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Daily Archives: 26. Mai 2025
‘Stop Arming Israel’: Israeli Citizens Demonstrations in 12 European Cities, Meeting in Paris
“No business as usual with Israel”, demonstrations by Israeli citizens across Europe will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 27, in 12 major cities to demand: “Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement! Stop Arming Israel!”
According to the initiative, “As Israeli citizens living in Europe, we are watching with broken hearts and endless rage as the Israeli army is exacting unprecedented destruction on the Gaza Strip and its people, as the Israeli society is deteriorating into fascism and widespread dehumanization, and as our government is committing a genocide aimed at the destruction of Palestinian collectivity.”
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In addition, from June 12 to 14, 2025, Paris will host an exceptional gathering, held under the patronage and in the presence of the French President Emmanuel Macron. The initiative was started by The Alliance for Two States headed by Palestinian Samer Sinijlawi and Israeli Gershon Baskin.
White House quiet on possible Gaza ceasefire deal
The United States government has not said anything about this deal to reporters, in fact, it’s a bit of a ghost town at the White House North Lawn because it’s a federal holiday here.
Hamas agrees to US proposal on Gaza ceasefire, Palestinian official says
Hamas has agreed to a proposal by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff for a Gaza ceasefire, a Palestinian official close to the group told Reuters on Monday, paving the way for a possible end to the war with Israel.
The new proposal, which sees the release of ten hostages and 70 days of truce, was received by Hamas through mediators.
Israeli anti-war activists: ‚We refuse the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians‘
“We‘re here to say we refuse the bombing of civilians, we refuse starvation, we refuse war crimes, we refuse the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.”
Israeli anti-war activists clashed with police during a demonstration against the war on Gaza in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
One demonstrator says they refuse to remain silent while Israelis continue to commit “such hideous crimes against humanity” in a “growing fascist regime”.
LIVE Protest In Israel | Anti-Government Hostages Protest LIVE | Israel-Gaza War LIVE | World News
(May 25, 2025)
Weekly demonstration of relatives of hostages and others, demanding a deal to release the hostages in captivity in Gaza and against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the way the government handled the war with Hamas.
Gaza death toll nears 54,000
13:41, 26 May 2025
At least 53,939 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war since October 2023, Anadolu Ajansı reported quoting the Health Ministry on Sunday (May 25).
‘We are nothing but defenceless peaceful civilians’
Bushra Rajab recalled waking up “to the sound of people screaming and panicking” after what sounded “like a big explosion”.
“Many people were killed and many were injured. Some of those killed were my relatives,” she said. “There were too many injured people for ambulances to reach. The remains of bodies were all over the place.”
Scenes of horror in Gaza as Palestinian child tries to escape the flames after school attack
In an 11-second clip shared on the messaging site Telegram, a young girl can be seen trying to make her way out of a burning classroom following a deadly Israeli strike on the Fahmi Al-Jargawi girls‘ school.
Health officials told reporters they had recovered the severely burned bodies of 31 people, including children, after the late-night strike.
It was unclear whether the child who featured in the video survived the attack.
Israeli strikes kill 52 in Gaza including 36 in a school-turned-shelter, medics say
Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people in the Gaza Strip on Monday, including 36 in a school-turned-shelter that was struck as people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, according to local health officials. The military said it targeted militants operating from the school.
Head of Gaza aid organisation resigns hours before controversial plan set to launch
GHF emerged in the public eye earlier this month as Israeli officials began briefing the UN and international NGOs about their new detailed plan to take over – and restrict – aid distribution in Gaza.
According to a memo of those briefings, aid would be distributed from up to five logistic hubs set up in southern Gaza, run by private security contractors and with facial recognition technology to vet beneficiaries.
Head of Gaza aid group resigns, citing concern over ‘humanitarian principles’
The GHF is a Switzerland-based nonprofit organization backed by the United States and Israel, which aims to use armed private contractors to provide security at Israeli-designated corridors and distribution “hubs,” from which aid groups would distribute food packages to vetted Gazans.
Jake Wood’s resignation as executive director, which he said comes two months after he was approached to lead the organization, amounts to a vote of no confidence against the foundation’s plan, which has faced skepticism from humanitarian agencies about its feasibility and morality since its inception.
Invaders launch record-breaking 335 drones over Ukraine at night, 288 of them shot down
On Monday night, the Russian invaders launched nine X-101 air-launched cruise missiles over Ukraine, as well as 355 Shahed strike UAVs and imitator drones of various types, the Telegram channel of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
„As of 11:00, air defenses shot down all nine X-101 cruise missiles, neutralized 288 enemy Shahed UAVs and drones of other types in the east, north, south, west and center of the country. Some 233 were shot down by fire weapons, and 55 were lost/suppressed by electronic warfare,“ the report said.
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There were no reports of casualties or injuries as a result of the hits.
Trump Rebukes Putin, Calling Escalation of Attacks ‘Absolutely Crazy’
“He’s killing a lot of people, and I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin,” Mr. Trump said. “I’ve known him a long time. Always gotten along with him. But he’s sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don’t like it at all.”
He added, “We’re in the middle of talking, and he’s shooting rockets into Kyiv and other cities.”
Mr. Trump continued criticizing Mr. Putin hours later, writing on social media that his Russian counterpart “has gone absolutely CRAZY” and was shooting missiles and drones into Ukraine’s cities, “for no reason whatsoever.”