BEN-GVIR: “I find it hard to believe Netanyahu would repeat past mistakes and enter negotiations that would lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state,” said Itamar Ben Gvir, rejecting reported normalization talks tied to Palestinian statehood.

ISRAELI FINANCE MINISTER: Bezalel Smotrich declared, “Let it be clear to Netanyahu—he has no mandate to establish a Palestinian state,” amid rumors of diplomatic deals linked to normalization.

KAN (citing a Netanyahu aide): Trump’s push to drop Netanyahu’s corruption trial is reportedly part of a broader effort to end the war in Gaza and pave the way for a potential pardon.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday declared “victory” over Israel in the recent war, saying Tel Aviv was “crushed under the blows of the Islamic Republic.”

Khamenei: Israel ‘Crushed under Blows’ of Iran, US ‘Achieved Nothing’

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Israeli strikes killed 71 Palestinians across the Strip today. Al-Awda Hospital reported receiving the remains of aid seekers killed in a targeted strike near Wadi Gaza.

WHITE HOUSE SPOKESWOMAN: “We’re advancing toward lasting peace in the Middle East without falling into endless wars. Trump has neutralized Iran’s direct threat—now the region enters a new phase of stability.”

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The group announced mortar fire on Israeli forces near al-Khadra Mosque and al-Badaw Street in northern Khan Yunis, releasing video footage of prior sniper attacks on soldiers.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas, announced on Thursday that its fighters shot an Israeli soldier near Muntar Hill, east of the Sheja’iyya neighborhood in Gaza City, last Monday.

Separately, on Friday, June 20, the group also reportedly destroyed two Merkava tanks, an armored personnel carrier, and a D9 military bulldozer in eastern Jabaliya, in northern Gaza, using pre-planted high-explosive landmines.

Khan Yunis Ambush Sparks Israeli Outrage as Resistance Operations Expand

YAIR LAPID: “It’s time to end the war in Gaza. Leaders must know how to shift strategy when the current one fails. It is wrong to leave our soldiers inside Gaza as sitting targets for more attacks.”

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The armed wing of Islamic Jihad announced it seized two Israeli drones conducting intelligence missions over Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.

AXIOS (citing US officials): Trump is pushing for an immediate ceasefire and a hostage release agreement in Gaza. Meanwhile, Netanyahu reportedly wants a joint White House appearance to celebrate their strike on Iran’s nuclear sites.

BRITISH CONSULATE IN JERUSALEM: “We condemn the settler attacks in the West Bank, particularly in Kafr Malik, where three Palestinians were killed.”

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Arab American Civil Rights League filed a lawsuit on Wednesday on behalf of a 14-year-old student from Michigan who accuses a teacher of publicly humiliating her for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, in protest at US complicity in Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.

US Student Sues Teacher for Pledge of Allegiance ‘Humiliation’

UN SPOKESPERSON: “We are concerned about escalating violence in the West Bank and strongly condemn attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians. We urge Israel to protect civilians and hold perpetrators accountable.”

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli airstrike on Jabaliya al-Balad in northern Gaza has killed one Palestinian and injured several others.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA (citing Al-Awda Hospital): Six Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid were wounded by Israeli gunfire near the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Venezuela’s Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello has accused opposition leader María Corina Machado, together with Venezuelan dissident Iván Simonovis, of orchestrating an attack on a well‑known synagogue in Caracas to frame Iran and “the Chávezistas,” Al Mayadeen reported on Thursday.

According to Cabello, the report said, Machado and Simonovis coordinated with Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s deposed Shah, to meet Edmundo González and stage a media event meant to “tarnish the reputations of Iran and Venezuela.”

Venezuela Accuses Opposition of Orchestrating Synagogue Attack, Framing Iran

ISRAELI HOME FRONT: Sirens have sounded in the town of Yated, near the southern Gaza border, warning of potential incoming projectiles.

ABDUL-MALIK AL-HOUTHI: The Yemeni resistance leader confirmed that the blockade of Israeli-bound navigation in the Red Sea remains in force. He added that Eilat Port is still out of service.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel Hayom reports that Trump resumed intense pressure on Netanyahu to stop the Gaza war immediately after the Iran war.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA (citing medical sources): At least 62 Palestinians have been killed today in continued Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: A sniper targeted and shot an Israeli soldier east of Shejaiya in Gaza City earlier this week.

HAMAS STATEMENT: The group described the killing of 120 civilians in a single day as further evidence of Israel’s genocidal campaign and urged international organizations to break their silence.

CNN: Israeli PM Netanyahu will hold a high-level meeting on Gaza later today with top ministers and security officials. This follows US President Trump’s claim that a Gaza agreement is “very close.”

MAARIV: Citing regional tensions, Netanyahu has requested a two-week postponement of his court appearance.

SPANISH PRIME MINISTER: “It makes no sense to sanction Russia 17 times and never once sanction Israel. Europe must suspend its partnership agreement with Israel over its human rights violations.”

BLOOMBERG: Israeli Finance Ministry data show that the war with Iran has so far cost Israel an estimated $3 billion.

51 PaGAZA HEALTH SOURCES: At least 51 people have been killed across Gaza in Israeli air raids since early Thursday.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s ongoing assault has killed 56,259 Palestinians and injured 132,458 others.

TURKISH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN: “I told President Trump we expect the same effort to stop the Gaza war as he made to halt the Iran-Israel conflict.”

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam fighters destroyed two Merkava tanks, a D9 bulldozer, and an armored personnel carrier with powerful explosives east of Jabaliya last week.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The group published footage of preparing and detonating Thaqib anti-armor mines targeting Israeli vehicles east of Khan Yunis.

New footage shows Al-Quds Brigades preparing and detonating Thaqib anti-armor mines in a calculated ambush targeting Israeli military vehicles east of Khan Yunis. pic.twitter.com/mCSyKmbvLM

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 26, 2025

IRISH PRIME MINISTER: “Europe’s failure to pressure Israel is incomprehensible. What’s happening in Gaza is inhumane. Europe must take a firm, clear stand.”

AL-JAZEERA (citing hospital sources): At least 35 Palestinians, including 19 in Gaza City and the north, were killed by Israeli airstrikes since early Thursday.

AL-JAZEERA (citing hospital sources): Two Palestinians were killed and others injured in a strike on Al-Zaytoun, southeast Gaza City. Four more were killed in Jabaliya town in the northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli forces have intensified attacks across Gaza, killing scores of civilians—including displaced families and aid recipients—in strikes on schools, homes, and humanitarian sites.

Scores Killed in Gaza as Israel Bombs Schools, Hospitals, and Aid Lines

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli warplanes bombed residential buildings in central Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

LEBANESE MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of bombings in Jabal Blat, southern Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): At least 28 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli bombardment across the Gaza Strip since Thursday morning.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Gershon Baskin, a former Shalit negotiator, told Maariv that ““The Israeli military presence in Gaza is dangerous and unnecessary. Hamas is ready to negotiate a deal for all hostages—if the war ends. This war is about saving Netanyahu’s political career. Israel kills around 100 people daily, most of them civilians.”

AL-JAZEERA: At least 20 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza this morning. Among them, 9 were killed when an Israeli airstrike targeted a school sheltering displaced civilians in Sheikh Radwan, Gaza City.

At least 20 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza this morning. Among them, 9 were killed when an Israeli airstrike targeted a school sheltering displaced civilians in Sheikh Radwan, Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/TmW65cbrE0

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 26, 2025

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers raided the outskirts of Susiya village in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.

AL-JAZEERA: The death toll has risen to 9 following an Israeli strike on a UN-run school sheltering displaced families in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was killed and another wounded by an Israeli drone strike near the Jordanian field hospital in western Khan Younis.

AL-JAZEERA: Since early morning, 14 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, including 3 who were waiting for humanitarian aid.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation aircraft launched airstrikes early Thursday morning on a school and tents sheltering displaced people in Gaza City and Khan Yunis, leading to fatalities. This follows a day marked by massacres, including attacks on starving individuals attempting to access aid.

A source at Al-Shifa Hospital reported that five people were killed and others injured in an Israeli bombardment of the Omar Ibn al-Aas School, which is sheltering displaced persons in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, west of Gaza City.

Palestinian media outlets published images showing the recovery of those killed and wounded from the targeted site.

انتشال شهداء وإصابات جراء قصف طائرات الاحتلال مدرسة عمرو بن العاص التي تؤوي نازحين في حي الشيخ رضوان بمدينة غزة pic.twitter.com/tkeSAEAiZQ

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) June 25, 2025

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An infant girl sustained serious injuries as a result of an Israeli strike targeting Al-Iman Mosque north of Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

IRANIAN MEDIA: A spokesperson for the Iranian police announced that a suspect was arrested inside Tehran Metro. Upon inspecting his technical equipment and mobile phone, it was discovered he was recording the locations of military and sensitive installations using an electronic chip and sending them to unknown numbers. The suspect also received instructions in Hebrew.

متحدث باسم الشرطة الإيرانية: بعد اعتقال مشتبه به داخل مترو طهران وفحص معداته التقنية وهاتفه المحمول، تبيّن أنه كان يسجّل مواقع منشآت عسكرية وحساسة باستخدام شريحة إلكترونية، ويرسلها إلى أرقام مجهولة، وتلقى تعليمات بالعبرية. pic.twitter.com/fDzzNjt1r5

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) June 26, 2025

US MEDIA: US President Donald Trump stated that his country has not abandoned its policy of maximum pressure on Iran, which includes restrictions on its oil sales. However, he indicated the possibility of easing sanctions to help Tehran rebuild what was destroyed in the 12-day war with Israel.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Palestinian Information Center reported that Israeli occupation aircraft are launching fierce raids and “fire belts” (intense, concentrated bombings) on Jabaliya Al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Five people were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a tent sheltering displaced individuals from the Abu Arab family in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip. The strike occurred in the Al-Majaida neighborhood, according to Al-Aqsa Satellite Channel.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Several people were injured after Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a home belonging to the Aql family in Block C of Nuseirat refugee camp, located in the central Gaza Strip.

41 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Strikes in Gaza as Aid Death Toll Surpasses 500

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli ministers are acknowledging setbacks in military operations in Gaza, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding security consultations regarding the military situation and prisoners. This comes amidst US statements suggesting significant progress that could lead to a deal ending the war.

Channel 12 reported Wednesday evening that three government ministers stated the war in Gaza holds theoretical concepts but is practically yielding no results. The ministers indicated a need for either further military action or a push to end the war and finalize an agreement.

Channel 12 clarified that Netanyahu still believes a phased plan, such as the one drafted by US envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, is the effective approach.

The ambush in which seven Israeli soldiers were killed by the Al-Qassam Brigades in Khan Yunis has fueled calls in Israel for a deal to end the war and secure the return of Israeli prisoners held in Gaza.

Khan Yunis – How the Gaza Resistance Crushed Netanyahu’s Iran ‘Victory’ Narrative

IRANIAN MEDIA: Iran’s Ministry of Health announced that Israeli attacks on Iran over a 12-day period resulted in the deaths of 627 people and injuries to 4,870 others.

QUDS NEWS: The Gaza young man, Marwan Salman, his wife, and their two young children, Omar and Musa, were killed yesterday when their home in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, was struck by an Israeli airstrike. Marwan now joins his brother, Khalid, who was also killed earlier by the Israeli army.

استشهاد الشاب مروان سلمان وزوجته وولديه الطفلين عمر وموسى، جراء قصف الاحتلال منزلهم في دير البلح وسط القطاع، أمس، ليلتحق بأخيه الشهيد خالد. pic.twitter.com/14NjGYb7xw

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) June 25, 2025

STATEMENT: The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas:

The crimes of the occupation and its settlers, the latest of which was in the town of Kafr Malik in the West Bank, necessitate the formation of official and popular protection committees to confront them.

We commend the confrontation by the people of Kafr Malik against the attack by hordes of settlers and the occupation’s gangs.

The occupation’s crime in Kafr Malik expresses an ingrained approach of the Zionist enemy that aims to kill everything Palestinian.

The occupation’s crime in Kafr Malik must not pass unpunished, and our people must confront the occupier and its hordes of settlers with full force.

Our people must strike the settlers at all points of contact in the occupied West Bank.

Our people will not stand idly by in the face of the series of slaughter and displacement, and resistance in all its forms is the natural response to terrorism.

We call on the Palestinian Authority and its security agencies to assume their natural role in protecting our people and providing them with security.

We call on the Palestinian Authority and its security agencies to immediately release all resistance fighters and political detainees they hold.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the killing of three individuals and the injury of 10 others, one in critical condition, during a settler attack on the town of Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah.

Local sources reported that dozens of settlers attacked Kafr Malik, burning vehicles and homes. Residents of the town and neighboring villages attempted to confront them. These sources added that Israeli occupation forces provided protection to the settlers and fired live ammunition at Palestinians.

The Israeli army stated that a number of killed and injured individuals fell due to its forces’ gunfire.

In Jericho, the Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that 8 people suffered from asphyxiation after settlers set fire to a Palestinian home.

Palestinian platforms have documented scenes showing Israeli soldiers directly firing live ammunition at Palestinians as they confronted the settler attack on Kafr Malik village, northeast of Ramallah.

#عاجل | لحظة إطلاق جنود الاحتلال الرصاص بشكل مباشر على الفلسطينيين أثناء تصديهم لهجوم المستوطنين على قرية كفر مالك، شمال شرق رام الله. pic.twitter.com/Ho2QUZTl4t

— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) June 25, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: Seven Palestinians have been killed in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip due to Israeli actions.

In Gaza City, five Palestinians were killed and others injured when an Israeli airstrike hit a school sheltering displaced people in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, west of the city, according to sources at Al-Shifa Hospital.

In the central Nuseirat refugee camp, one person was killed and several injured after Israeli occupation forces opened fire on people waiting for aid near the Netzarim axis, with casualties arriving at Al-Awda Hospital.

To the south, a source at Nasser Hospital reported that one person was killed and several injured when an Israeli drone strike hit a tent sheltering displaced individuals in the Al-Mawasi area.

استشهاد الشاب جمعة الهور جراء استهداف الاحتلال منتظري المساعدات على شارع صلاح الدين وسط القطاع. pic.twitter.com/Lnm2FP4UxT

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) June 25, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: Channel 12, citing officials from Israel’s ruling coalition and the Likud party, reported:

It cannot be denied that the public is exhausted by the Gaza front.

Operations in Gaza must be ended without being dragged behind National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

If an agreement concerning Gaza were put forward, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would agree to it.

Israel is paying more in Gaza than it is gaining, and it is wrong to remain there.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Government Media Office in Gaza issued a statement asserting that starving civilians in the Strip are being “killed in cold blood” while attempting to obtain food.

The office further claimed that some of these attacks on hungry individuals “embody the occupation’s deliberate use of starvation as a tool for mass killing.”

They also reported the documentation of cases involving amputations and severe tissue damage among those targeted by the occupation while seeking food.

MEDIA REPORTS: President Donald Trump:

Netanyahu’s trial must be canceled immediately or he should be granted a pardon.

I learned of Netanyahu’s summons to court next Monday to continue a long-standing and unprecedented case.

I was shocked to hear that Israel, which witnessed one of its greatest moments, continues its ridiculous campaign against its wartime prime minister.

Netanyahu has done a great deal for Israel and there is no one I know who could have worked in better harmony with an American president than him.

The United States saved Israel and now it will be the one to save Netanyahu.

There is no one in Israel’s history who has fought with greater courage or efficiency than Netanyahu.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: An Israeli drone strike targeted a home in western Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, killing one Palestinian and injuring several others.

YAIR GOLAN, DEMOCRATIC FRONT LEADER: “What happened in Kafr Malik was a violent Jewish massacre. The government continues to support and encourage violent gangs operating in Palestinian territories.”

More footage of Israeli settlers setting Palestinian property, including residential homes and vehicles, on fire during their attack on the Kafr Malik village northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/A1pO8s3fua

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 25, 2025

ISRAEL’S CHANNEL 13: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to hold consultations tomorrow on Gaza and the path toward a potential prisoner release deal.
Sources say Netanyahu remains committed to a phased plan for Gaza, resembling the Witkoff strategy, balancing further military action with negotiations.

ABU OBEIDA STATEMENT:

In a statement released Wednesday evening, Abu Obeida, spokesperson for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, praised Palestinian resistance fighters for continuing to display “unique examples of heroism and courage” in confronting Israeli forces.

He described recent ambushes in Gaza as “living historical images” that prove Palestinian fighters are “among the most courageous and self-sacrificing freedom fighters in the modern era.”

Abu Obeida warned that the funerals of Israeli soldiers would become a regular event “so long as the Zionist aggression and criminal war against our people in Gaza continues.”

He also sharply criticized the Israeli leadership, accusing it of “deceiving its people” and “throwing its soldiers into the Gaza quagmire to serve illusory political goals.”

QNN: 100 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since dawn today.

ABU OBEIDA:

“Our fighters display unmatched courage and sacrifice. The recent ambushes are living history—proof that our freedom fighters are the most valiant in the modern era.

“Enemy funerals and corpses will remain a constant as long as the occupation continues its criminal war.

“The enemy government lies to its people and sends soldiers into Gaza’s quagmire for delusional political gains.”

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): At least 78 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip since dawn.

PALESTINIAN HEALTH MINISTRY: Three Palestinians were killed and seven others wounded in a settler assault on the town of Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah.

ISRAELI MEDIA: New revelations show that during a previous incident involving an armored personnel carrier (APC), a senior Israeli commander from the Southern Command was inside the vehicle. Footage released by Hamas shows fighters approaching an APC and attempting to open it before it withdrew. Two officers accompanying the commander were lightly wounded.

Al-Qassam Brigades said yesterday’s ambush in Khan Younis is part of the “Stones of David” series of operations launched in response to Israeli armored units known as “Gideon Charriots.”

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson said Israel’s restriction of fuel deliveries is choking life-saving humanitarian services, stating that “fuel in Gaza is a matter of life or death.”

ISRAELI MEDIA: Channel 14 quoted a senior Israeli officer saying the ambush video was “shameful” and failed to follow combat protocol. He criticized commanders for not neutralizing the attacker despite clear proximity.

The Al-Qassam Brigades have released footage of a sophisticated and deadly ambush that took place on Tuesday and targeted two Israeli armored personnel carriers near the Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in the Ma'an district, south of Khan Yunis.

According to statements from the… pic.twitter.com/8EQ1JsUygF

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) June 25, 2025

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO:

– Soldiers were ordered into an armored “Puma” vehicle for safety during an airstrike.
– A Palestinian fighter approached the vehicle, climbed onto it, and dropped an explosive inside within seconds.
– The explosion caused multiple deaths and injuries among the seven soldiers inside.
– Investigations revealed there were no additional explosives onboard apart from the soldiers’ ammunition.