threaten the ceasefire in Gaza."

He continued, saying: "They killed an Israeli soldier, and therefore the Israelis responded, and they had to respond. When that happens, they must respond."

The U.S. president reiterated his threat to Hamas, stating: "If we have to, we will remove Hamas from the equation, and that will be the end of it. We prefer not to do that, because we made an agreement with them that they are supposed to behave well under, and they must behave well. If they do not behave well, they will disappear," as he put it.

On Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, at least 63 Palestinians were martyred, including 24 children, and others were injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting various areas in the Gaza Strip, as part of the escalating violations by the occupation of the ceasefire agreement.

On Tuesday evening, the official Hebrew broadcasting authority claimed that "gunmen (whose identities were not specified) fired anti-tank missiles and sniper fire" at Israeli soldiers in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, while the Hebrew newspaper "Maariv" claimed that the last hours witnessed intense exchanges of fire between the Israeli occupation army and elements of the "Hamas" movement in the Al-Janine neighborhood east of Rafah.

Later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered, according to a statement from his office, the army to launch "strong attacks immediately on the Gaza Strip," while Hamas denied in a statement any connection to the gunfire in Rafah, affirming its commitment to the ceasefire agreement, and that the Israeli bombardment is a blatant violation of the agreement, and "confirms the insistence on violating the terms of the agreement and attempting to undermine it."

They called on the mediators guaranteeing the agreement to "take immediate action to pressure the occupation, curb its brutal escalation against civilians in the Gaza Strip, stop its serious violations of the ceasefire agreement, and hold it accountable to all its terms."

On October 10, Hamas and the Israeli occupation reached a prisoner exchange and ceasefire agreement, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, and sponsored by U.S. President Donald Trump as part of a multi-phase plan.

Since that date until Tuesday before the airstrikes on Tuesday evening, the occupation army committed 125 violations of the agreement, resulting in the martyrdom of 94 Palestinians, the injury of 344 others, and the arrest of 21, according to the government media office in Gaza.

The Israeli genocide war, supported by the U.S., since October 8, 2023, has resulted in 68,531 Palestinian martyrs and 170,402 wounded, most of them children and women, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about $70 billion.

Israeli occupation forces detained 44 citizens today, Wednesday, during their incursion into the Dheisheh camp south of Bethlehem.

A security source reported that the occupation forces stormed the camp early this morning, raiding a large number of citizens' homes, and detained dozens of residents inside for long hours, where they were interrogated on-site before being released later.

The source added that the incursion was accompanied by a heavy presence of soldiers in the camp's alleys, amid intense tension between the residents and the invading forces.

In the same context, the occupation forces stormed the Aida camp north of Bethlehem and the city of Doha to its west, with no reports of arrests or injuries so far.