Four members of the Elders group of international figures founded by Nelson Mandela have warned of the potential disappearance of the Palestinian territories and called for an end to Israeli „impunity“.
They said in a statement that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s government was seeking „to make Palestine disappear physically, economically, culturally and politically.“…
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya to his attorney: âThis is the last time youâll see me⊠They brought me here to kill me.â
Recent reports raise grave concerns about Dr. Abu Safiya and the other healthcare professionals from Gaza held in Israeli detention facilities.
PHRI demands the immediate removal of Dr. Abu Safiya from the Rekafet underground security facility and an urgent assessment of his condition by an independent actor, before it is too late.
âI have visited Dr Abu Safiya several times since his detention, but the individual I encountered during this latest visit was not the same person I had previously met,â Odeh said on Sunday, calling for an immediate independent medical examination. ââHis physical and psychological state, the severe injuries visible on his body, and his personal testimony leave no room for doubt: his life is in immediate danger.â
Abu Safiya appeared frightened, distressed and reluctant to speak freely in the meeting, Odeh said, but told his lawyer that he was subjected to daily beatings in the Rakefet jail, and had lost consciousness several times as a result.
Rakefet, where prisoners never see daylight, was built in the 1980s to hold senior organised crime figures before being closed on the grounds it was inhumane. It was reopened on the orders of the far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir.
A famed Palestinian hospital director who Israel abducted in December 2024 is on the brink of death, his lawyer warns.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has been in Israeli captivity for 18 months, ever since Israeli forces shut down the crucial Kamal Adwan Hospital â the second largest in northern Gaza â in the winter of 2024.
Now, Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) is relaying a warning from Abu Safiyaâs lawyer, Nasser Odeh, that the prominent Palestinian pediatrician and hospital director is in âlife-threatening conditionâ and enduring âdaily violence and beatings.â
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RAMALLAH, July 4, 2026 (WAFA) â Presidential Spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh affirmed that the organized terrorism carried out by colonist gangs against Palestinian villages and towns in Jenin, Nablus, Jerusalem, and Hebron in the occupied West Bank is a dangerous escalation of violence.
In a statement, Abu Rudeineh said the attacks have included assaults on homes and residents, the burning of agricultural land, the uprooting and destruction of olive trees, damage to private property, and the seizure of water sources.
He said the escalation, carried out with the direct protection and support of the Israeli army, which continues its daily policy of killing in the Gaza Strip, necessitates immediate international intervention to provide international protection for the Palestinian people before the situation spirals out of control.
NNA – National News Agency correspondent reported that an Israeli drone dropped a sound grenade toward a group of young men on the outskirts of the town of Haddatha, in the Bint Jbeil district.
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NNA – Nabatieh – At 2:20 pm today, Israeli enemy warplanes launched an air raid targeting the outskirts of the town of Kfar Tebnit, towards the Ali al-Taher Hill.
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NNA – Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli enemy drones carried out three airstrikes targeting the towns of Mansouri and Aazziyeh, resulting in a number of injuries.
A separate drone strike targeted Braachit in southern Lebanon.
Meanwhile, an Israeli force comprising several military vehicles, including a D9 armored bulldozer and two Merkava tanks, advanced toward Hadatha before later withdrawing and repositioning near the townâs football field.
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Israeli artillery shelling targeted the vicinity of the Teachersâ Training Institute at the NabatiehâNabatieh El Faouqa Junction.
Israeli drones were also reported flying over the Beirut Southern Suburbs.
Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on Nabatieh El Faouqa and the eastern outskirts of Kfartebnit. No immediate casualty figures were reported.
(June 16, 2026)
NNA – The Israeli enemy escalated its attacks this afternoon, targeting a vehicle in the town of Maifadoun with a drone, which bombed the area as residents gathered around, before targeting a second vehicle in the town.
A third vehicle was also targeted in the town of Shoukine, bringing the total number of attacks to three. According to initial reports, four civilians were martyred and others wounded.
NNA – The Israeli enemy army carried out a large bombing operation in the town of Haddatha – Bint Jbeil district this afternoon.
NNA – Tyre – National News Agency correspondent reported that the final toll resulting from the raid on a residential neighborhood in Hosh – Tyre is one martyr and four wounded.
Israel on Sunday struck the Ghobeiry area in Beirut‘s southern suburbs with two missiles, state-media reported.
According to the National News Agency, the neighbourhood was attacked without prior warning.
NNA – National News Agency correspondent reported that search and rescue operations are continuing at the site targeted by an Israeli enemy raid in the Ghobeiri area in Beirut‘s southern suburbs this afternoon.
The initial updated toll is 3 martyrs and 15 wounded, in addition to significant damage to neighboring buildings and shops.
14 June 2026 11:43 BST
Several reports are circulating that Israel struck the Beirut‘s southern suburbs, following calls from prominent Israeli officials on attacking the area.
According to the Palestinian letter, several recent Israeli measures in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are described as efforts by Israel to further consolidate what the letter characterizes as the annexation of Palestinian territories.
JERUSALEM, May 27, 2026 (WAFA) â Israel, the occupying state, launched on Wednesday morning an online system for the registration of the territory of the occupied State of Palestine (occupied West Bank).
Israel launched the âLand Registry and Settlement of Rightsâ online system, codenamed â Grenade,â amid open endorsement from Jewish supremacist Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Orit Strook, who described it as âa central pillar in applying sovereignty in the territory and strengthening Israeli hold on Judea and Samaria.â
Israel uses the Jewish nationalist name âJudea and Samariaâ to refer to the occupied West Bank to reinforce its bogus claims to the territory and to give them a veneer of historical and religious legitimacy.
The project aims to register nearly 58 per cent of land in Area C, equivalent to around 35 per cent of the occupied West Bank, excluding occupied East Jerusalem, as part of what Israel describes as a âsettlement of property rightsâ process.
Israel is escalating in Gaza âbecause it knows it will not encounter severe oppositionâ, and in Lebanon âbecause so far the world is letting Israel get away with itâ.
âAt this point, we are fully in control of 60 percent of the territory of the Gaza Strip,â Netanyahu said during a conference hosted by the pre-military Ein Prat leadership academy.
âMy directive is to get to⊠70 percent,â he added.
When audience members shouted in support of full Israeli control over Gaza, Netanyahu replied: âWeâre going in order. First 70 percent⊠weâll start with that.â
(May 25, 2026)
As part of the October 2025 deal, Israeli troops withdrew to the âyellow lineâ that runs roughly parallel to Gazaâs coastline and cuts off large chunks of territory at the northern and southern ends of the enclave, giving Israel control of 53% of the Gaza Strip. Since then, they have encroached further west and now effectively control over 60% of the territory.
In what appears to be a carefully calibrated show of force, the U.S deployed the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and its accompanying strike group into Caribbean waters this week, a move that coincided with the unsealing of murder charges against former Cuban leader RaĂșl Castro on Wednesday and an intensifying pressure campaign by the Trump administration against Havana.
The United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has condemned Israelâs move to set up an Israeli army base in occupied East Jerusalem at the site where an UNRWA office once operated for besieged Palestinians.
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, said….
And reports indicate that the number of U.S. military surveillance flights taking place near the island have skyrocketed in recent weeks, raising fears of an impending operation.
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Trumpâs recent threats to âtakeâ Cuba, however, coupled with the recent loss of energy supplies from Venezuela and the Castro indictment, may mark the most serious threat to the countryâs independence since its 1959 revolution.
More than one million people in Lebanon have been displaced by Israeli attacks, including Palestinian refugees reliving decades of loss and displacement.
Many families remain without homes as communities in Beirutâs southern suburbs face widespread destruction and ongoing insecurity.
Watch Al Jazeeraâs Zeina Khodr report below:
(May 14, 2026)
Twice this week, U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed interest in turning Venezuela into his countryâs 51st state. The latest came via a Truth Social post Tuesday with a map showing the South American country filled with the U.S. flag.
Previous statements doubting Venezuelaâs sovereignty over the past 25 years have been met with immediate derision from senior government officials, including the president.
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In a post on X, Diaz-Canel urged the United States to instead lift its blockade.
„The damage could be eased in a much simpler and faster way by lifting or relaxing the blockade, since it is known that the humanitarian situation is coldly calculated and induced,“ he said.
But, if Washington showed „true willingness“ to provide aid, he added, „it will encounter no obstacles or ingratitude from Cuba.“
With Ricoâs death, Indonesia has lost four soldiers serving with UNIFIL in southern Lebanon over the past month.
Among them was Private First Class Farizal Rhomadhon, who died in an artillery attack on March 29 in the same incident that initially left Rico wounded.
On March 30, two Indonesian soldiers, Captain Zulmi Aditya Iskandar and Sergeant Muhammad Nur Ikhwan, were killed when the convoy they were escorting came under attack.
âOver the past week, Israeli soldiers have fired âwarning shotsâ in the area, striking and damaging clearly identifiable Unifil vehicles. In one case, a âwarning shotâ landed a metre away from a peacekeeper who had dismounted his vehicleâ.
The mission said Israeli troops have also obstructed its patrols, reporting that forces âhave continually blocked peacekeepersâ movements on this road in recent daysâ.
It added, âsince early April, Israeli soldiers have also destroyed force protection cameras in UNIFILâs Naqoura headquarters and five other positions on the Blue Line from Ras Naqoura to Maroun ar Rasâ.
Unifil said Israeli personnel further restricted visibility at its headquarters, noting that soldiers spray-painted the pedestrian gate windows on Saturday, âdenying visibility to the external perimeterâ.
Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed 1,530 people since 2 March, the Ministry of Health reported Tuesday.
This new toll includes 102 women, 130 children, and 57 medical personnel killed, and 4,812 wounded.
The Lebanese ministry had reported 1,497 deaths the previous day.
– U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that a âwhole civilization will die tonight,â but said Iran still has time to capitulate ahead of a deadline set for 8 p.m. EDT. The American leader issued the stark threat Tuesday, about 12 hours ahead of his deadline for Iran to agree to a deal that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
– The U.S. also struck military targets on the Iranian oil hub of Kharg Island, according to a White House official who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The attack marked the second time the island was targeted. Israeli warplanes, meanwhile, struck bridges and railways in Iran.
– Trump on Monday threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran, an action that would be so far-reaching that some experts in military law said it could constitute a war crime. Trump said that heâs ânot at allâ concerned about committing war crimes.
A UN security official said „17 of the headquarters‘ cameras have been destroyed by the Israeli army“ in Naqura within 24 hours. Unifil spokesperson Kandice Ardiel said „the cameras appear to have been destroyed by some kind of laser“.
She added that „(Israeli) soldiers are present in Naqura and have been undertaking massive demolitions of buildings in the village this week“.
Speaking during an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council, Indonesiaâs representative to the U.N., Omar Hadi, said: âWe demand a direct investigation by the United Nations, not merely Israeli excuses.â
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Three United Nations peacekeepers from Indonesia were killed in two separate incidents in southern Lebanon after a bloody weekend in which Lebanese âjournalists and medics were killed in Israeli strikes.
Speaking on Sunday, Trump told the newspaper that his âpreference would be to take the oil,â as he weighs whether to seize Iranâs key fuel export hub at Kharg Island. He likened the potential move to the US ambitions to control Venezuelaâs oil industry following the capture of its leader NicolĂĄs Maduro in January.
Trumpâs return to power is ushering in a new world order in which multilateralism and international organizations, starting with the United Nations, are in retreat.