In disasters and wars, relief and aid operations are not subject to blackmail, bargaining, and the labyrinths and corridors of negotiations. The afflicted view aid centers as safe havens for them, but in the Gaza Strip, this is not the case. They have become traps for the hungry and a shooting range for snipers from the mercenary soldiers, who were brought in by the United States to manage what it called the “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.” Visual evidence has shown that this institution is far from humanity and closer to being a brigade of killing and destruction, undertaking the mission of starvation and setting food traps to lure the hungry and blackmail them in their stomach pain to execute them before they can receive what will sustain them and their children.

The United States bears full responsibility for the daily killing of the hungry. It is the only country capable of neutralizing aid from bargaining chips by leaving the matter to experienced agencies like UNRWA, which reaches out to the hungry, rather than those who come to it on a dangerous, forced journey, exposed to the pack of wolves that lurk around them.

In response to the shooting of the hungry people yesterday, the Israeli army spokesman blamed the victims, claiming that they posed a threat to the forces equipped with the latest weapons. This justification is even more abhorrent than the deliberate killing of dozens of hungry people. How can hungry people, exhausted from the long walk and extreme thirst, in an area exposed to drones swarming over them like insects, pose a threat? If there are armed men among the hungry people, they are certainly collaborators with Hamas, and they have nothing to do with them, as the drones that monitored them yesterday did not engage with them. This confirms that the scene was prepared in advance to be marketed to the world in a manner contrary to the truth, and to justify the killing of more people crawling on their stomachs in centers run by those who lack the most basic human feelings, who oppose values and morals, and who violate international norms and laws.

The US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announced Tuesday evening that its aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip will close on Wednesday for "renovation and reorganization" aimed at improving operational efficiency.

The foundation confirmed in a post on its Facebook page that distribution operations will resume on Thursday.

The US Aid Fund announced, following an update from the Israeli military, that it will not distribute aid in the Gaza Strip today.

A spokesperson for the fund explained that distribution was temporarily halted due to talks with the Israeli military aimed at strengthening security measures around food distribution sites in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army's Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Edraee, had previously announced that aid distribution centers would not open today due to "renovation, organization, and efficiency improvements," he claimed.

The Israeli military announced that these distribution centers would remain temporarily closed, warning in a post on the X platform that the roads leading to them would be "combat zones," and that movement on them would be prohibited on Wednesday.

This comes amid the ongoing partial Israeli blockade of Gaza, two months after a comprehensive siege that has deprived residents of essential humanitarian aid.

For years, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) was responsible for distributing aid in Gaza, but Israel accused the agency of providing cover for Hamas and alleged that some of its employees were involved in the October 2023 attack on Israel, leading to a major escalation in tensions.

In fact, humanitarian aid centers in Gaza, which are supposed to be safe havens for civilians, have become sites that threaten the lives of displaced people.

The Israeli military has repeatedly targeted civilians as they travel to these centers, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries among displaced people seeking aid and food.

These ongoing attacks have demonstrated how distribution centers have transformed from points of hope into death traps, exacerbating the suffering of the population amid already dire humanitarian conditions.

The United Nations and other international organizations refuse to work with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation due to serious concerns about its transparency and impartiality, particularly given its apparent support from the United States and Israel, and suspicions about its connection to Israeli military targets.

All of this deepens the humanitarian crisis in the Strip and increases the suffering of civilians who patiently await the arrival of aid, for whom life itself is almost like a dream.

Twenty civilians were killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the Strip since dawn today.

In Khan Yunis, 10 civilians, including children, were killed and others injured on Wednesday after an Israeli drone bombed a tent inside a school housing displaced people.

In the same context, Israeli tanks fired at civilian homes in the Qizan al-Najjar area, south of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupation also bombed areas northeastern Gaza City.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation forces have launched an aggression against the Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of 54,510 civilians, the majority of whom were children and women, and the injury of 124,901 others. This is a preliminary toll, with a number of victims still under the rubble and on the streets, unable to be reached by ambulances and rescue teams.

Settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles on Tuesday evening near the village of Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus.

According to local sources, a number of citizens' vehicles were damaged by stones thrown by settlers at the intersection of the "Eli" settlement, built on citizens' land south of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, while the occupation forces closed the main Ramallah-Nablus road that passes through the village.

An Israeli soldier was killed and two others were injured on Tuesday during clashes between the resistance and the occupation army in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City, a day after three Israeli soldiers were killed in Jabalia.

Israeli news websites reported that a Hamas drone threw a grenade at soldiers in Shuja'iyya, amid ongoing violent clashes.

It noted that military helicopters had landed at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv and Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, after announcing earlier that helicopters were on their way to evacuate wounded soldiers from the Gaza Strip.

She pointed out that "the Air Force is providing air cover for the army" in the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood.

Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, Mohammed Qreiqeh, reported that clashes broke out in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood, confirming that Israeli helicopters were flying over the area, while Israeli artillery shelling targeted the Shuja'iyya neighborhood and the eastern areas of Gaza City.

Al Jazeera's correspondent in Palestine, Elias Karam, said the Israeli army is imposing a severe media blackout on the new security incident, citing information indicating that a Palestinian drone threw a bomb at an Israeli military force.

Later, Israeli news websites confirmed that a Hamas drone had dropped a bomb on soldiers in Shuja'iyya, amid ongoing violent clashes.

According to Karam, 15 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 56 others injured since Israel resumed its war on the Gaza Strip on March 18.

These developments on the ground come just hours after the Israeli army announced the deaths of three soldiers during Monday's fighting in the northern Gaza Strip.

Regarding this incident, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority quoted an investigation into the killing of three soldiers in Jabalia, stating that "there are active tunnels in destroyed buildings that the army has deemed cleared."

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on Monday that its fighters had engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli occupation forces at point-blank range east of Jabalia camp, noting that Israeli soldiers had been killed and wounded.

Earlier this month, Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said he had instructed his forces to expand the scope of the military operation to include additional areas in the northern and southern Gaza Strip.

According to official data, the number of Israeli army casualties since the start of the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, has reached 861, including 416 since the start of the Israeli ground military operation at the end of the same month.

The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed that Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer held a phone call with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, as part of the intensive efforts being made by international mediation to advance negotiations on a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas.

The newspaper explained that Dermer initiated the call in response to pressure from Mossad chief David Barnea (known as "Wittkov"), who is seeking to break the deadlock in the negotiations through direct contact with Qatar, which is playing a pivotal role in the mediation.

Yedioth Ahronoth confirmed that intensive talks are still ongoing, noting that Witkoff continues to pressure Hamas, with the support of mediators, to present a new response closer to the Israeli proposal and serve as a basis for moving to more in-depth negotiations in Doha.

These moves come amid ongoing international efforts to bring the parties together, amid ongoing escalation on the ground in the Gaza Strip and ongoing stumbling blocks in reaching a final agreement on the prisoner exchange deal.

In the same context, Channel 12 reported that Hamas is working on a new response to Witkoff's proposal, indicating that Hamas will change its demands at the request of the Qataris and Egyptians.

A US- and Israeli-backed initiative to feed starving Gazans has struggled during its first week of operations, with the resignation of two top executives, accusations that the Israeli military opened fire on crowds of civilians rushing to receive aid parcels, and the continued refusal of the UN and humanitarian partners to join the effort.

On Friday, a leading American management consulting firm, hired last fall to help design the program and manage its business operations, withdrew its field team from Tel Aviv. A spokesperson for the firm, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), stated that it had terminated its contract with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and placed a senior partner leading the project on leave pending an internal review.

The Washington Post quoted three people with close ties to both the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the Boston Consulting Group, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter, as saying that it would be difficult for the organization to continue operating without the consultants who helped establish it. In addition to helping develop the initiative in close coordination with Israel, BCG set the wages and equipment for the group of contractors who built four distribution centers in southern Gaza to deliver aid.

A Boston Consulting Group (BCG) spokesperson stated that the company provided "pro bono" support to the humanitarian operation and would not charge for any of the work it performed on behalf of the organization. Another person familiar with its operations contradicted the company's account, saying that BCG submitted monthly invoices in excess of $1 million.

The foundation reported in an email Tuesday morning that it had distributed more than 7 million meals in its first eight days of operations. John Acree, who was appointed interim director of the World Health Foundation last week, wrote, "This demonstrates that our model is effective and efficient in delivering life-saving assistance to the people of Gaza under emergency conditions."

Since the outbreak of war in Gaza following a Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the delivery of life-saving humanitarian aid to the Strip's more than two million residents has been sporadic and woefully inadequate. Israel, which maintains a tight grip on humanitarian access through its border crossings, has accused Hamas—without evidence—of diverting a significant portion of the aid previously provided by the United Nations and other relief organizations.

The architects of the Global Relief Fund plan, including the Israeli government, private sector entrepreneurs, consultants, and some humanitarian actors, stated that the new aid mechanism was designed to protect against looting and appropriation by the armed group. Armed American contractors have been hired to secure aid convoys and supervise distribution centers.

The distribution began after an 11-week blockade, during which Israel prevented any aid from entering Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government announced plans to transfer nearly all of Gaza's residents to the southern part of the 141-square-mile strip, while launching a new offensive in the north to eliminate the remaining Hamas fighters. So far, more than 54,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks in the 19-month war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which makes no distinction between civilians and combatants.

Three of the four distribution centers in the south are now operating, typically for only a few hours in the morning until the day's packaged food supplies run out. No violence has been reported inside the distribution centers themselves, although health workers in Gaza reported dozens of people wounded by gunfire nearby.

Israeli security sources expressed fear that Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip could fall into the hands of parties with whom negotiations are difficult if Hamas collapses, according to Hebrew media on Tuesday.

Yedioth Ahronoth quoted unnamed sources as saying they expressed to the prisoners' families their fear that if Hamas collapses, their relatives could fall into the hands of other parties with whom negotiations are difficult.

Tel Aviv estimates that there are 58 Israeli prisoners in Gaza, 20 of whom are still alive. Meanwhile, more than 10,100 Palestinians are languishing in its prisons, suffering torture, starvation, and medical neglect, many of whom have died, according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights and media reports.

The sources added: "Given the chaotic situation in the Gaza Strip, there are fears that the prisoners will be handed over to 'armed militias' or other parties."

She expressed her fear that "elements within the Hamas leadership might decide to secede from the movement and take the hostages with them as bargaining chips in the future," she claimed.

She continued, "In this case, it will be difficult to conduct negotiations, as Israel will be forced to speak with multiple different parties, not just one."

Hamas has repeatedly affirmed its commitment to preserving the lives of prisoners, despite Israel's indiscriminate, bloody bombardment and systematic starvation of some 2.4 million Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Israeli security sources believe this potential scenario requires "we push for an agreement on the hostages today before it's too late."

Hamas has repeatedly declared its willingness to release Israeli prisoners "in one batch" in exchange for an end to the war of extermination, the withdrawal of the Israeli army from Gaza, and the release of Palestinian prisoners.

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, is evading the agreement by proposing new conditions, including the disarmament of Palestinian factions, and is currently insisting on reoccupying Gaza.

The Israeli opposition and prisoners' families assert that Netanyahu is continuing the war in deference to the more extreme right-wing faction within his government, to advance his personal political interests, particularly his continued hold on power.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a war of genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.

The genocide, backed by the United States, left more than 179,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that killed many, including children.

For decades, Israel has occupied territories in Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, and refuses to withdraw from them and establish an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, along the pre-1967 borders.

A number of citizens were killed and others injured on Tuesday evening, as a result of the occupation's bombing of several areas in the Gaza Strip.

According to local sources, citing medical sources, four martyrs were transferred to Nasser Medical Complex after being bombed by Israeli aircraft in the Jouret al-Lut area, south of Khan Yunis.

Three citizens were killed and others were injured when an Israeli drone bombed a group of citizens on Abu Areif Street in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. Citizen Muhammad Ismail al-Harazin and his child were also killed when the Israeli occupation targeted a mobile phone charging point near al-Fadhila Mosque in al-Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Israeli occupation forces opened fire in the vicinity of Mount Surani, east of the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, and Israeli artillery targeted areas east of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation forces have launched an aggression against the Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of 54,510 civilians, the majority of whom were children and women, and the injury of 124,901 others. This is a preliminary toll, with a number of victims still under the rubble and on the streets, unable to be reached by ambulances and rescue teams.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Tuesday evening that Israel is paying a heavy price for the war in the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu mourned three soldiers killed in fighting in northern Gaza yesterday.

Netanyahu said, as translated by Sada News, "We are making measured progress to prevent the deaths of our soldiers or limit them as much as possible, but unfortunately, there are no free wars, and the price you pay, and the price the people of Israel pay, is heavy and sometimes seems unbearable."

Netanyahu emphasized that Israel will achieve all of its goals, without exception: completely defeating Hamas, destroying its capabilities, and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said that the attacks launched by the Israeli occupation forces against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip constitute a violation of international law and amount to war crimes.

This came in a statement issued by Turk on Tuesday, in which he addressed the civilians subjected to Israeli attacks while at humanitarian aid distribution centers in Gaza.

Turk described the attacks as "inhumane acts," stressing the need for an impartial and urgent investigation and for those responsible to be held accountable.

He stressed that Palestinians are forced to choose between "dying of hunger" or "dying by bombs while trying to obtain food."

In this context, the UN official stressed that Israel is violating international standards regarding the distribution of humanitarian aid.

He pointed out that Israel's intentional obstruction of civilians' access to food and other vital supplies could constitute a war crime.

By deliberately starving Gaza, paving the way for forced displacement, Israel has pushed 2.4 million Palestinians into starvation by closing the crossings for more than 90 days to humanitarian aid, particularly food, according to the government media office in the enclave.

For its part, the Israeli army admitted to shooting at Palestinians near an aid distribution center in the Al-Alam area of Rafah, claiming there was "suspicious activity" toward its forces.

The "aid" is being distributed in so-called "buffer zones" amid growing signs that this plan is failing. Distribution operations have been repeatedly interrupted in recent days due to the influx of large numbers of hungry people, prompting Israeli forces to open fire, leaving civilians dead and wounded.

The amounts of aid distributed are described as "very scarce" and do not meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of hungry people in the Strip.

The distribution process is carried out according to a mechanism described by human rights and international organizations as "humiliating and degrading," with those in need forced to pass through iron cages enclosed in barbed wire, a scene observers have likened to the practices of the Nazi ghettos in Europe during World War II.

The dismissals of pro-Israel figures in the White House have raised serious concerns in Tel Aviv and heightened anxiety about the growing isolationist trend within the US administration, which operates according to an "America First" agenda. Israel fears this will diminish its influence over US foreign policy.

Israeli sources told Ynet, a website affiliated with the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, that there is growing Israeli concern about changes within the US administration, following the dismissal of officials considered "very pro-Israel."

This comes amid disagreements between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a potential attack on Iran, as well as the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

According to the Israeli report, two of the officials removed from their positions are Merav Sirin (an American-Israeli citizen who was recently appointed head of the Iran and Israel office at the National Security Council) and Eric Trager (head of the Middle East and North Africa office). Both were appointed by former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, also known for his strong support for Israel, who was also recently removed from his position.

Ynet reported that the person responsible for firing Serrin and Traeger is Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who replaced Waltz in the position.

In addition, Morgan Ortagus (Steve Witkoff's deputy envoy and the administration's point person on Lebanon) is expected to leave her position soon, and not of her own volition. Ortagus, a convert to Judaism who proudly wears a Star of David necklace around her neck, is one of the administration's most ardent supporters of Israel. According to Ynet, she did an excellent job negotiating a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, convincing the government in Beirut to take a firm stance against Hezbollah, and emphasizing the need to disarm Palestinian refugee camps.

Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Ortagus's imminent move has caused alarm among Israeli officials involved in US affairs, considering it sympathetic and closely aligned with the policies of the Jewish state.

There is controversy in Israel about the shift taking place in the US administration.

Informed sources did not rule out the possibility of dismissing more "pro-Israel" figures. These sources told Yedioth Ahronoth that everything in the Trump administration happens "in real time," so it cannot be ruled out.

The sources continued, noting that the dismissal of these senior officials did not come out of nowhere; rather, it is part of the rift between Israel and the Trump administration, with the Americans apparently choosing this policy based on their own considerations.

However, other Israeli sources said that the transfer of the three officials from their positions came within the framework of President Trump's "America First" agenda, and not necessarily against Israel specifically, but rather against the influence of any country. According to these sources, Traeger and Seren were not dismissed because of their pro-Israel positions, but rather as part of Trump's effort to weaken the National Security Council and concentrate the management of US foreign policy in his hands. For this reason, Trump did not appoint a replacement for Waltz (he was transferred as US Ambassador to the United Nations), and the position remained with Secretary of State Rubio.

It is estimated in Israel that the current moves are being led by Trump's son, Donald Jr., and Vice President J.D. Vance.

Concern in Israel about a shift in the US administration's positions did not arise with these moves. The same Ynet website had previously published a report on statements made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in closed discussions with his close friend, Secretary of State Ron Dermer, in which he sharply criticized him for failing to anticipate the direction the United States was taking regarding Israel and the Middle East.

Senior government officials stated that Netanyahu did not hide his disappointment with Dermer. They added, "Dermer did not realize what was happening; he was deceived. He was confident that the United States would not stand against us." They added, "Dermer did not anticipate the change in the United States' position toward Israel. Until now, Dermer believed that the United States would continue to support Israel, would not stand against us, and that there would be coordination. But the truth is that Dermer has lost his way."

According to senior government officials, Netanyahu is deeply concerned about the changes in the United States and the influence of the "isolationist" movement, which is spreading doubt about Israel and whispering to Trump that the Jewish state wants to drag the United States into war. They added, "This is the new United States, and this is very worrying to Netanyahu."

The Government Media Office in Gaza reported that Israeli occupation forces committed a new massacre on Tuesday near a distribution center for so-called "American-Israeli aid" in Rafah Governorate, killing 27 starving civilians and wounding more than 90 others with varying degrees of severity. This is the latest in a series of systematic attacks on what it describes as "mass death traps."

According to the statement, the death toll from these centers since they began operating in the Rafah and Wadi Gaza Bridge areas on May 27 has risen to 102 martyrs and 490 wounded, in what the office described as a "suspicious project run under the supervision of the occupation and promoted under a false humanitarian guise."

The office noted that these centers are located in exposed, red zones under the control of the occupation, and are managed by the occupation and an American security company. This, according to the statement, makes them direct targets for the deliberate killing of civilians starving due to the siege and famine. Residents are lured to obtain food, then shot in cold blood.

The statement stressed that these crimes are being committed without any independent humanitarian oversight, and constitute a flagrant violation of international law and crimes against humanity that amount to genocide under the 1948 Convention.

The media office held the Israeli occupation and the US administration fully and directly responsible for these massacres, accusing them of using "food as a weapon of war" as part of what it described as an "ongoing war of extermination" against the residents of the Gaza Strip.

The statement called on the United Nations, the Security Council, and human rights organizations to take urgent action to halt these violations and ensure the delivery of aid through official crossings under the supervision of neutral international institutions, away from the "lethal aid" model imposed by the occupation.

He also called for the formation of an independent international investigation committee to document these crimes and bring those responsible to justice before international courts, warning that continued international silence gives the occupation a green light to perpetrate further massacres.

Concluding its statement, the office affirmed its categorical rejection of the so-called "buffer zones" and "humanitarian corridors" established by the occupation, noting that they have turned into "bloody traps" in which civilians are killed daily. It considered the continuation of these crimes a stain on humanity, calling on the international community to end its complicity and silence.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Tuesday that the death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 54,510 dead and 124,901 injuries since October 7, 2023.

The ministry confirmed in its daily statement that 40 martyrs (including one who was recovered) and 208 injuries had arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals in the past 24 hours.

It pointed out that a number of victims are still under the rubble and on the streets, and that ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them.

It pointed out that the death toll and injuries since March 18, 2025 amounted to (4,240 martyrs and 12,860 injuries).

The results of a field survey conducted by the Ministry of National Economy on the impact of systematic Israeli attacks and violations on the Palestinian economy revealed the extent of the economic deterioration in the governorates of Jenin, Tulkarm, Nablus, and Tubas, which are witnessing repeated incursions and raids.

The survey comes at a time when the Palestinian economy is shrinking by 28%, amidst the genocide perpetrated by the occupation authorities against our people since October 2023, the systematic destruction of the economic infrastructure, and the installation of more than 1,000 military checkpoints and barriers in the West Bank, according to data from the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.

The survey was conducted during the first quarter of this year, compared to its counterparts in 2023 and 2024. It included a sample of 523 economic establishments in these governorates, representing various production and service sectors. The data results showed that:

52.6% of establishments ceased operations, either permanently or temporarily. The highest percentage was in Jenin Governorate, at 83.1%, followed by Tulkarm Governorate, at 82.9%, Tubas Governorate, at 23.1%, and Nablus Governorate, at 12.3%.

18.7% of establishments suffered direct material damage as a result of attacks by the occupation and settlers, causing direct damage to one of their fixed assets or owned goods.

87.4% of establishments are operating below their usual production capacity, due to movement restrictions, supply disruptions, and loss of local markets, with the average decline in production capacity reaching 58.4%.

92% of establishments reported a decline in monthly revenue, with an average decline of 58% compared to the same period last year.

There was a 16.2% decrease in the number of workers in the establishments covered by the survey, particularly in Tubas Governorate by 38.5%, and in Jenin Governorate by 34%.

The survey shows that small and micro enterprises were the most affected, due to their limited financial or logistical resilience. Seventy-four percent of these business owners reported difficulties in sourcing raw materials, and 62% faced significant delays in delivering products to markets.

The survey results revealed that women-owned businesses were among the most affected groups, with 80% of women reporting a significant decline in sales volume, and more than 60% reporting a partial or complete shutdown of operations.

98.3% of economic establishments reported that one of the reasons for their declining performance was the repeated and ongoing Israeli incursions, while 93.3% of establishments indicated that the decline in purchasing activity by citizens was also a reason for their declining economic performance.

85.9% of businesses reported difficulties in moving and distributing goods between governorates, particularly due to military checkpoints. Meanwhile, 77.8% of businesses indicated that the inability of Palestinians from the 1948 territories to reach the northern West Bank governorates was one of the reasons for their sales decline.

A report released Tuesday indicated that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police opened an investigation early last year into suspected crimes against humanity committed during the war on Gaza. This has raised concerns among the Jewish community and Israeli citizens in Canada, as this is the first time Canada has conducted such an official investigation.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) calls these types of investigations "structural investigations," which fall under the Canada Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Prosecution Program (CAHWCP), a joint effort between the RCMP, the Department of Justice, the Canada Border Services Agency, and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, according to a report published by the Toronto Star news site.

This investigation concerns Canadian citizens suspected of involvement in crimes against humanity during the war on Gaza, as part of their service in the Israeli military. The investigation is likely to include gathering evidence, exchanging information with international authorities, and filing indictments in Canadian courts.

Canadian police have not previously announced an investigation into "crimes related to the conflict between Israel and Hamas," unlike their widely publicized investigation into war crimes committed in the Russia-Ukraine war.

In this context, the Ynet website pointed out today that there are many Canadian citizens who are described as lone soldiers, meaning they are in Israel alone and without their families. There are also Israeli citizens living in Canada who came to Israel during the war for military service and later returned to Canada.

The Canadian Ministry of Justice says the CAHWCP "aims to prevent safe haven for war criminals and to work towards accountability and enforcement of these crimes."

Israel considers the Canadian investigation against its soldiers an escalation of the crisis in relations between the two countries. Canada condemned, in a joint statement with Britain and France last month, "the expansion of Israeli military operations in Gaza," threatening to impose "specific sanctions" on Israel. The statement also called on Hamas to release the remaining Israeli prisoners. Last week, Canada urged Israel to abandon its plans to build 22 new settlements in the West Bank, asserting that this would be illegal.

Ynet reported that there are widespread fears among the Jewish and Israeli communities in Canada of arrests or summonses for investigation against those who served in the Israeli army during the war. Ynet quoted a Jewish community official as saying, "The feeling is that we are facing a flare-up."

An Israeli living in Canada wrote in a WhatsApp group for Israelis there, "We are very close to making arrests for 'war crimes.' Young Canadians who were or are still in the army will be tried upon their return to Canada. This is very serious, guys. There are lawyers who are already concerned about this. But they are not investigating the Gazans who came here."

Another Israeli described the Canadian investigation as "the height of anti-Semitism," while a third Israeli in the WhatsApp group noted that it "makes Israelis reconsider whether to send their children to serve in the country as individual soldiers. Canada is becoming more hostile toward us every day," Ynet reported.

Minister Mu'ayyad Shaaban, head of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, said, "The Israeli occupation forces and settlers carried out a total of 1,691 attacks during May, in a continuation of the occupation state's ongoing terrorism against the Palestinian people, their lands, and their property."

In the commission's monthly report, "Occupation Violations and Colonial Expansion Measures," Shaaban explained that the occupation army carried out 1,276 attacks, while settlers carried out 415. The total number of attacks was concentrated in the governorates of Ramallah with 283 attacks, Hebron with 271, and Nablus with 265.

He pointed out that the attacks ranged from armed attacks on Palestinian villages, to imposing facts on the ground, field executions, the destruction and bulldozing of land, the uprooting of trees, the seizure of property, and closures and barriers that sever the Palestinian geography.

Every now and then, papers and articles are published revealing the positions of the extreme Israeli right, which drives the current government of Benjamin Netanyahu. These articles can be seen as testimony to the path the aggressive war against Gaza is currently taking. This path is relevant only to the contexts that concern this extreme right, which does not believe the war is dying or that it is facing an intractable crisis.

To illustrate what we mean, we will briefly present, first, the latest writings by Settlement Affairs Minister Orit Strook of the Religious Zionism Party on the far-right Channel 7 website three days ago, in which she emphasized that Israel must avoid making “two mistakes” at the present time regarding the course of the war against Gaza (May 30, 2025):

The first mistake was to back down from what it called the “humanitarian separation plan,” which relies on a policy of starvation and aims to prevent any humanitarian aid from reaching Hamas. This, in its view, would fundamentally harm the declared objectives of the war, given that “Hamas cannot be eliminated militarily, civilly, and politically and forced to return the kidnapped soldiers when it has the opportunity to receive, hoard, and trade in such quantities of aid, and to control the population through it.”

The second mistake was withdrawing from the territories occupied by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. In her reading, it is not only for the sake of the Israeli prisoners that we must not withdraw from the territories occupied by the army, but also for the sake of the soldiers sent to Gaza, who pay with their lives for such withdrawals. She is referring to the deaths of Israeli soldiers due to explosive devices planted in areas previously occupied by the army, and then withdrawn as part of a deal, which allowed Hamas to return and plant explosive devices again.

These extreme, hostile positions are not limited to the religious Zionist movement, which is described in most Israeli discourse as standing to the right of the ruling Likud party. Rather, they extend beyond it, as is evident, for example, in a new policy paper recently issued by the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, which expresses the positions of the ruling new Israeli right. Titled "There Are No Good People in Gaza," the paper was written by researchers from the institute and two reserve officers, Brigadier General Erez Weiner and Colonel Professor Gabi Siboni. It began with the following words:

During World War II, in the midst of brutal Nazi Germany, a few individuals chose to perform an extraordinary act of humanity, risking their lives to save persecuted Jews. According to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial Museum, 659 German citizens were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations for their assistance to Jews, despite the fact that they put themselves, and sometimes their family members, in real danger of death. Their actions were an act of rebellion against a violent totalitarian regime, and in many cases, they were not motivated by a desire for reward but rather by a moral imperative, a sense of compassion, and a commitment to universal values of justice. These were not the actions of the masses, but rather individual choices within a society that had become apathetic or complicit in the regime's crimes. But when considering the ongoing reality in the Gaza Strip, in the shadow of the "Iron Swords" war that has been raging since October 7, 2023, painful conclusions emerge: Not a single "righteous among the nations" has been found in Gaza, not a single individual who stood up for human decency in the face of Hamas' actions, not a single person who provided information, not a single person who attempted to help rescue the Israelis kidnapped on October 7.

The paper literally stated: “We are facing an unprecedented reality in societies subject to the rule of ‘terrorism.’ While thousands of people helped Jews in Europe in the 1940s, in Gaza, under the rule of Hamas, not a single person has yet chosen a moral and humanitarian stance. The absence of such actions is not due solely to fear or coercion, but rather reflects a profound social and cultural phenomenon, in which the entire society has collectively become a partner in the cycle of violence and hatred, or has in fact accepted and coexisted with it.”

This paper concludes with several conclusions, the most important of which are the following:

First, the lack of "good" people in Gaza is not a coincidence. Rather, it reflects a society that has collectively chosen to view violence and "terrorism" as a legitimate means of achieving its national goals. Even those who do not actively participate in violence or "terrorism," and may question the effectiveness of Hamas's actions on October 7, do not stand against it.

Second, in order to change this reality, Israel must adopt a new approach—operationally, demographically, and strategically. Even if Hamas's leaders are exiled and the movement disintegrates, what the paper describes as a "collective consciousness in Gaza" is capable of producing new organizations that will continue the path of "terrorism." Therefore, the way to break the cycle of "terrorism" in the Strip is to encourage the migration of the population, in line with US President Donald Trump's vision, and to dismantle all existing terrorist infrastructure.

Third, for those who choose to remain, UNRWA activities among them must be banned and a new educational system must be established.

Fourth, this is what a realistic and sober understanding of the reality in Gaza should be, an understanding that considers all of Gaza a base for "terrorism." Israel will not be able to live in security under this condition.

There is no doubt that this paper constitutes a good example of the positions that fuel the Israeli far-right's approach to the Gaza Strip and the war Israel is waging against it. These positions are of great interest and must be continuously highlighted as a translation, in and through which this right reveals its path specifically and interpretively.

The genocidal government in Tel Aviv views the continuation of the war as a gateway to pursuing plans for internment and starvation camps, a prelude to mass transfer, and a political refuge for its continued rule. With Washington's obstruction of international legal tools and frameworks, it pays little attention to shifting international positions, which can no longer remain silent regarding the ongoing genocide and unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in modern times. This government has also proven indifferent to the issue of Israeli detainees as a means to stop the war.

On the other hand, the resistance movements, especially Hamas, which is leading the confrontation and negotiations to end the war, cannot accept proposals presented to them that do not stipulate, or at least do not guarantee, a ceasefire. They are aware of the intentions and plans of the Tel Aviv government, which violated the January agreement by refusing to move to its second phase, which involves negotiations for a permanent ceasefire.

Hamas chose to respond positively to Witkoff's paper, which was laden with observations and details, all of which were correct. As expected, Netanyahu viewed it as a rejection of the proposal, which had been designed by his minister, Dermer, during his recent visit to Washington. However, Netanyahu did not formally accept the proposal until Hamas responded. Witkoff considered Hamas's response completely unacceptable, adding that the war could not be stopped without resolving the issue of Hamas relinquishing power and disarming it.

Netanyahu, who returned to negotiations under pressure from the Trump administration, imposed the equation of negotiating under rolling fire, known as "Gideon's Chariots." With this, he is setting the stage for crowding people in, allowing them to be displaced under the pressure of starvation. He is also pursuing negotiations to force the resistance to surrender, seeking to uproot it, as he constantly repeats. This is not only by disarming it, but also by forcing the Palestinian people to accept the fait accompli that will enable them to declare victory.

Meanwhile, amidst the roar of artillery in Gaza, plans for annexation, settlement, and Judaization continue on a large scale across the West Bank, including Jerusalem, in accordance with what has become known as the "decisive plan." Terrorist settler militias are being unleashed, armed and organized by official decisions of the occupation government, while the Palestinian, Arab, and international response has not gone beyond issuing statements of condemnation and denunciation.

Faced with this dilemma in all its dimensions, the most dangerous of which is the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the threat of subsequent displacement from it and the West Bank, national responsibility requires the exercise of reason without abandoning the Palestinian people's demands to halt the genocide, fully withdraw from the Gaza Strip, expand humanitarian aid to its people, begin providing shelter, provide hope for the possibility of thwarting displacement plans, and embark on reconstruction. The question is: How can we move toward this?

Perhaps, and it is still possible, as part of its positive response to Witkoff's risky and cautionary paper, Hamas should have included in its response that, in the absence of any guarantees, and given the clarity of Netanyahu's objectives in negotiating with it regarding how to uproot it, and to affirm the seriousness of its declared positions, that, based on its commitment to reunifying the two parts of the homeland, and the requirement for this to entail relinquishing control of the Gaza Strip, it would hand over the Gaza Strip file, with all its components and future, as an integral part of the national entity, to an independent, trustworthy, and empowered national unity government to complete the negotiations in a manner that guarantees the fulfillment of the demands of the national consensus. With the exception of Netanyahu, this position would not be opposed by anyone, especially since it presents a national and realistic vision for what has become known as "the day after."

This is in addition to the fact that such a transitional government's top priority, in addition to stopping the war, will be confronting the annexation plans in the West Bank, based on national consensus and popular confidence that will enable it to address the world, not only to stop the war, rebuild the Gaza Strip, prevent displacement, and confront settlement and settlement terrorism, but also to capitalize on the shifts in international positions towards ending the occupation and determining the fate of our people on their homeland; so that the enormous sacrifices made by our people are not blown away by the strong winds, as we are no longer able, without restoring our unity and unifying our positions, to confront them.

It doesn't take long to discover the difference between the first truce paper drafted by Steve Witkoff five months ago, and the last paper drafted two days ago. The difference is huge, in favor of the first paper. It included almost everything, and Hamas agreed to it blindly, as they say. That day, he called Netanyahu and told him: "Meet me tomorrow." Netanyahu replied: "Tomorrow is Saturday, and we don't work on Saturdays." I don't know what he said about Saturdays and other things, but they met, the agreement was signed, and implementation began before Trump arrived in the White House. So what happened next? How did the genocidal and starvation war resume three months ago? And how did it arrive at Witkoff's last paper, which essentially gave Hamas a choice between two pistols, one of which it would shoot itself in the head.

Knowing Mossad for nearly 80 years, and the rest of Israel's security apparatus, we know that it leaves nothing to chance and does not believe in fate or destiny, nor in trusting God or relying on others. It certainly opened the books of Witkov, who was never a politician, and who became a billionaire after his father sewed women's coats. Two years ago, he bought a hotel in Las Vegas for about four billion dollars.

When it became clear that Bill Clinton actually wanted to recognize a Palestinian state, and he visited Gaza in 1996, met with the daughter of a prisoner, heard her message to her father, and cried in front of the screens, they threw Monica in on him. Of course, Bill Clinton isn't the only president whose blackmail case the Mossad opens its jars, dissuading him from what he wants to do. Sometimes they open the jars of their own leaders, like Ehud Olmert, who was imprisoned for five years, and Sharon, who died in a "medical error." This is because "peace" based on withdrawal and granting the Palestinians their rights as a people is a red line and a national security issue that threatens the state.

Last fall, they opened the jar of Hassan Nasrallah and the party he leads, eliminating most of his leaders in a single historic moment, along with the new Secretary General Hashem Safieddine. So who is this obscure real estate lawyer, Witkov? After we were optimistic about him, we found him changing 360 degrees. The massacres increased, the killing intensified until he wiped out hundreds of families, including the family of Dr. Hamdi al-Najjar and his nine children, without him batting an eyelid. The starvation for about 100 days as a feat for Netanyahu to brag about to the nations, while Witkov applauded beside him. Hamas surrendered its weapons, its leaders left, the food was served like a zoo, and then the massacre that claimed the lives of about 200 starving people, which some called the Witkov Massacre.

All international, Arab and regional mediations have failed to stop the war, or even to break the siege and bring in food, drink and medicine. All the efforts being made have so far been unable to stop the flow of blood and the expansion of the killing and destruction. The occupation is expanding its bloody operations and threatening more. The ugliness of the killing we are seeing has surpassed all limits, and the crimes we have witnessed have gone beyond the description of genocide. There is no word to describe the brutality of the crimes being committed with indescribable ugliness, such as people being taken to safe areas and then bombed, or people gathering in front of food distribution centers and then being bombed, or people seeking treatment in hospitals and then being bombed.

The bombing has reached everything. The machine of crime and killing knows no bounds. It has broken all taboos, transgressed human norms, and disregarded all laws and regulations. It continues its endless war, killing without hesitation and expanding the circle of destruction to encompass everything in Gaza.

The hungry go to get a loaf of bread, and then the bombing comes with premeditation to kill them, so they die of hunger and thirst, and the world, with its international and legal institutions, does not move to stop these crimes that they witness in sound and image, and in many scenes that have become a stain on the world’s forehead, especially whenever we see a child dying of hunger, and whenever the planes come and bomb the lines of the hungry at the distribution centers that were set up days ago, and the occupation claimed that they were safe areas, then returned and bombed them at a moment when people were waiting for a loaf of bread.

Scenes of people in Gaza, the reality of hunger and the intensifying siege, the killing and death machine that is mercilessly claiming human lives, and the world remains shamelessly silent. How can the world sleep while children are buried under the rubble? Hungry and thirsty children? How can the slogans of international justice be raised when they have fallen so resoundingly during this genocide?

The occupation's alleged aid distribution plans are a continuation of its war of extermination and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. It deliberately gathers people in areas it claims are safe, and before they receive food and medicine, planes arrive and bomb them. This is an unprecedented form of immorality and brutality that hunts down innocents to kill them by all means. The extremist government's calculations have one goal: to continue the war, kill people, and commit more massacres and slaughters.

"Hunger is an infidel." O world that stands silently by, O world that claims to be civilized, advanced, and democratic, how can you sleep while the children of Gaza are hungry and thirsty, under bombardment and siege, without shelter, sleeping on the ground and seeking the sky for cover?

77 years have passed since the Zionist Jewish gangs were able to occupy 78% of the area of historic Palestine and forcibly displace nearly one million Palestinians. They and their descendants were denied the right to return to their cities and villages from which they were forcibly expelled in 1948, in violation of UN General Assembly Resolution 194 and General Assembly Resolution 273, which made Israel’s acceptance as a member of the United Nations conditional upon its implementation of General Assembly Resolutions 181 and 194.

Fifty-eight years have passed since the aggression of June 5, 1967, which resulted in the occupation of the rest of the Palestinian land (the West Bank and the Gaza Strip), and Arab lands (the Syrian Golan and Sinai), in violation of the principles and Charter of the United Nations, which prohibits the occupation of the territory of another state by force, and guarantees freedom, independence and self-determination for peoples, and obliges member states of the United Nations to respect and implement its resolutions issued by its two councils, the General Assembly and the Security Council.

So, we are talking about decades of the artificial Israeli entity’s failure to comply with its legal and human rights obligations stipulated in the UN Charter, most notably Article 4/1 of the Charter, which states that “Membership in the United Nations is open to all peace-loving states that accept the obligations contained in the present Charter.” It also defies international will and continues to arrogantly declare its refusal to implement any international resolution, to the point of describing the United Nations, its institutions and its Secretary-General, as anti-Semitic and supporting terrorism without fear of accountability and punishment. This calls for raising the question of the power that enables it to escape accountability and punishment and to perpetuate its occupation of the Palestinian and Arab territories occupied since June 1967, and how to deal with it to deter it from overturning the principles, objectives and Charter of the United Nations.

How long will Israel remain above international law and legitimacy?

This question necessarily brings us back to the root of the conflict, with the adoption by the colonial powers “Britain, France, and America” of working to create an artificial, parasitic entity alien to the Arab world, employed to serve the aggressive and expansionist colonial goals to ensure their hegemony and influence and to be the striking hand in the face of any power or state that threatens the interests of those states or one of them. This led to the birth of a cancerous entity called Israel in the heart of the greater Arab world, empowering it with all means of military power “that exceeds the combined power of the Arab states,” political and economic power, and escaping accountability and punishment stipulated in the Charter of the United Nations. What is the justification for the crimes of the terrorist colonial entity, the Israeli, with the war of extermination and ethnic cleansing that it is committing in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Jerusalem, the capital of the internationally recognized Palestinian state, and with America’s use of the veto, contrary to the philosophy of the veto, in refusal to stop the ongoing brutal Israeli aggression by targeting Palestinian civilians, imposing a comprehensive siege and depriving them of food, medicine, and clean water, targeting hospitals and health centers, cutting off electricity and communications, and persisting in the crimes of murder and forced displacement targeting the Palestinian people “children, women, youth, and the elderly”? "Without discrimination and boasting about destroying all civilian objects in the Gaza Strip and to a lesser extent in the cities and villages of the West Bank under the pretext of the right to self-defense, in violation of Article 51 of the Charter, and supporting the goal of uprooting the Palestinian people from their homeland and forcibly displacing them "ethnic cleansing punishable internationally" is nothing but the model and evidence.

Based on the above, the greatest responsibility for this rogue Israeli entity remaining above the law falls on:

First, America. The bias of America and its axis towards the aggressive, expansionist Israeli policies over the decades, the absolute American support for the Israeli aggression and crimes, the supply of all types of lethal and internationally prohibited weapons to Israel, and the support for its aggression and occupation of new lands in Syria and Lebanon during the last months are nothing but evidence that America is the one setting the strategy and its goals and managing the wars of genocide and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine and the region in general through its tool and agent, Israel, to ensure the subjugation of the Arab and Islamic region to its influence and hegemony in anticipation of the birth of a new multipolar world order.

Second, the international community. The failure to implement the United Nations Charter without duplication, and the failure of the majority of member states of the General Assembly to fulfill their role and responsibilities to ensure that the Security Council is obligated to implement its resolutions in accordance with Article 24 of the Charter without duplication or selectivity, and to eliminate all forms of threats that undermine regional and international peace and security, represent the greatest threat to international peace and security, and to the global order, which is outdated due to its contradiction with the principles of justice and equality and its inability to embody international peace and security.

Third, the weakness of the official Arab position. The absence of a unified Arab position at the political and economic levels confronts the aggressive, expansionist Israeli-American scheme, which has been conclusively proven to target the greater Arab homeland, with all its countries, starting with Palestine, to keep it weak and fragmented by perpetuating the Sykes-Picot Agreement, to continue its hegemony over our Arab region due to its strategic location, and to plunder its wealth. In the absence of a unified position coupled with practical measures using the influential tools at its disposal, which are not to be underestimated, it can thus preserve its security, stability, the strength of its internal fronts, and the unity of its territories threatened by division. It can also achieve a scientific and technological renaissance and sustainable development using its own capabilities on the one hand, and impose itself as an independent, effective pole parallel to the other current and emerging poles on the global stage on the other hand.

The above represents the factors and reasons that have made Israel a rogue state above the law, immune from accountability, punishment, and compliance with the decisions of the highest international judicial authority, represented by the International Court of Justice.

Since the direct threat emanating from Israeli-American policy targets Arab national security in its comprehensive sense, this requires Arab leadership to rise up against American policy that supports the expansionist policy of the Israeli terrorist entity, which aims to divide it on ethnic, sectarian and racial lines. This must be done by reconsidering the nature of the current relationship to one based on common interests and building a balanced relationship with global poles in their political, economic, military and commercial aspects.

58 years have passed since the June defeat and the subsequent Israeli-American encroachment on Arab national security and stability, with the Palestinian issue as its main theme. All Arab summits unanimously agreed on its centrality, as did hundreds of resolutions issued by the General Assembly and the Security Council calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of the occupied Palestinian territories and enabling the Palestinian people to exercise their right to freedom, independence, self-determination, and the establishment of their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. However, Israeli rebellion, arrogance, and impudence, which has reached its peak, especially in recent years, with American support for the principles, objectives, and Charter of the United Nations, its resolutions, and its public threats to Arab and Islamic countries, without any Arab or Islamic horizon to adopt a practical strategy to confront the Israeli colonial expansionist plan, will remain the greatest threat to the unity and stability of the region.

Moving from the realm of weakness, pleading and begging to the realm of unity and strength, and supporting the steadfastness of the Palestinian people on their homeland and their national struggle towards freedom, independence and the establishment of their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital, and enabling Palestinian refugees to return to their cities and villages from which they were forcibly expelled in 1948, in implementation of the historical right and international resolutions, constitutes the basis for Arab national security in its comprehensive sense.

Palestine was and will remain the first line of defense not only for the countries surrounding occupied Palestine, but also for the entire Arab world, with its security and stability.

The Palestinian people are steadfast on their land, continuing their struggle under the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and with Arab and Islamic support and the support of the free people of the world, until freedom, independence, and the establishment of their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital, with a will that will not waver or be defeated, God willing. Let the anniversary of the June defeat be a starting point toward strength and unity.

Today, Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces attacked citizens in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, and seized two agricultural tractors.

Media activist Mohammed Awad said that the occupation forces assaulted the citizen Akram Jabreen Awad (59 years old), and seized his agricultural tractor, as well as another agricultural tractor belonging to the citizen Mohammed Murshid Zaaqeq, in the Al-Dahr area and Wadi Al-Wahadin near the "Karmei Tzur settlement" that was forcibly built on citizens' lands.

He pointed out that the occupation forces fired live bullets at farmers in the aforementioned area and forced them to leave their lands.

In the heart of this devastation, amid the rubble of homes, the bodies of children, and the cries of mothers, lies a paradox that we Palestinians, who have learned to read war not only by the rubble it leaves behind, but also by the intentions it reveals, cannot ignore. The bitter irony is that the two warring parties—Israel and Hamas—despite their apparent differences and bloody enmity, appear to be afraid of one thing: that the war will end.

This may seem crazy to those on the outside looking in, to those who imagine that a ceasefire means a return to life, and that endings always hold a glimmer of hope. But we—who have lived under bombardment and known the faces of the barricades on both sides—know that war is not just a struggle for territory, but also a battle to stay at the forefront. And that its end could mean the collapse of entire narratives, apparatuses, and systems.

Israel, still reeling from the shock of October 7, is striving to restore its image as a strong, impenetrable state. But the truth, as we know it, is that war is no longer just a means of restoring deterrence, but rather a thick blanket covering the incompetence of the Israeli political system. Netanyahu, who dragged the country into this confrontation while besieged by corruption and divisions, sees war as a personal, not just national, lifeline. Every additional day of fighting means a postponement of accountability, the removal of his opponents, and the stifling of internal debate. Victory, however, is not so much desired as postponed; because victory, in this case, signifies a moment of decision: Who will govern Gaza? Who will prevent the next explosion? These are unanswerable questions in the mind of the Israeli establishment, which therefore prefers to remain in a state of constant conflict.

As for us, in the West Bank, the diaspora, and inside Israel, we look at Gaza with torn hearts. Not only because blood is flowing, but because we see how the tragedy is being hijacked to be reframed as a means of authority. Hamas, despite all it has offered in resisting the occupation, now fears that the war will end because what comes after it will be difficult for it: files will besiege it from within and without, and voices will bitterly ask: Why all this destruction? Who benefits? Was there a vision, or was it just a leap into the unknown? The questions coming after the war are more dangerous than bullets, because they touch on the essence of legitimacy, the feasibility of choices, and the responsibility of decisions.

We Palestinians no longer want narratives of abstract heroism, but rather clarity. We want to know where the blood is taking us. We want to stop being repeatedly ordered to the altar for goals that are not stated clearly. War, in this form, does not liberate land, nor does it overthrow an occupation; rather, it reproduces authority from the heart of the wreckage. Each side holds onto our corpses to craft a discourse of survival, not a program of liberation.

But can the war really end? And does anyone have the courage to say, "Enough?" The end of the war is not just a ceasefire, but the breaking of an entire structure of interests, silence, and mummified rhetoric. It's a moment many do not want, because they have built their existence on the continuation of the bloodshed.

Yet, we—the people—alone have the right to impose this end. We are not mere victims or spectators. We are the owners of the land, the owners of the blood, and the owners of the dream. It is enough for us to declare clearly that this war, like so many others, was not for us, and we can begin to extract meaning from the jaws of devastation.

The end of the war doesn't frighten us. Rather, it opens a path toward a bigger question: How do we reclaim our national project from the rubble? How do we build true unity, not unity under bombardment? How do we break this absurd repetition that has transformed our cause from a liberation struggle into a bloody theater of power and arms conflicts?

In the end, those who do not fear peace and do not prepare for it will not win. As for those who fear that the war will end, they know that it is the moment of reckoning. And we, this people who have not been broken despite everything, it is time to demand that moment, not as a truce, but as a right.

More than five months have passed since the Israeli occupation army carried out a forced displacement campaign targeting thousands of residents of the refugee camps in Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams in the northern West Bank, and continues to prevent them from returning to their homes to this day.

In this context, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel sent an official letter to Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, demanding that residents of these camps be immediately allowed to return, threatening to petition the Israeli Supreme Court if the authorities do not respond to its demand.

Since the beginning of 2025, the camp areas have witnessed almost daily military operations by Israeli occupation forces in densely populated civilian areas, accompanied by excavation and destruction of infrastructure, in addition to preventing residents from reaching their homes.

These conditions have forced many families to leave their homes, fearing for their lives or as a result of frequent water and electricity outages, foul odors emanating from exposed sewage, and severe restrictions on freedom of movement.

Despite the easing of the intensity of operations in some areas, the Israeli occupation forces continue to prevent residents from returning to their homes. In some cases, they have even fenced off entire neighborhoods without issuing formal evacuation orders or clear notifications to residents.

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel emphasized that these measures constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law, which prohibits the forced displacement of civilians from occupied territories except in exceptional and temporary circumstances. It considered what is happening to be an unjustified collective punishment and a flagrant violation of human rights.

"The army has turned refugee camps into closed military zones, carrying out systematic destruction and flagrant violations of basic human rights, such as water, electricity, housing, and freedom of movement," said attorney Hila Sharon of the association. "It's June, and some people haven't returned home since January."

The association stressed that if its demands are not met immediately, it will resort to legal action and file a petition with the Supreme Court, demanding the return of residents to their homes, the free entry of humanitarian aid, and an end to the policy of gradual and systematic destruction targeting entire neighborhoods in the northern occupied West Bank.

Extensive destruction and displacement of thousands of Palestinians in the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams camps as a result of Operation "Iron Wall."

On January 21, the Israeli occupation army launched a military operation dubbed "Iron Wall." Since the start of the operation, the army has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced approximately 40,000 Palestinians to flee the Jenin refugee camp, as well as the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps in the northern West Bank, according to data from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

The army also launched a large-scale arrest campaign in the Jenin and Tulkarm governorates, resulting in the arrest of approximately 1,000 people, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club. This number includes detainees who are subsequently released.

The aggression has altered the geography of the camps through the demolition of homes and the construction of roads within them, as part of the ongoing bulldozing and destruction operations. Official Palestinian estimates indicate that all homes and facilities in the camps have sustained partial or complete damage as a result of this aggression.

Jenin Municipality stated that approximately 800 housing units in the city were partially damaged, and the army demolished 15 buildings. Most of the damage was concentrated in the eastern neighborhood and the al-Hadaf neighborhood, where buildings and residences were severely damaged.

The author of the shocking letter I published here yesterday continued his story, explaining the daily suffering he and his wife and children endure. He is unable to provide for himself and his family in a dilapidated tent that neither provides shelter from the cold nor the heat. Meanwhile, the burden of illness, fear, hunger, and extreme thirst afflicts them, in what is the most difficult and dangerous situation for people in the Gaza Strip.
The author of the letter says, “Hunger is spreading like an epidemic in every home, neighborhood, and street. The most painful and grievous is the hunger of infants and young children, who do not understand the severity of the siege, the greed of merchants, and the high prices.
My friend concluded his painful message with the pain of hunger gnawing at his intestines, his wife's, and his children's... "I have been hungry for 18 days... We are in hell, in the deepest pit of the Blazing Fire."
Another story was told by an eyewitness who was forced to stand for hours under the June sun, in lines of terror and humiliation, in front of centers set up like traps for rats. As soon as the hungry approached, they were hunted down by snipers who were full of delicious food.
The witness said that he saw a child no older than ten years old who was overcome by hunger and could no longer bear to wait in the long queue of hungry people. He went to the point where he could get something to satisfy his hunger and calm his nerves, but a sniper suddenly shot him with a bullet that was cheaper than the meal he was trying to get, and killed him... There is no power or strength except with God.

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his country will not allow Iran to enrich uranium under any circumstances. In a post on his Truth Social platform, he wrote, "Under our potential agreement with Tehran, we will not allow any form of enrichment."

In another post, Trump noted that Washington is "stockpiling weapons on an unprecedented scale," adding, "Hopefully, we won't have to use them."

Trump's statements came in the wake of US press reports revealing the contents of a proposal Washington had submitted to Iran regarding its nuclear program.

According to Axios, the proposal allows Tehran to enrich uranium to no more than 3%, without fully dismantling its nuclear facilities. Sanctions would be gradually lifted after Iran's compliance is proven and certified by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The proposal also included strict restrictions, including prohibiting Iran from building new enrichment facilities, dismantling its uranium processing and conversion infrastructure, and halting any research or development of advanced centrifuges.

However, Tehran rejected the proposal, with a senior Iranian diplomat deeming it "unworkable" and inconsistent with Iranian interests.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi explained that his country received the proposal via the Sultanate of Oman and that it is under consideration. However, Tehran maintains that enrichment within Iranian territory is a "red line."

In contrast, American sources indicated that the American plan may also include the establishment of a regional union for uranium enrichment, in exchange for Iran's commitment not to enrich domestically, a proposal the Iranian leadership has so far rejected.

It's worth noting that the sixth round of indirect nuclear talks between Washington and Tehran is expected soon, following the launch of the first round of negotiations on April 12, amid sharp differences in positions between the two sides.

After years as a prominent advocate for former US President Joe Biden's foreign policy, former State Department spokesman Matthew Miller stated in an interview published this week that "there is no doubt that Israel committed war crimes," but he denied accusations that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.

This recognition comes as Israel's war on Gaza continues unabated in the name of defeating Hamas. At least 54,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 7, 2023, and two million Palestinians are on the brink of famine, having been almost entirely displaced from their homes. The administration of current President Donald Trump has followed Biden's lead with unconditional support for the Israeli war effort, despite international condemnation and the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on charges of "crimes against humanity and war crimes."

Biden and his administration have never accused Israel of committing war crimes. The administration has been unable to secure a lasting ceasefire and has failed to deliver vital food, water, and medicine to ailing Palestinians, despite repeated public promises from the then-president, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Miller himself. The internal Democratic Party debate over support for Israel hampered Biden's failed presidential campaign last year and that of Vice President Kamala Harris, and shows no signs of abating as Democrats look ahead to the 2026 midterm elections and the 2028 presidential primaries.

It is noteworthy that the Al-Quds correspondent and other journalists argued with Miller on a daily basis for more than 16 months, without success, to get him to admit that Israel is committing war crimes.

"I don't think it's genocide, but I do think... that Israel has committed war crimes," Miller told Britain's Sky News in a conversation published Monday and recorded last week. "When you're on the stage, you're not expressing your own personal opinion. You're expressing the conclusions of the United States government, and the United States government has not concluded that they committed war crimes, and they haven't concluded that yet."

Miller repeatedly rejected accusations of war crimes against Israel and defended Israel's actions during his regular briefings at the State Department following the October 7, 2023, attacks, and continued to maintain this position until his final briefing on January 15, 2025. He also sharply criticized the International Criminal Court and UN human rights officials, including leveling accusations of anti-Semitism at officials who accused Israel of war crimes and genocide from the State Department podium.

Miller avoided elaborating on his remarks, saying it was an “open question” whether Israel “has deliberately pursued a policy of committing war crimes, or is recklessly acting in a way that aids and abets war crimes.” But he said it was “almost certainly not an open question” whether members of the Israeli military had committed war crimes. “Ultimately, in almost every major conflict, including conflicts where democratic nations are prosecuted, you will see members of the military or militaries commit war crimes, and the way you judge a democratic nation is whether they hold those people accountable, and Israel hasn’t,” Miller said. “We haven’t seen them hold enough military personnel accountable yet, and I think the question is whether they will.”

Miller broadly described the internal debates surrounding the Biden administration's policy toward Israel, explaining that the administration's position was based on the principle of not cutting off US arms to Israel.

The Biden administration spent more than $17 billion (at least) on military aid to Israel during the first year of the Israeli war on Gaza, and only stopped a single bomb shipment throughout the war. Miller noted that “cutting off weapons” by any standard, coupled with domestic protests against the Biden administration over the war and international recognition of a Palestinian state, “would have led Hamas’s leadership to conclude that they didn’t need to agree to a ceasefire.” Instead, Miller explained, “everyone in the administration was united” in negotiating a permanent ceasefire proposed by Biden in May 2024, which was eventually agreed to in some form in January 2025. But that ceasefire was short-lived, and Israel’s bombardment of Gaza continued, with Trump’s chief envoy, Steve Witkoff, a billionaire real estate investor, having so far been unsuccessful in his attempts to persuade Netanyahu to secure another ceasefire.

“Now, the thing I keep coming back to, and I’ll always ask myself—and I think this applies to others in the (Biden administration) administration—is: In that period between the end of May 2024 and mid-January 2025, when thousands of Palestinians were killed, innocent civilians who didn’t want this war and had nothing to do with it, was there more we could have done to pressure the Israeli government to agree to this ceasefire?” Miller said. “I think sometimes maybe.”

An Israeli Army Radio correspondent reported on Tuesday that the Navy is preparing for the arrival of the ship "Madeleine," which set sail from Sicily bound for the Gaza Strip with the aim of "breaking the naval blockade imposed on the Strip."

The military stated that it is prepared and ready for a wide range of scenarios, which will be implemented based on instructions from the political level. The ship is expected to arrive in the region within the next few days.

For its part, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, an international non-profit organization, announced that one of its ships departed the Italian port of Catania on Sunday, bound for the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid, after a previous attempt failed due to a drone attack targeting another ship in the Mediterranean.

The Madeleine is carrying volunteers, including climate change activist Greta Thunberg and Irish actor Liam Cunningham, and is carrying a limited but symbolic amount of relief supplies.

Another coalition vessel, the Consciousness - Global Conscience, was attacked by two drones near Maltese territorial waters in early May. The organization held Israel responsible for the attack, but Israel did not respond to requests for comment.

"We are doing this because no matter how difficult it is, we must keep trying. To stop is to lose our humanity," Greta Thunberg said at a press conference before the ship's departure. "However dangerous this mission may be, it is nothing compared to the danger of the world's silence in the face of the genocide of humankind."

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition emphasized that this voyage is not merely a charitable act, but rather a direct and peaceful action to challenge Israel's illegal blockade and escalating war crimes.

In the same context, the United Nations said on Friday that the situation in the Gaza Strip has reached its worst level since the war between Israel and Hamas began 19 months ago, despite the resumption of limited aid operations.

Under increasing international pressure, Israel ended an 11-week blockade of the Gaza Strip, allowing limited UN-led operations to resume.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, backed by the United States and Israel, began distributing aid on Monday, but the United Nations and international aid organizations have refused to work with it, deeming it impartial and using a distribution method that forces Palestinians to flee.

The Israeli army announced Tuesday morning that three soldiers, all with the rank of first sergeant, were killed during the fighting that took place Monday in the northern Gaza Strip.

Israeli media reported that a number of soldiers were killed or wounded in a well-planned ambush carried out by the resistance in the Jabalia area in the northern Gaza Strip. The attack was described as "very difficult," with the soldiers' injuries being described as minor to moderate.

Sources reported that an army force inside a building in northern Gaza was targeted by a "Yasin 105" missile, resulting in deaths and injuries.

The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades confirmed in a statement that violent clashes with Israeli occupation forces continued at point-blank range east of Jabalia camp. Its fighters inflicted heavy losses on the Israeli army, while the fighting continues.

Media outlets reported that the evacuation helicopters had difficulty landing due to the intensity of the clashes, and that attempts to evacuate the dead and wounded soldiers were hampered when the evacuation helicopter was hit by an anti-tank missile.

According to official data from the army spokesperson, the number of Israeli soldiers killed since the start of the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, has reached 861, whose names were officially permitted to be published. The number of soldiers killed in the ground maneuvers in the Gaza Strip, which took place on October 27, 2023, also reached 416.

Israeli soldiers have sustained 5,921 injuries since the start of the war, including 3,582 minor injuries, 1,456 moderate injuries, and 883 severe injuries. During the ground military exercise in the Gaza Strip, 2,687 injuries were recorded, including 1,369 minor injuries, 800 moderate injuries, and 518 severe injuries.

The data indicates that these numbers do not include cases that were routinely postponed and were not the result of operational incidents, or those whose injuries were not determined to be severe. Furthermore, the number of injured patients is variable and reflects the most serious injuries within the overall statistics.

These figures reflect the heavy losses incurred by the Israeli army during the ongoing military operations in the Gaza Strip and surrounding areas.