Author: Steven Sahiounie

Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh claims that a bombing using upgraded JDAMS is planned to occur on Sunday or Monday. The Israeli occupation is planning an aggression on Gaza using a new version of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs capable of killing all people within “one-half mile” from the dropping site, US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh said on Sunday, citing sources. According to Hersh, the attack is scheduled between Sunday and Monday. “The current Israeli war planners are convinced, the insider told me, that the upgraded version of JDAMs with larger warheads would penetrate deep enough underground before detonating -…

By Ali Hashem in Ayta Ash Shab, Lebanon Tit-for-tat retaliations continue between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah along the Israel-Lebanon border. Everything going on at this border is linked to what is happening in Gaza. This front could be the most concerning for Israel because of the quality of weapons Hezbollah has. The group has been stockpiling tens of thousands of rockets. So there is a concern about what kind of a war could begin on this front, in case the situation in Gaza escalates. Source: AlJazeera

Some families have returned to Gaza City, ignoring Israel’s demand that they evacuate to the south of the Gaza Strip. “People are desperate and emotionally and physically drained,” Amal* told Al Jazeera from Deir al-Balah where she had fled with her family from Gaza City. She added that several families had found conditions in Deir al-Balah “unsanitary, no place to sleep, no electricity and no water: not a life,” which prompted them to return to their homes in Gaza City. “Nobody wants to leave their homes,” Amal* said. “They left out of fear of what was to come, and also…

Israel’s energy minister says that a decision to renew water supplies to parts of southern Gaza was agreed on between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden. Energy Minister Israel Katz added that the decision to partially renew water supplies was in line with Israeli policy, which is to tighten a blockade on the Hamas-ruled territory. Reports received by Al Jazeera from al-Fukhari and Deir el-Balah, two towns in southern Gaza, said no water was there as of 4:30pm local time (13:00 GMT). Source: Aljazeera

At least 2,450 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli shelling and air strikes in Gaza, says the Palestinian health ministry in the Strip. The number of people injured has reached 9,200, it added. Source: Aljazeera

The Israeli prime minister’s office has said more than 1,400 people have been killed in Israel since Hamas’ offensive on October 7. “Over 1,400 were killed (and) over 120 Israelis were abducted by Hamas terrorists,” Tal Heinrich, spokeswoman for the prime minister’s office, told journalists. Source: Aljazeera

Iran warned Sunday that “no one can guarantee” control of the situation if Israel invades Gaza Iran warned Sunday that “no one can guarantee” control of the situation if Israel invades Gaza, ahead of an expected ground offensive by Israeli forces. “If the attacks of the Zionist regime (Israel) against the defenceless citizens and people of Gaza continue, no one can guarantee the control of the situation and the non-expansion of the conflicts,” Iran’s foreign ministry quoted Foreign Minster Hossein Amir-Abdollahian as saying during his meeting with Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. Source: Zawya

The country’s largest religious political party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, held a massive Palestinian solidarity rally in Peshawar The leader of Pakistan’s largest religious political party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUIF), pledged its financial support to Hamas and vowed to join the Palestinian militant group “on the frontlines” in the fight against Israel during a massive rally in the city of Peshawar on Saturday, local media reported. “If the Islamic countries allow us passage, we are ready to join the fight on the frontlines,” JUIF head Maulana Fazlur Rehman told the crowd at the Mufti Mahmoud Conference. He revealed that Hamas had requested…

Israeli public officials have openly called for a repeat of historic events that displaced a million Palestinians Palestinians in Gaza face mass ethnic cleansing as Israel orders half the population of the densely populated strip to evacuate amid continued aerial bombardment and dwindling resources on the ground, UN human rights experts warned on Saturday. “In the name of self-defense, Israel is seeking to justify what would amount to ethnic cleansing,” UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said, noting that “Israel has already carried out mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians under the fog of war.” “There is a grave danger that what…

Israel ordered everyone in north Gaza to evacuate on Thursday, alarming humanitarian groups Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas categorically rejected the removal of Gaza’s inhabitants from their land in a phone call with US President Joe Biden on Saturday, Abbas’ office confirmed in a statement. Biden pledged to support efforts by the Palestinian Authority, which controls the West Bank, to bring much-needed humanitarian assistance to Hamas-controlled Gaza, according to a White House summary of the call. The US president also claimed his administration has been working with the UN, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel “to ensure humanitarian supplies reach civilians in…