The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said it currently operates 115 shelters across the Gaza Strip, housing more than 90,000 displaced persons.

The agency added, via its X platform, that the deteriorating humanitarian situation is worsening as a result of the bombing and the ongoing blockade, which prohibits the entry of humanitarian aid and commercial supplies.

The United Nations estimates that about 420,000 people have been displaced again since the ceasefire collapsed.

China's ambassador to the United States, Xie Feng, called on Washington to seek consensus with Beijing and peaceful coexistence, but also stressed that China is prepared to respond in light of the escalating trade war.

In remarks at a public event in Washington, details of which were posted on the Chinese embassy's website, Xie said that tariffs would devastate the global economy, drawing parallels between the Great Depression and the tariffs imposed by the United States in the 1930s.

Referring to concepts in traditional Chinese medicine, such as the need to balance the opposing forces of yin and yang, Xie said harmony should guide relations between the world's two largest economies.

"Likewise, the world is vast enough to accommodate both China and the United States. We should seek peaceful coexistence rather than head-on collision, and help each other succeed rather than fall into the trap of mutual loss," he continued.

Massive trade between the world's two largest economies has virtually ground to a halt due to the trade war, with tariffs exceeding 100 percent in both directions and a host of trade, investment, and cultural restrictions.

China's largest shipbuilding association on Saturday attacked a US plan to impose port fees on China-bound vessels.

While Japan, Taiwan, and other countries are already in talks or preparing to negotiate with Washington over President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, there are currently no high-level dialogues scheduled with China.

Trump said Friday that the United States is having particularly good talks with China amid the trade war between the two countries. "By the way, we're having good talks with China. They're, in fact, very good," he told reporters at the White House.

He did not provide any further details. China says the United States must show respect before any talks can take place between the two sides. The Chinese ambassador reiterated his country's opposition to the trade war but indicated that it would respond to any country that imposes tariffs on it.

Today, Sunday, settlers bulldozed citizens' lands in the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah.

Local sources reported that a number of settlers began, since the morning hours, bulldozing areas of citizens' land in the area between the villages of Deir Sudan and Umm Safa to the north.

She noted that the occupation forces had bulldozed hundreds of dunams of land a few days ago and uprooted 300 trees in the Jabal al-Ras area east of the village, and were now moving to the northern area with the aim of expanding the colonial outpost established there.

The Jabal al-Ras area has been subjected to frequent harassment by settlers and occupation forces. Several months ago, their bulldozers began bulldozing more than 300 dunams of land planted with olive and grape trees.

The Israeli occupation's aggression on the city and camp of Jenin has entered its third month, amidst bulldozing and burning homes, and converting others into military barracks.

This morning, Israeli occupation forces arrested two young men from the town of Araba, south of Jenin, after raiding and searching their homes. This morning, Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by a military bulldozer, stormed the town of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin, and deployed throughout its neighborhoods, firing live ammunition at civilians.

The occupation continues to send military reinforcements, accompanied by fuel tankers, from the Jalameh checkpoint to the vicinity of Jenin camp.

Israeli bulldozers placed earthen berms around the Tawalbeh Mosque at the northern entrance to Jenin camp, while drones continued to fly over the city and camp.

Israeli occupation forces raided a number of villages and towns south of Jenin, including the towns of Jaba', Araba, and Siris, south of the governorate, and Burqin, west of the city, where they arrested Ramzi Khalouf from his home.

Jenin Governor Kamal Abu al-Rab said in a statement on Sunday that efforts are ongoing to resolve the temporary displacement crisis in the Jenin and Tulkarm governorates by providing caravans on plots of land near the camps.

According to Abu al-Rab, the number of displaced persons has reached 21,000, distributed throughout the governorate. There are 6,000 in the city, 3,200 in the Arab American University dormitories, and 4,181 in Burqin.

According to the Ministry of Public Works, the meetings are aimed at securing temporary shelter for the displaced in the Wadi Burqin area, which will initially include 32 mobile homes, each accommodating five people.

The Israeli occupation army continues its military training around the Jalameh military checkpoint, north of Jenin, where it occasionally fires live ammunition into the empty Jenin refugee camp.

On the site of the colony that was established on the lands of the town of Sanur, south of Jenin, and which was evacuated in 2005, a group of settlers stormed it and planted a number of trees.

The number of martyrs in Jenin Governorate since the start of the Israeli aggression on the city and camp of Jenin 90 days ago has reached 38, with dozens more injured and dozens more detained.

Israeli legal experts have stated that the mere establishment of the "Settlement Directorate" within the Ministry of Defense, at the request of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also serves as a minister in the Ministry of Defense, constitutes an annexation of the West Bank to Israel. Officials within the "Settlement Directorate" also assert that they are seeking to implement the annexation plan on the ground.

According to Yoni Danino, head of the "directorate's" staff, the "Settlement Directorate" has two main goals: to have the Israeli authorities treat the West Bank in the same way they treat the Negev and the Galilee in terms of development and resource allocation, and to implement "sovereignty in Judea and Samaria," according to what Haaretz reported on Sunday.

Danino added, "Imposing sovereignty depends on Knesset legislation. We don't have the power to implement this, but we do have the power to push the situation, professionally speaking, to the closest point that allows it. The more the administration imposes facts on the ground, through regular government regulatory steps, the establishment of another industrial zone, another house, and the paving of another road, the more things will mature and the ability to impose sovereignty will be better. Imposing sovereignty is not a decision I will make, but I can create an actual sovereign reality."

“If we create a situation where all residents of the central part of the country travel to the Golan Heights via Judea and Samaria, because Waze directs them to travel on Route 90 (which runs from Eilat in the south to Metulla in the north) and Route 5 (which connects Tel Aviv to the West Bank and is called the Trans-Samaria Highway) with bridges and without traffic jams, this will eventually lead to sovereignty,” Danino said.

He continued, "If 20% of Israel's energy production is in Judea and Samaria, and solar and renewable energy is produced from there, this will achieve sovereignty."

Danino noted that the way settlers are governed in the West Bank has "changed 180 degrees" during the current Israeli government's term, and that "citizens (settlers) are subject to the governor, who is legally the general (commander of the IDF Central Command), but it is the citizens who run things, not the people who view them from a security perspective. If it is decided to build a balcony in the Beit El settlement, the impact on the security situation in Ramallah is not addressed. The army can provide comments, but it does not manage such a construction process."

The head of the Settlement Administration added, "For many years, no settlements have been established in Judea and Samaria. During this government's tenure, 28 new settlements have been officially established, and these are not random outposts. This is a dramatic increase in percentages. These are works carried out by the state with distinction."

Data from the Peace Now movement, based on reports from the Supreme Planning Council of the Israeli military's Civil Administration, indicates that 4,427 settlement construction plans were approved in 2022, 12,349 in 2023, 9,971 in 2024, and 14,335 in the first three months of 2025.

"Annexation is neither creeping nor accelerating, it is already happening," the newspaper quoted Ziv Shtehl, general director of the human rights organization Yesh Din, as saying. "Besides violating the fundamental rule of international law, which prohibits annexation, it has a dramatic impact on every aspect of the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank, three million of whom are not citizens and find themselves in the status of subjects without rights, at the mercy of a government they have no ability to influence."

Following Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election last November, Smotrich declared that 2025 would be "the year of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria."

During the last winter Knesset session, coalition MKs were seen seeking to advance laws aimed at changing the situation in the West Bank, supported by government decisions that ignored the Palestinian population and international law, according to the newspaper.

Last December, Israeli Minister of Construction and Housing Yitzhak Goldknopf decreed Israel's urban renewal laws on West Bank settlements. These laws grant building contractors substantial benefits, with the aim of expediting the construction of tens of thousands of housing units in the settlements. These benefits include exemptions from improvement taxes, land purchase taxes, and value-added tax on construction.

At the end of last January, the Knesset approved in its preliminary reading a bill that would make it easier for Jews to purchase land in the West Bank, contrary to the current situation, and would repeal the Jordanian law prohibiting the leasing and sale of property to anyone who is not Jordanian, Palestinian, or Arab.

Last November, the Knesset approved in its first reading a bill allowing Israeli military courts to impose fines on Palestinian citizens who have not paid fines imposed by military courts.

Another bill, approved by the Knesset in its second and third readings, stipulates that local authorities in settlements may collect a portion of the income from taxes in settlement industrial and commercial zones.

Another bill would consider the settlements in the southern Hebron Hills and the Kiryat Arba settlement in Hebron part of the Negev, which would grant the settlers there budgets from the Negev Development Authority.

The Knesset approved the bill in its preliminary reading last May, and it was transferred to the Knesset Economics Committee for preparation for a subsequent vote. Committee Chairman David Bitan, realizing that the bill would require "imposing Israeli sovereignty" over the West Bank, instructed the committee's legal advisor to examine how the bill could be advanced in a manner that circumvents international law.

The Israeli military is preparing to launch a new "large-scale incursion" into the Gaza Strip, including expanding ground operations and dismembering Gaza City. This is part of what it describes as an "updated strategy aimed at undermining Hamas's ability to control the Strip," while simultaneously attempting to pressure the movement's leadership in negotiations over a prisoner exchange, according to a report on Sunday by the Walla news website.

This comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a recorded speech Saturday evening, amid escalating internal debate over the feasibility of continuing the war in Gaza amid growing public pressure to recover the hostages. In the speech, Netanyahu reiterated his traditional positions: no ceasefire, no deal under the current circumstances, and no withdrawal without a "comprehensive military solution."

According to the Walla news website, "the army is continuing its intensive military operations in the north, south, and center of the Gaza Strip, using air, sea, and land," noting that the new plan aims to "cut the city into two parts, which would result in Hamas losing more than 50 percent of the territory it controls."

According to the report, the Israeli army "has carried out approximately 1,300 airstrikes since the resumption of the war on Gaza, killing more than 400 members of resistance factions, including battalion and company commanders and sensitive command posts." The report noted that "the forces control areas such as the Morag axis, new parts of Rafah, and the al-Daraj and al-Tuffah neighborhoods."

Amid the political stalemate, a security source said that "military pressure is a tool to force the Hamas leadership to return to negotiations for the release of prisoners," stressing that "strict coordination must be undertaken with the Directorate of Prisoners' and Missing Persons' Affairs to avoid carrying out operations in areas where prisoners are believed to be held."

The report added that "the Israeli army is carrying out systematic destruction of infrastructure using heavy engineering tools capable of destroying entire neighborhoods, including underground facilities," noting that "the attacks are carried out with high precision against targets identified in advance by the army," as part of what it described as "close fire support operations for ground forces deployed in the field."

The report also stated that a future incursion would require "a large-scale mobilization of reserve forces, the withdrawal of units from other fronts such as the north (Lebanon and Syria) and the West Bank," as well as "the direct distribution of humanitarian aid through American companies to undermine Hamas's civilian control."

In contrast, the report noted that "Hamas' leadership was surprised by the resumption of military operations after the ceasefire collapsed," adding that the movement is currently focusing on attrition tactics, including planting explosive devices, sniper operations, and launching rockets, while avoiding direct confrontation. It also relies on close monitoring of military movements and exploiting security gaps to carry out attacks.

According to the report, after the resumption of the war, Hamas decided to "maintain its combat strength of approximately 20,000 fighters, most of whom are inexperienced in combat, in preparation for any large-scale ground incursion." The report added that the movement is currently content with "a process of rebuilding, recruiting new fighters, and carrying out guerrilla operations that rely on operational opportunities or mistakes on the Israeli side."

According to the report, "Hamas operatives only carry out their attacks when they see an opportunity to achieve results," noting that "this includes firing anti-tank missiles, sniper operations, detonating explosive devices, and launching short-range rockets."

He added, "Israeli forces on the ground rarely directly spot militants, as they often disappear immediately after carrying out operations."

The report explained that "Hamas is trying to create a reality on the ground in which it appears not to be a permanent presence and does not engage in direct confrontations, but rather creates a relatively calm atmosphere, then returns to attack," adding: "On the ground, Hamas operatives monitor troop movements, gather intelligence, analyze patterns of operation, search for weak points, and carry out offensive operations from a safe distance."

He stated that "Israel does not expect the current operation to completely topple Hamas, but rather views it as a prelude to the next phase: either pressure to conclude a deal that includes the release of approximately 10 living prisoners and 15 bodies, or launch a final assault on the entire Gaza Strip, by imposing field control and distributing humanitarian aid outside the Hamas administration," according to the website.

According to the Israeli vision proposed following Netanyahu's speech on Saturday evening, according to Israeli analysts, the next phase of the war on Gaza could include "complete control and occupation of the Strip for the sake of survival, the distribution of humanitarian aid through an American company, and the strangulation of Hamas's ability to govern from a civil and administrative perspective."

In turn, Finance Minister and Minister of Defense Bezalel Smotrich renewed his inflammatory statements on Saturday calling for the continuation of the war of extermination in the Gaza Strip, its complete occupation, and the imposition of military rule there. Smotrich's comments came in a post on his X account, commenting on Netanyahu's speech on Saturday.

Smotrich wrote: "Mr. Prime Minister, your remarks this evening about the need to end this war victoriously are clear. The approach to the war must be changed, and we must move toward a full occupation of the Gaza Strip without fear of military intervention if necessary." He added, "Hamas must be destroyed, and Gaza must never again pose a threat to the State of Israel."

The Director General of Pharmacy at the Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed on Sunday that more than 37% of the essential medicines list had been sold out, noting that more than 59% of medical supplies had also been sold out.

"We are losing a large number of patients due to the severe shortage of medicines and medical supplies," he said.

He called on humanitarian organizations to intervene urgently to save the lives of patients, given the severe shortage of medicines and medical supplies.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Sunday that 44 dead and 145 injuries had arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals in the past 24 hours.

The ministry confirmed in a statement that the death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 51,201 dead and 116,869 wounded since October 7, 2023.

It indicated that the death toll and injuries since March 18, 2025 amounted to (1,827 dead and 4,828 injuries).

The ministry noted 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.

Armed settlers attacked farmers on Sunday and smashed the windows of a vehicle in the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah.

Local sources reported that a number of settlers attacked citizens while they were working on their agricultural land in the "Al-Khala" area east of the town, forcing them to leave their land at gunpoint and smashing the windows of a vehicle belonging to Yahya Jabara.

It is noteworthy that settlers established a new settlement outpost on the town's lands three days ago.

In the northern Jordan Valley, Moataz Basharat, the settlement file official in Tubas Governorate, reported that a number of settlers stole two water tanks used for watering livestock in the Marah Allan area, east of Khirbet Humsa in the northern Jordan Valley.

In recent months, settlers have been stealing citizens' property in various areas of the northern Jordan Valley, as part of a clear policy to empty the Jordan Valley of its citizens.

Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested five citizens in Hebron and Jenin.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the southern area of the city of Hebron, and the town of Beit Ummar in the north, and arrested the child Habib Tawfiq Abu Hussein (14 years old), Rani Hussam Rajih Taha, and the child Omar Bassam Mahmoud Al-Tait (16 years old), after raiding their families’ homes, searching them, and tampering with their contents.

In the town of As-Samu, south of the city, occupation forces stormed several neighborhoods and raided several homes in the Al-Hajar, Wadi Al-Amayreh, and Khalayleh neighborhoods, searching them and ransacking their contents. No arrests were reported.

In Jenin, occupation forces arrested Hussein Muawiya Qadan and Imad Firas Hamdan after raiding their homes in the town of Araba.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, confirming that approximately two million people, the majority of whom are displaced, currently live without any source of income and are entirely dependent on humanitarian aid to meet their basic food needs.

In a series of statements issued over the past few hours, the program warned of what it described as a "growing danger" threatening hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents, given the severe dwindling food supplies, which portends an imminent humanitarian disaster.

The program noted that this dangerous situation coincides with the continued closure of border crossings, completely obstructing the arrival of essential food supplies into the besieged Strip. It emphasized that Gaza is in dire need of an immediate, sustained, and uninterrupted flow of food to avoid a complete collapse in food security.

He also warned of dire consequences if the situation continues as it is, noting that Palestinian civilians in Gaza are already facing catastrophic humanitarian conditions and a severe shortage of all necessities of life.

Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich said on Sunday, "We must change our approach to war and move toward occupying the entire Gaza Strip."

"We must not fear imposing military rule in Gaza if necessary," he added in a statement.

Smotrich pointed out that destroying Hamas is the best way to ensure security and return the captives.

The Israeli State Prosecutor's Office in the Southern District informed the Attorney General that it had prepared indictments against 22 fighters, accusing them of participating in battles that took place inside Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7.

According to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on Sunday, this move came after military intelligence and the General Security Service (Shin Bet) obtained new material over the past few months from within the Gaza Strip.

This move is unprecedented in terms of the scope of the charges, as the Attorney General's Office is also working to advance nine new bills aimed at expediting the trials of fighters from Hamas's elite unit.

The newspaper noted that Israeli authorities have informed the United States of developments in this campaign, explaining that the Public Prosecution plans to file a mass indictment including hundreds of fighters from the elite unit.

This campaign is being run by a small team of attorneys in the Southern District Attorney's Office, working with teams from the police's Lahav 433 unit, the Shin Bet security service, and the Military Intelligence Directorate.

According to a security source, the Shin Bet attaches utmost importance to this case and continues to collect evidence from various locations the Israeli military has entered within the Gaza Strip, where it had not previously been present.

The expansion of military operations, prior to the ceasefire, enabled the seizure of media materials and electronic data that contributed to documenting evidence.

After collecting the material, Military Intelligence and the Shin Bet sort and analyze it, then hand the evidence over to the police, who in turn transfer it to the Public Prosecution.

An Israeli police source explained that "the locations of some of the arrested fighters were identified, and when the Shin Bet entered those areas, such as Rafah, it was able to obtain evidence against them."

To date, approximately 300 fighters have been arrested for their involvement in Operation Protective Edge to varying degrees. Some were arrested inside Israel on October 7, while others were captured during the IDF's ground operations in Gaza.

The Israeli political leadership believes that these detainees are classified as "terrorists" and should not be included in any hostage exchange deals.

However, there remains a category of detainees who did not directly participate in the fighting but rather held hostages inside the Strip. It has not yet been decided whether they will be included in the indictments or allocated for subsequent exchange deals.

On the 34th day of the resumption of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued its airstrikes and artillery shelling on Sunday, targeting various areas across the Strip. Dozens of people were killed and wounded, most notably displaced persons whose tent was targeted in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis. Residential buildings were also destroyed in Gaza City.

Using various types of weapons, Israel continues its war of genocide in the Gaza Strip for the second year in a row, amidst conspicuous international silence. It perpetrates horrific massacres, the victims of which are mostly women and children.

Medical sources reported that 56 civilians, including children and women, were killed and dozens were injured as a result of the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on several areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn on Saturday.

Local sources reported that the body of a martyr was recovered, and four other people, including children and the elderly, were injured following an artillery attack that targeted a tent housing displaced persons in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

In the central Gaza Strip, citizen Ismail Darwish succumbed to serious wounds he sustained last night as a result of shelling that targeted his family's home in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Nine civilians were killed when Israeli warplanes bombed the Darwish family's home near the Al-Sawarha cemetery in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

The occupation forces' artillery also targeted the al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City, while shelling the east of al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip and heavy gunfire from occupation forces' vehicles were also reported.

In Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli gunboats fired heavy machine guns towards the city's coast.

The Israeli army destroyed a number of residential buildings southeast of Gaza City, while warplanes launched new raids on the Tuffah neighborhood, resulting in further civilian casualties.

From dawn on Saturday until Sunday morning, more than 56 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes targeting residential areas, bringing the death toll in Gaza to more than 100 in just 48 hours, amid escalating aggression and relentless bombardment.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the number of dead in the Gaza Strip since the resumption of the latest aggression has reached 1,783, in addition to 4,683 wounded, according to official statistics.

Since the war began on October 7, 2023, the death toll has risen to 51,157, while the number of wounded has exceeded 116,724.

Israeli occupation forces seized a house in the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah, on Sunday, and turned it into a military barracks.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces forced Hassan Abdel Qader and his family to leave their home in the town and turned it into a military barracks.

It is noteworthy that three days ago, settlers established a new settlement outpost on the town's lands.

The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 84th consecutive day, and on the 71st day on the Nur Shams camp, amidst an escalating situation on the ground, accompanied by gunfire, explosions, raids, vandalism, and attacks on citizens and their property.

Local sources reported that a huge explosion occurred at dawn today in Tulkarm camp, followed by a thick plume of smoke. The nature of the explosion has not been determined, due to the siege imposed by the occupation on the camp and its near-complete emptiness of residents after they were forcibly displaced from their homes.

Israeli bulldozers carried out additional razing of completely destroyed streets in Tulkarm camp, closing off the western entrance to the camp from the Muqata'a neighborhood with earth mounds. Meanwhile, Israeli forces continue to deploy throughout the camp's neighborhoods, seizing homes and blocking off many entrances with barbed wire.

Throughout last night, the Al-Mahjar neighborhood in Nour Shams refugee camp witnessed heavy gunfire by occupation forces, the storming of dozens of homes, and the vandalism of several civilian vehicles.

Local sources reported that Israeli occupation forces forced approximately 10 families from the Jabal al-Nasr area in Nour Shams camp and the area west of the camp to evacuate their homes, and threatened other families with eviction until Sunday, amid heavy gunfire aimed at terrorizing residents.

Meanwhile, the city witnessed a heavy deployment of military vehicles and infantry units last night, positioned around Gamal Abdel Nasser Square, Al-Haddadeen Street, and the eastern district, amid heavy firing of sound bombs at vehicles and civilians.

In the city center, occupation forces chased young men around Gamal Abdel Nasser Square, fired sound bombs intensively, and arrested a young man who was present at the scene, without being able to determine his identity.

In the eastern part of the city, occupation forces raided a number of shops and subjected those present to field interrogation.

Infantry forces and military vehicles also stormed the Dhnaba suburb and Harat al-Salam in the east of the city, raiding a number of homes, conducting extensive searches, and interrogating their owners.

Meanwhile, the occupation continues to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, converting them into military barracks after forcibly evacuating residents. Meanwhile, its military vehicles and bulldozers are stationed in the vicinity.

The ongoing Israeli aggression and escalation against the city of Tulkarm and its two refugee camps resulted in the deaths of 13 civilians, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens more were injured and arrested.

It also resulted in the forced displacement of more than 4,000 families from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, along with hundreds of citizens from the city's northern neighborhood after their homes were seized and a number of them converted into military barracks.

The aggression caused widespread destruction to infrastructure, including homes, shops, and vehicles, which were completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted, and stolen. 396 homes were completely destroyed and 2,573 partially destroyed in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, in addition to closing their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Saturday that hospitals for children and newborns in the Gaza Strip "lack adequate medical equipment and operate under extremely difficult conditions," in light of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip for more than a year and a half.

In a post on its X account, UNICEF said, "The survival of Gaza's children depends on the reimposition of a ceasefire and the entry of aid into the Strip."

She stressed the need to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza again.

UNICEF explained that "Gaza hospitals, which treat newborns and children, lack sufficient medical equipment and operate under extremely difficult conditions."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday evening that the occupation is at a critical stage of the war, stressing that it will not submit to the dictates of Hamas.

Netanyahu added in a televised address: "This war has exacted a heavy toll, and I wish a speedy recovery to the wounded soldiers and combatants injured in the fighting. I have directed the army to respond forcefully and increase the pressure on Hamas."

He continued: "We are at a crucial stage of the battle, and what is required is patience to achieve victory.

We will not surrender to Hamas, and if we do not eliminate its military capabilities, what happened on October 7 will happen again."

Netanyahu stressed that the occupation army will not end the war on Gaza before eliminating Hamas and returning the prisoners it holds.

He added: "Many of those who spoke out today against our aggressive policies opposed every step we took, and this reflects the extent of hypocrisy.

As for Iran's branch in Gaza, if we do not complete the destruction of Hamas's military and governmental capabilities, a repeat of what happened in October will only be a matter of time."

He pointed out that Hamas has so far rejected any proposal that would lead to the release of half of the living hostages. Hamas is demanding an end to the war while maintaining its rule, the withdrawal of the occupation from Gaza, and reconstruction with massive financial support that would enable it to rearm and launch new attacks.

Netanyahu emphasized that ending the war on these terms would send a message that the kidnapping of Israelis forces the occupation to its knees and subject it to dictates, posing a threat to regional and international security and undermining US President Donald Trump's vision of radically changing the reality in Gaza.

He concluded by saying, "We will not end this war until Hamas is destroyed, all hostages are returned, and the Gaza Strip is guaranteed not to pose a renewed threat to the occupation."

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Saturday that hospitals for children and newborns in the Gaza Strip "lack adequate medical equipment and operate under extremely difficult conditions," in light of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip for more than a year and a half.

In a post on its X account, UNICEF said, "The survival of Gaza's children depends on the reimposition of a ceasefire and the entry of aid into the Strip."

She stressed the need to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza again.

UNICEF explained that "Gaza hospitals, which treat newborns and children, lack sufficient medical equipment and operate under extremely difficult conditions."

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) stated in a report yesterday, Friday, that the blockade on Gaza today is "more severe than the initial period after October 7, 2023."

UNRWA stated that 420,000 people have been displaced again in the Gaza Strip since March 18 due to renewed Israeli attacks.

A number of citizens suffered suffocation on Saturday evening, during an Israeli occupation forces raid on the town of Tuqu', southeast of Bethlehem.

According to local sources, occupation forces stormed Tuqu' and positioned themselves around the municipality's western entrance. They fired tear gas and sound bombs at residents' homes, causing a number of residents to suffocate from the gas.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar told the British newspaper The Telegraph that the Israeli government will make every effort to reach a new and reasonable agreement regarding the detainees in the Gaza Strip.

Sa'ar added, "If we cannot release the detainees from Gaza through diplomatic means, we will have to do so through strong military action."

Sa'ar commented on French President Emmanuel Macron's statement regarding his country's intention to recognize an independent Palestinian state, saying, "It would be a grave mistake, and Tel Aviv would be forced to respond unilaterally if Paris chooses to recognize a Palestinian state."

"The French will lose their regional influence and damage their standing if they recognize a Palestinian state," he continued in his interview with The Telegraph.

The Israeli Foreign Minister affirmed his government's commitment to preventing Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon, noting that "if this can be achieved through diplomatic means, it is acceptable."

He explained that he had a good meeting with his British counterpart, David Lammy, adding, "But that doesn't necessarily mean there aren't any disagreements."

For his part, occupation leaders attacked French President Emmanuel Macron after he announced his readiness to recognize an independent Palestinian state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Macron is making a "grave mistake" by promoting the idea of establishing a Palestinian state, which he described as "aimed solely at destroying the occupation."

Netanyahu stressed that his government would not accept any threat to the existence of the occupation due to what he described as "delusions." He attacked Macron, saying, "We will not accept sermons about establishing a Palestinian state from those who oppose granting independence to Corsica, New Caledonia, and other regions whose independence would not pose a threat to France."

Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that his country may recognize a Palestinian state next June, during an interview on France 5.

Israeli occupation forces escalated their aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps on Saturday, carrying out a campaign of raids and home invasions, accompanied by attacks on civilians and widespread destruction and bulldozing.

Israeli occupation forces raided the home of Wafa News Agency photographer Wafa Awad in the vicinity of the Rabaia neighborhood in Tulkarm refugee camp, assaulting him and vandalizing the contents of the house in the presence of his family.

Awad said that the occupation forces stormed his home in the Al-Raba'a neighborhood this evening and severely beat him amid a wave of insults and curses.

He explained that the occupation forces raided his home suddenly and beat him up and abused him without any justification, adding, "I was beaten and subjected to harsh insults and curses, before they confiscated my press card, my personal ID, and my mobile phone."

He noted that after the attack, the occupation forces destroyed the contents of the house and severely damaged its furniture, in what he described as a "vengeful and hateful" act, despite knowing he was a photojournalist.

In the northern neighborhood of Tulkarm, specifically in the vicinity of Al-Hadaida neighborhood, occupation soldiers raided the homes of the Al-Awad family and vandalized the contents of the home of the two brothers, Walid and Raed Awad, and confiscated the residents’ phones and ID cards, including those of the women, before arresting the child, Ahmed Raed Awad (15 years old), and taking him blindfolded to an unknown location.

Meanwhile, today, Israeli bulldozers began leveling streets and neighborhoods in Tulkarm refugee camp, closing the western entrance to the camp from the Muqata'a neighborhood with earth mounds. Meanwhile, Israeli forces remain deployed throughout the camp's neighborhoods, sealing off many entrances with barbed wire.

In a new escalation, Israeli forces forcibly evacuated approximately 10 families from the Jabal al-Nasr area of Nour Shams camp and the area west of the camp, threatening to evacuate other families by tomorrow, amid heavy gunfire to spread panic among residents.

In the same context, military reinforcements, including vehicles and a diesel tanker, were seen roaming the city streets and heading towards Tulkarm camp.

The United States and Iran concluded the second round of diplomatic talks on Tehran's nuclear activities, setting the agenda for swift negotiations that, according to Iran, will not require dismantling the country's comprehensive nuclear infrastructure.

Instead, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, a group of experts will meet next week to discuss technical details, including the maximum levels to which Iran can enrich uranium, the size of the nuclear stockpile it can maintain, and how to monitor and verify compliance with any agreement.

But these talks, experts say, implicitly assume that President Donald Trump is willing to back down from the administration's original insistence that all of Iran's major nuclear sites and long-range missile arsenals undergo what National Security Advisor Michael Waltz recently called "complete dismantlement."

Since then, US administration officials have been at odds over the goals of their talks with Iran, and over whether it is acceptable to allow Tehran any capacity to enrich uranium—and thus race toward a nuclear bomb.

In private talks, the Iranians informed US officials of their willingness to reduce enrichment levels to the levels established in the 2015 agreement reached with the administration of former President Barack Obama. This agreement limited the amount of nuclear material Iran could possess and restricted enrichment to 3.67%, the level needed to produce fuel for nuclear power plants.

But Trump withdrew from that agreement in May 2018. Over the past three years, Iran has been enriching uranium to much higher levels: around 60% purity, just below the level needed to produce a nuclear weapon. This presents Tehran with two options: either race to produce weapons-grade fuel, or negotiate with the United States to return to the original levels stipulated in the agreement with the Obama administration.

Steve Witkoff, the chief US negotiator, expressed his willingness to pursue this path earlier this week. But this has exposed Mr. Trump to criticism that after declaring the decade-old nuclear agreement a "disaster" and scrapping it, he has not gotten anything better.

Witkoff was forced to back down. He posted on social media that the US position now was that "Iran must halt and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weapons program." The key word was "eliminate."

Witkoff did not speak immediately after the negotiations—the second round in two weeks—ended on Saturday afternoon in Rome. Oman, which is mediating the talks, said those technical negotiations would be held in Muscat, its capital, in the coming days. When asked this week whether the United States could live with Iran's limited nuclear enrichment capacity, American officials evaded the answer, saying only that Mr. Trump had pledged not to allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.

Witkoff will now have to brief Trump and his administration colleagues on the latest round of talks. According to the New York Times, officials familiar with the internal debate say that National Security Advisor Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both of whom were staunch critics of the Obama-era nuclear deal when they were members of Congress, still oppose allowing Iran to possess any nuclear production capacity.

Rubio stated on Friday that any agreement must prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. He told reporters on a trip to Paris, "It has to be something that not only prevents Iran from having a nuclear weapon now, but also in the future."

But Witkoff, like Obama's negotiators a decade ago, apparently concluded that the only way to reach an agreement was to allow some enrichment capacity, subject to monitoring and verification by American or international inspectors.

Israel has long relied on President Trump to take a tough stance against Iran. During his first term, he did just that, ordering the killing of Iran's top security official, Qassem Soleimani, devastating Tehran's economy with US sanctions, and abandoning an international agreement limiting Iran's nuclear program. But now, as Trump resists being dragged into a new war in the Middle East, he is trying to take a more measured approach.

While the specter of military action remains—Trump said last week, “If we have to take very severe action, we will take it”—he has moved forward with negotiations, reportedly asking Israel to refrain from attacking Iranian nuclear sites.

All this has put Israel in a state of tension regarding the course of the talks.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi explained that the goal is to reach a "logical and rational understanding, while respecting the legitimate rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran and lifting harsh and illegal sanctions, that will remove any doubts about Iran's peaceful nuclear program."

Iran also lowered its expectations for a resumption of diplomatic efforts within the next two months, under a deadline set by Trump.

"This matter must be monitored carefully. The red lines are clear. They are clear to the other side, and they are clear to us as well," Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement posted on social media on Tuesday.

He said he was "neither overly optimistic nor pessimistic" about the process, but described the first round of indirect talks as good.

Iran maintains that its nuclear program is legal and intended solely for civilian uses, such as energy and medical isotopes. It refuses to halt uranium enrichment, the material needed to build a nuclear bomb.

For more than a decade, world leaders have sought to limit Iran's uranium enrichment to levels far below those needed for weapons. This requires independent verification by outside inspectors. On Wednesday, the head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, visited Tehran to urge its leaders to cooperate.

Scientists believe Iran is closer than ever to being able to produce six or more nuclear weapons within months, or possibly a year.

After meeting last week with Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi, Witkoff suggested that Iran might be able to produce low levels of uranium under a verification regime that also extended to Tehran's missile program. However, Mr. Witkoff shifted his position to insist that "Iran must halt and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weapons programs" to conclude any agreement.

Experts say Witkoff's shift reflects uncertainty within the Trump administration—and likely within the president himself—about whether it believes it can strike a reasonable deal.

Some believe the Trump administration may be open to allowing low-level enrichment as long as Iran makes an unprecedented concession, such as opening its nuclear sites to US inspectors or welcoming US investors.

A child was injured by Israeli occupation forces' bullets on Saturday evening during clashes in Beit Furik, east of Nablus.

According to the Red Crescent Society, a 13-year-old boy was shot in the thigh with live ammunition and was taken to the hospital for treatment. He was injured during clashes with Israeli occupation forces who stormed the town, firing live and rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs, and tear gas.

Local sources reported that settlers kidnapped three children from the Al-Dhubat neighborhood west of the town. Townspeople rushed to their aid and found them tied to olive trees after being kidnapped for more than an hour.

Qatar considered the incitement of right-wing Israeli settler groups to bomb Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem and build the alleged Temple in its place a "dangerous incitement that threatens to widen the circle of violence in the region."

This came in a statement by the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commenting on the circulation of a video clip produced using artificial intelligence technology, titled "Next Year in Jerusalem," on extremist Hebrew platforms and websites, showing the bombing of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the alleged construction of a temple in its place.

In its statement, the ministry condemned "in the strongest terms the plans of platforms affiliated with Israeli occupation organizations to bomb and destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque and build the alleged temple in its place."

She considered this "a dangerous incitement that threatens to widen the circle of violence in the region in light of the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip."

The Foreign Ministry affirmed "Qatar's absolute rejection of any infringement on the historical and legal status of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, and its holy sites."

She called on the international community to "urgently deter the occupation, compel Israel to provide the necessary protection for these holy sites, and respect international legitimacy resolutions."

The ministry reiterated Qatar's firm and permanent position in support of the Palestinian cause and the steadfastness of the brotherly Palestinian people, based on international legitimacy resolutions and the two-state solution, ensuring the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Right-wing Israeli groups have called for widespread raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque on the occasion of Passover, which began last Sunday and will continue for a week.

Easter celebrations are taking place in the West Bank and Jerusalem, particularly at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City, one of the most important churches in the world. Large numbers of Israeli police are deployed in the town and around the church.

In 2003, Israeli police unilaterally allowed settlers to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque despite continued opposition from the Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem.

Since then, the raids have taken place daily except Fridays and Saturdays, and peak during the Jewish holidays.

Settlers set fire to agricultural crops in the Wadi al-Rakhim community, west of the village of Susya, south of Hebron, on Saturday evening.

According to local sources, heavily armed settlers, under the protection of occupation soldiers, burned more than half a dunum of land planted with wheat and barley in the Wadi al-Rakhim community near the village of Susya, owned by Ali Muhammad Shanaran. The fire also destroyed equipment and wood from a house under construction.

Armed settlers, under the protection of occupation soldiers, seized a herd of sheep belonging to Issa al-Hamamda near Khirbet al-Tabban in Masafer Yatta, attempting to steal them, claiming they were theirs.

The families of Israeli prisoners held in Gaza are planning to stage a protest on Sunday near the border with the enclave, demanding that the Netanyahu government conclude a swap deal for their immediate release "in one fell swoop," according to Hebrew media reports.

The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Saturday: "The families of the kidnapped will gather tomorrow on the border with Gaza, specifically in Kibbutz Nir Oz, to raise their voices in a plea for their loved ones who are still in captivity."

The newspaper indicated that Israeli families will use loudspeakers to make their voices heard by their imprisoned relatives in Gaza.

The Israeli Prisoners' Families Authority said in a statement that this gathering "comes after 561 days without hearing the cries of 59 abductees or knowing their fate."

"If we do not act now, we are condemning the living to death, and we will no longer be able to locate and bring back the dead," the statement read.

The organization appealed to the government, saying: "We appeal to decision-makers: conclude an agreement that leads to the immediate and immediate release of everyone."

Earlier on Saturday, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released a video of an Israeli prisoner held by it, in which he sent a voice message to his mother, saying: "My dear mother, you are certainly fighting for me, as I have always known you."

Al-Qassam Brigades did not show the prisoner's photo in the video, nor did it reveal his name or any other details about him.

The 21-second video concluded with an image of an hourglass, with the words "Time is running out" written beneath it in Arabic, English, and Hebrew.

On Friday, the Authority called on the Israeli public to join the families of the prisoners in several major events and demonstrations in several areas, including Tel Aviv, on Saturday, to demand an immediate deal for the return of their loved ones.

"Join us at the main protest in Abductees' Square, under the slogan 'We only have one more push left,'" the organization said in a statement, symbolically referring to the last remaining hope they have for the return of their captive relatives.

She pointed out that the demonstration aims to send a message to Israeli decision-makers: "We demand an agreement that leads to the release of all abductees, the living ones so they can be rehabilitated, and the dead ones so they can be buried with dignity."

In its letter to the Israeli government, the commission stressed that "Hamas cannot be defeated as long as it holds a single prisoner."

She added, "The Israeli people chose the kidnapped soldiers. They are above politics and above all disagreement. History will remember those who sat back and remained silent, and those who stood up and took action."

She noted that numerous demonstrations will take place on Saturday evening in Israeli cities and regions, demanding the release of prisoners, including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the Sha'ar Hanegev Junction, and the Karmi Gat neighborhood north of Kiryat Gat.

Tel Aviv estimates that there are 59 Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip, 24 of whom are still alive. Meanwhile, more than 9,500 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.

In early March 2025, the first phase of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel concluded. The agreement, which went into effect on January 19, 2025, was brokered by Egypt and Qatar and supported by the United States, and the Palestinian movement adhered to it.

However, Netanyahu disavowed the start of the second phase and resumed the genocide in the Gaza Strip on March 18, in deference to the most extreme faction within his right-wing government, according to Hebrew media.

Since resuming its genocide, Israel has killed 1,783 Palestinians and injured 4,683 others, most of them children and women, according to the Gaza Health Ministry on Saturday morning.

With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 167,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing.

Three citizens were killed and others injured on Saturday evening, as a result of the occupation's shelling of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip and Khan Yunis in the south.

Local sources reported that an Israeli drone fired directly at a group of civilians east of Beit Hanoun, killing a young man and wounding several others.

She added that a drone bombed a plot of land housing displaced persons in Khan Yunis, killing one citizen and wounding others. Another citizen was also killed in the occupation's bombing of Khan Yunis camp.

In this context, medical sources reported that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since dawn today has risen to 44, as a result of raids targeting several areas in the north, center, and south of the Strip.

Since the early hours of the morning, Israeli warplanes have launched a series of violent raids targeting homes and lands in various areas of the Gaza Strip, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries. This comes amid the escalating Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, which has been ongoing since October 7, 2023.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Saturday that Palestinians in Gaza are under siege, subjected to bombardment, and starvation once again due to the Israeli closure of the Strip's crossings for the seventh consecutive week.

UNRWA added in a statement that Palestinians in Gaza are besieged, bombarded, and starved, while food, medicine, fuel, and temporary shelter supplies are piling up at the Strip's crossings.

She explained that Israel has been closing the Gaza Strip's crossings for the seventh consecutive week, preventing the entry of "humanitarian aid, medical and commercial supplies, food, children's vaccines, and fuel into Gaza."

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are facing a new wave of hunger since Israel closed the crossings, even though they have still not recovered from the effects of the previous wave, which resulted from Israel's policy of rationing food and relief aid into the Strip over the course of 19 months of genocide.

UNRWA called for "reopening the crossings to allow the continued flow of aid," and urged a renewal of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

On Tuesday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement that the Gaza Strip is experiencing the worst humanitarian situation since Israel began its war of extermination against the Palestinians on October 7, 2023.

Since March 2, Israel has continued to close the Gaza Strip's crossings to the entry of food, relief, medical aid, and goods, causing a significant deterioration in the humanitarian situation of Palestinians, according to government, human rights, and international reports.

Israel has been blockading Gaza for the 18th year, leaving approximately 1.5 million of its 2.4 million Palestinian citizens homeless after their homes were destroyed in the war of extermination. The Strip has entered a state of famine due to Tel Aviv's closure of the crossings to humanitarian aid.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for reflection on the Palestinian people, who are suffering under a bloody genocide.

This came in a post on his X account, accompanied by a photo of Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Hussam Abu Safia being detained by Israeli occupation forces.

“Let us think of the people of Palestine, the homeland of Jesus during his passion and death, who are now suffering under a bloody genocide,” President Petro said.

Petro posted footage of Abu Safia walking toward Israeli tanks on his account, commenting: "Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safia is a true hero in medical ethics and service to his people. His imprisonment only demonstrates the cowardice of the cruel regime that imprisoned him. Hussam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, is a true hero."