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Addressing the UN Security Council, Majed Bamya says the widescale destruction of Gaza by Israeli operations has made it clear their sole goal is forced displacement. “They want to make sure that Palestinians in Gaza have no homes to return to,” he said. They want to make sure they have no life to return.” “They want to make sure that life in Gaza is no longer possible, with one aim, what they call ‘voluntary migration’ … the codename for forced displacement. These are the options for Palestinians: Destruction or displacement, death or displacement,” he said. Source: AlJazeera

Speaking to reporters, Yoav Gallant hailed the “cooperation” of ground forces and the Israeli Air Force, which has bombarded Gaza since October 7. “We are now carrying out major operations in the Gaza Strip for a prolonged period until all targets are met,” he said. “The fighting is centred in Khan Younis. The achievements are precise and impressive, and the results are coming.” Source: AlJazeera

Turkish first lady , Emine Erdogan speaks at exhibition aimed at raising awareness in international community by conveying feelings, traumas, pain, difficult conditions of children in Gaza Strip Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan called on the international community on Friday to take steps to end the persecution of people in the Gaza Strip, promising to make the voices of Palestinian children heard globally. Speaking at the “Bulletproof Dreams: Exhibition of Gazan Child Artists” in Istanbul, Emine Erdogan said they must make the voices of Palestinian children, whose right to life is their most basic right, more audible and their suffering…

Olaf Scholz spoke to Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz today, according to a statement from the German government. The pair discussed the latest developments in Gaza and on Israel’s northern border, with Scholz relating his diplomatic efforts to keep the conflict from spreading regionally. The German chancellor also emphasised to Gantz the need to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza and for Israel to protect civilian life. Source: AlJazeera

Responding to a Human Rights Watch report that documented “systemic censorship” of Palestinian content on platforms owned by Meta, Mona Shtaya, a non-resident fellow at Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, said that the “discriminatory policies and algorithms” are treading on Palestinians’ rights. It’s also making Palestinians less safe, she said. “We’re seeing this across other platforms. We have seen rights violations on TikTok and on YouTube,” she told Al Jazeera from Ramallah. “Let’s be clear here – these platforms are widespread and widely used between Palestinian users … to share documentation of human rights violations around, and they’re also…

Russia will retaliate in kind to the potential confiscation of its assets by Western countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Friday.

Hamas has said the Gaza Strip-based Palestinian resistance movements’ Operation al-Aqsa Storm against Israel put the occupying regime “on the path of extinction.”

Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has launched fresh strikes on Israeli targets across the occupied territories in support of Palestinians who are subjected to Israeli atrocities.

A US intelligence assessment has laid bare Israel’s indiscriminate bombing of the besieged Gaza Strip, revealing that nearly half the regime’s air-to-surface munitions dropped on Gaza in the past few months, were unguided bombs.

Yemen’s defense minister has warned tarns-regional military forces against offering support to the Israeli regime and securing passage of Israel-owned ships or vessels bound to Israeli ports in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea waters.