⚡️🇮🇱 An Israeli man was attacked by a shark in the waters off Hadera, Israel.

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⚡️🇱🇧 Lebanon declares three days of official mourning for the death of Pope Francis.

⚡️🇹🇷🇸🇾A Turkish military convoy was spotted heading toward Menagh Airbase near Tel Rifaat, north of Aleppo.

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🇱🇧🇮🇷🇻🇦☪✝ The Lebanese Hezbollah in an official statement: We offer our sincere condolences to the Vatican, to the followers of the Catholic Church around the world, to all Christians, and especially to our Christian brothers in Lebanon, on the passing of Pope Francis.

⚡️🇱🇧🇻🇦Hezbollah has published a statement mourning the death of Pope Francis:

Hezbollah offers its sincere condolences to the Vatican, the followers of the Catholic Church worldwide, and all Christians, especially our Christian brothers in Lebanon and the Papal Embassy there, on the passing of the Pope of the Catholic Church, Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis), who believed in peace, called for the rejection of wars, and worked with deep faith to instill the values ​​of love and tolerance and to build bridges between religions, civilizations, and peoples in order to establish dialogue, understanding, and justice.

Through his inspiring stances, Pope Francis embodied the spirit of interfaith dialogue. His prominent meetings with Islamic authorities in Najaf and Al-Azhar were milestones that unleashed the flame of love and the message of human brotherhood.

His frank positions calling for an end to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip (until the last moment of his life), his condemnation of the massacres to which our people in Palestine are being subjected, his demand for the provision of humanitarian aid, his official recognition of the State of Palestine, his support for the Palestinian cause, in addition to his constant support for Lebanon at all stages and his condemnation of the Israeli aggression against it, embody the sincerity of his call and his commitment to the humanitarian values ​​that reject injustice anywhere.

The Lebanese, regardless of their sects or backgrounds, are called upon to recall the words of Pope Francis, who described Lebanon as a "message of great meaning," which expresses a model of coexistence and national unity. They are called upon to draw from his spirit the wisdom and strength to confront challenges and counter attempts to sow discord and division in our beloved country, Lebanon.

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⚡️🇮🇷🇷🇺 AP News: Russia and Iran are now officially strategic allies following President Vladimir Putin’s ratification of a 20-year partnership treaty.

The agreement was initially signed in January during Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s visit to Moscow.

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⚡️🇮🇱 Explosions reported in Tel Aviv.

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🇫🇷🇻🇦✝️ The bells of Notre-Dame-de-Paris have been ringing continuously since 11 a.m. following the death of Pope Francis. The bells rang 88 times marking his age.

⚡️🇮🇶 Mastercard has suspended all domestic and international transactions for cards issued by Iraqi banks.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇫🇷 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet has cancelled visas for 27 French MP’s and local officials. The decision comes just two days before their planned visit to Palestine.

The move follows growing diplomatic tensions between Israel and France. French President Emmanuel Macron recently stated that France would soon recognise a Palestinian state.

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⚡️🇴🇲🇷🇺 Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq has departed for Moscow, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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⚡️🇨🇳🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will visit China on Tuesday.
The visit has been officially confirmed by both Tehran and Beijing.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸 Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir has landed in the United States for a diplomatic and political visit.

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⚡️🇻🇦 Pope Francis will be buried today at 6:00 PM GMT, The Vatican announces.

⚡️🇾🇪🇮🇱 Initial reports suggest two hostages have been transferred from Yemen to Israel.

Details about their identities and the circumstances of their release remain unclear.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Reportedly, the security incident revolves around the death and injury of a number of soldiers after an IED exploded in the southern Gaza Strip. The injured soldiers were transported by military helicopters to Tel Hashomer Hospital.

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⚡️🇮🇱 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced that Ronen Bar submitted a false statement to the Supreme Court.

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⚡️🇵🇸🇻🇦Hamas published a statement mourning the death of Pope Francis:

We extends our deepest condolences and sincere sympathy to the Catholic Church worldwide and to all Christians on the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, Pope of the Vatican, who passed away after a distinguished career in the service of human and religious values.

The late Pope Francis was a noted advocate of interfaith dialogue, calling for understanding and peace among peoples, and rejecting hatred and racism. On more than one occasion, he expressed his rejection of aggression and wars in the world, and was one of the prominent religious voices to condemn the war crimes and genocide being perpetrated against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

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⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱 It means casualties among israeli soldiers ^

⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israeli media reports a difficult security incident in Gaza.

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⚡️🇱🇧🇻🇦 Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun mourned Pope Francis, calling him a global voice for justice and a true friend of Lebanon. He praised the Pope’s support for the country and expressed condolences to the Vatican and the Catholic Church, vowing to uphold his legacy of peace and dialogue.

🇱🇧🇻🇦✝ PM Nawaf Salam: With the passing of Pope Francis, Lebanon loses a strong supporter, and the world loses a man of love and peace, a champion of the poor and marginalized.

⚡️🇨🇭 Financial Times: Klaus Schwab has announced he will step down as chairman of the World Economic Forum’s board of trustees by January 2027.

“After more than half a century at the helm of the WEF, I will now focus on writing my memoirs.”

“We must renew our sense of mission as the world faces growing fragmentation.”

The WEF confirmed the transition process is under way following his earlier move to a non-executive role in January 2025.

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⚡️🇮🇱Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar in his testimony to the court:

Netanyahu asked me to suppress the protests against him.

Netanyahu asked me to say that his trial was impossible.

The dismissal was intended to send a message about his advisors' financial ties to Qatar.

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⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱 Hamas has released the following footage of the "Breaking the Sword" ambush against enemy forces near the separation fence east of Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip.

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⚡🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ What is possibly the first case of downing of a Russian Forpost by an FPV drone of the "Madyar birds".

The Forpost is licenced copy of the Israeli IAI Searcher. The drone is rarely seen on the frontlines as it is too rare and not survivable enough.

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⚡🇷🇺🇺🇦🚁 Reconnaissance drone captures the moment 2 Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters launch unguided rockets against a tree line.
The drone then films the impact zone, a few kilometers away as rockets strike.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦 The Easter truce ended tonight, about a hundred Shaheeds drones were launched at targets across Ukraine. Glide bombs and missiles were also used.

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With sorrowful hearts and faith in God’s will, we mourn the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis — a true symbol of peace and love.
May the Lord grant him eternal rest and comfort all who grieve his loss.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.

⚡️🇻🇦Reuters: Pope Francis has died.

Cardinal Farrell, announced the death of Pope Francis:
“ Dear brothers and sisters, it is with deep sadness that I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. This morning at 7:35 a.m., the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the Father’s house. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and his Church. He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage, and universal love, especially for the poorest and most marginalized. With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we entrust the soul of Pope Francis to the infinitely merciful love of the Triune God .”

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⚡️🇮🇱🇫🇷🇵🇸Yedioth: Israel has canceled the visas of 27 French officials who were planning to visit the West Bank, following remarks by the French President expressing his intention to recognize a Palestinian state.

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⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich admitted that the truth must be told — the return of the captives held in Gaza is not the most important goal.

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⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱 Israeli bulldozers begin demolition of two residential buildings in the town of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah.

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⚡️🇨🇳🇺🇸 Chinese Ministry of Commerce: We will not accept any agreement between Washington and its trading partners that comes at the expense of our interests.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇾🇪 The New York Times: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared sensitive details about upcoming US military strikes in Yemen through a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer—none of whom had authorisation or a need-to-know status.

The information reportedly included launch times and flight schedules for F/A-18 Hornets targeting Houthi positions. Former senior defence officials warned that leaking such details could endanger pilots’ lives.

The Signal chat, titled “Defense | Team Huddle,” was created by Hegseth before his confirmation and accessed via his personal phone. It mistakenly existed alongside the other chat that mistakenly included the editor of The Atlantic.

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⚡️🇸🇾 A large weapons shipment consisting of Fajr 1 unguided rockets, Malyutka ATGM’s, and KPV machine guns was seized by Syrian government forces en route to Sweida from Damascus.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇳 JD Vance and his wife are en route to India, where he is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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⚡️🇷🇺 A captured M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley IFV in service with the 155th Separate Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet in the Kursk Region. Russia has a shortage of APC's and IFV's. The options they have at hand are either poorly armored or lack a large enouth troop compartment for its soldiers to comfortably ride in.

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⚡️🇾🇪🇺🇸 Yemeni Ministry of Health: According to initial statistics, the casualties from the US attacks on the public market in the Farouh neighbourhood have reached 12 dead and 30 wounded.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇾🇪 Sanaa, a short time ago — seems like the U.S. strikes hit something significant.

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⚡️🇺🇦🇷🇺 The declared ceasefire is being used by both the Russian and Ukrainian armies to evacuate the bodies of the dead from the neutral zone.

Groups of the Ukrainian and Russian Armed Forces with white flags were spotted in some areas of the front.

It is reported that no fire is being directed at them.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇾🇪 5 U.S. airstrikes targeted Saada province, Northern Yemen.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇪🇬 IDF forces conducted searches in the Kadesh Barnea area and ruled out suspicion of a security incident.

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⚡️🇪🇬🇮🇱 The IDF says gunfire was heard on the Egyptian border a short while ago, near the Israeli border settlement of Kadesh Barnea.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇸🇮🇱 Intelligence reports reveal that Russian, US, and Israeli agencies are monitoring rapid movements by members of extremist terrorist groups believed to be preparing attacks on civilian villages and outposts linked to HTS forces.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇾🇪 U.S. airstrikes on Sanaa now.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇾🇪 the U.S. Air Force struck Kamaran Island in Yemen’s Al Hudaydah Governorate.
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⚡️🇺🇸🇾🇪 U.S. airstrikes targeted AL-Hudeidah province in Western Yemen.

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⚡️🇮🇶🇨🇳 INA: Iraq has signed a contract with China’s SEPCO to establish a major industrial city in the holy city of Karbala. The project will focus on petrochemical industries and spans approximately 1,200 acres (5,000 dunams).

According to the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, infrastructure work has already surpassed 60% completion. The city will be located near the Karbala oil refinery and includes plans for four petrochemical plants.

The agreement is part of Iraq’s strategy to boost its industrial capabilities and deepen economic cooperation with China.

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⚡️🇺🇦🇷🇺 Volodymyr Zelensky proposed that Ukraine abandon any strikes with long-range drones and missiles on civilian infrastructure for a period of at least 30 days, with the possibility of extension.

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⚡️🇨🇳 South China Morning Post: Chinese researchers have successfully detonated a hydrogen-based explosive device in a controlled field test, triggering chemical chain reactions without using nuclear materials.

The 2kg bomb generated a fireball exceeding 1,000°C for over two seconds—15 times longer than TNT blasts—without nuclear components.

Developed by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s 705 Research Institute, the device uses magnesium hydride, a solid-state hydrogen storage material.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israeli Channel 11: Due to a shortage in the army's forces, soldiers from the Golani and Givati brigades, who were recruited only four months ago, are being sent to the Gaza Strip despite the fact that they have not completed their full military training.

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⚡️🇮🇷🇮🇱 Abbas Araqchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, stated on Russia Today that Israel is not capable of carrying out its threats, neither in the past, nor now, nor in the future. He added that the Israeli entity also knows Iran’s capabilities to defend itself and what the response will be to any attack.

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⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱 The IDF says it carried out a wave of airstrikes this afternoon in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah rocket launchers and infrastructure. Additionally, it says a Hezbollah engineering expert responsible for the group’s activities in Odaisseh was killed in a separate strike earlier today in the town of Houla.

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⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱 Hamas has released the following footage of the targeting of israeli vehicles that penetrated the outskirts of Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇸🇾 More footage showing American convoys withdrawing from the Al-Omar oil field in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kremlin: Putin decided to not extend the Easter Truce.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇱🇧 The IDF says it targeted Hussein Nasr, the deputy commander of Hezbollah’s Unit 4400, in an airstrike in southern Lebanon

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⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱 Footage shows the moment Israeli airstrikes hit Iqlim al-Tuffah in southern Lebanon.

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⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱 Saraya Al Quds have published a video of two EVO MAX drones they seized while carrying out intelligence missions in the skies over Gaza City.

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⚡🇷🇺🇺🇦 Almost half way into the truce, clashes and strikes are still reported, albeit at a lower intensity. (10-20% of the usual level)
If we assume the truce will not be extended as Zelensky called to, these few hours of silence are a significant opportunity to prepare:

•First of all, evacuations (which was something risky and limited) is carried out to the fullest extend to pull out the woundeds and dead out of the frontlines. In some areas commanders may chose to withdraw some soldiers out of semi-encircled positions.

•The truce is also an opportunity to resupply positions, strengthen positions, improve the roads, evacuate the damaged vehicles...

•Soldiers will be able to rest a bit, get ready. The Russians, largely on the offensive, are expected to accumulate manpower and equipement closer to the front without the risk of being targetted. In some areas, armored vehicles will likely cross the rivers and canals as this process is extremely difficult under drone attacks.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸 The IDF has dismissed the deputy commander of the Golani Brigade from his post following initial investigations into the killing of Palestinian medical personnel in Rafah.

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🇱🇧🇮🇱🚨🚨 Violent Israeli airstrikes shake southern Lebanon's Iqlim al-Tuffah region.

⚡️🇮🇱🇱🇧 A new wave of israeli airstrikes targeted Jbaa and Basaliya, southern Lebanon.

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⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱 Al Qassam Brigades:

During a complex ambush yesterday, Saturday, Al Qassam fighters managed to carry out the "Breaking the Sword" ambush east of the town of Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip. During the ambush, our fighters targeted a "Storm" military jeep belonging to the command of the combat information gathering battalion in the Gaza Division with an anti-tank missile, inflicting confirmed injuries on them. Immediately after the arrival of the support force that rushed to the rescue, it was targeted with a "TV 3" anti-personnel explosive device, killing and wounding its members. They targeted a newly established position for the enemy forces in the area with four "RPG" missiles and showered it with a number of mortar shells.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇱🇧 4 consecutive hits on Arnoun al-Shaqif, Nabatieh region.

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⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱 More images of the strike.

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⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱 More images of the strike.

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⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱 Israeli airstrikes targeted the village of Arnoun in southern Lebanon.

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They were transporting Hezbollah confiscated weaponry when the cargo suddenly exploded

1) Israeli drone strike ?
2) Hezbollah foul play ?
3) Innocent accident ?

⚡️🇱🇧 Four dead and four wounded in the explosion of an explosive device inside a military vehicle in the town of Al Qsaybe, south Lebanon.

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⚡️🇱🇧 Not an Israeli strike, according to reports, munitions being transported inside a Lebanese army vehicle exploded on the Qsaybe - Breqaa road, causing injuries.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇱🇧 Initial reports suggest that a vehicle belonging to the Lebanese Army’s Engineering unit was targeted.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇱🇧 An Israeli drone strike targeted a Lebanese army military vehicle in the town of Briqaa, located in southern Nabatieh district.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇱🇧 2 Israeli airstrikes targeted the town of Houla, Southern Lebanon.

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⚡🇷🇺🇰🇵 The first footage of the North-Korean made M1991 240mm MLRS.
The vehicle is equipped with anti-drone cages.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦 The Russian Ministry of Defense says 48 drones launched by Ukraine overnight were intercepted.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇱🇧 1 Killed and another seriously injured as a result of the drone strike.

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⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱 The Lebanese Army has announced that it foiled a planned rocket attack toward occupied Palestine. A security operation was carried out in the Zahrani area near Saida, where several rockets and launch platforms were seized. Multiple suspects were arrested, and the investigation is underway under judicial supervision.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇱🇧 An Israeli drone struck a car in Southern Lebanon.

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⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱 5 killed in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Nakheel Street in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, located in the northeastern part of Gaza City.

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⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱 Part of the ongoing IDF raid on the town of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin, includes an Israeli military bulldozer and its machinery storming the area.

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⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱 Maariv: The security establishment understands that the operation in Gaza is meant to pressure Hamas, but it’s a fragile approach. Since Hamas is fighting a guerrilla war, sticking to the plans and keeping soldiers safe is a complicated task, and there’s no guarantee it can continue for long.

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⚡️🇵🇸🇮🇱 Channel 12 Correspondent:
The condition of one of the female soldiers remains critical. She was also injured on October 7.

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