PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Medical sources said that seven Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, Friday.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli Home Front Command announced this morning, Friday, that the northern region was subjected to a missile attack launched from Yemen. It added that sirens are sounding in approximately 250 cities, towns, and industrial areas in northern Israel, including Haifa, Nazareth, Afula, and Wadi Ara.

The occupation army stated that it detected a missile launched from Yemen, adding that the defense systems are working to intercept it. For its part, Israeli Channel 12 mentioned that the missile launched from Yemen towards Israel was intercepted over Jordan.

AL-JAZEERA: “Freedom Flotilla to Break the Siege of Gaza” ship was attacked by an Israeli drone, leading to a fire breaking out on board. The sources added that the ship is currently anchored in international waters near the coast of Malta. Al Jazeera’s correspondent clarified that the ship sent a distress signal, and only southern Cyprus responded.

STATEMENT: The Supreme Council of Tribal Affairs in Gaza warned today, Friday, that the Strip is entering an extremely dangerous stage due to the collective starvation practiced by the occupation army, which threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.

The council demanded urgent international action to open safe corridors for the entry of food and medicine before it is too late.

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PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Medical sources said that 31 Palestinians were killed as a result of the continuous Israeli shelling on the Gaza Strip since dawn yesterday, Thursday.

AL-JAZEERA:

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, stated that they view the situation in Gaza with horror.

He noted that two million people in Gaza need food that is not available, and that every human being has the right to live with dignity.

He affirmed their determination to remain in Gaza and deliver aid that Israel has been withholding for nearly two months.

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): A Palestinian citizen was martyred by Israeli occupation forces’ fire in the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the West Bank.

HAMAS STATEMENT: Hamas stated that the escalation of demolition operations in the West Bank is an extension of the occupation’s plan aimed at annexation and forced displacement through force and oppression. It called on the Palestinian people in the West Bank to unite behind the option of comprehensive resistance in defense of the land, dignity, and established national rights.

UNICEF: Gaza’s children are now facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the war amidst the siege on aid, continuous bombing, and displacement.

Sick. Thirsty. Starving.

Children in the Gaza Strip are now facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the beginning of the war amid the aid blockade, relentless bombardments and forced displacement. pic.twitter.com/IOyL3rSQm6

— UNICEF (@UNICEF) May 1, 2025

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES STATEMENT:

The Al-Qassam Brigades stated that after their fighters returned from combat, they confirmed the execution of a complex operation last Friday on Al-Tayaran Street in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah city.

Their fighters lured a Zionist force of 4 jeeps and a truck into a tight ambush and targeted them with Al-Shawaz devices and a martyrdom operation.

Their fighters advanced towards the remaining enemy soldiers and engaged them from point-blank range, inflicting casualties of dead and wounded.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The mother of an Israeli captive held in Gaza stated that the Prime Minister is paving the way for an expansion of the military operation that will lead to the killing of the kidnapped. She added that their highest goal is to remove Netanyahu from power and send the members of his bloody government back to their homes.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported that Benjamin Netanyahu will hold security consultations tomorrow to approve military plans to expand the scope of operations in Gaza. Netanyahu’s security consultations tomorrow will be attended by the Minister of Defense, the Chief of Staff, and leaders of the security establishment.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Yedioth Ahronoth reported that in an incident described by the army as serious, a soldier was left alone for 40 minutes in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday. A soldier from the Yahalom unit was left alone in the Morag axis between Khan Yunis and Rafah until he joined a force from the Golani Brigade.

US PRESIDENT: The American President stated that they will work to get the hostages held by Hamas out as quickly as possible.

YEMENI MEDIA: American aircraft launched 5 airstrikes on the vicinity of Saada city

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The genocidal apartheid state requests the West for help to fight the fires, whilst, without any scruples whatsoever, its military burns children and adults alive in Gaza.

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UNRWA: No humanitarian or commercial supplies have entered Gaza for nearly two months. Food stocks are on the verge of depletion, and aid remains stuck outside Gaza. The agency and its partners have life-saving assistance waiting at the borders of the Gaza Strip, and stressed that crossings must be reopened, as the people of Gaza cannot wait any longer.

AL-JAZEERA: One Palestinian was killed and others were injured in Israeli artillery shelling of the Qulaybu area in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Thousands of children are being killed or seriously injured, and famine threatens the lives of thousands due to the unjust siege.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli Fire and Rescue Authority announced that the fires in the Jerusalem hills have been brought under control. According to initial estimates by the Jewish National Fund, the fires consumed 24,000 dunams (one dunam equals 1,000 square meters), according to the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

WHO: Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, said that the minds and bodies of children in the Gaza Strip are being shattered after two months of preventing aid entry and renewed strikes.

Ryan told reporters at the organization’s headquarters in Geneva, “We are shattering the bodies and minds of the children of Gaza. We are starving the children of Gaza. We are complicit,” calling on the international community to act.

AL-JAZEERA: Injuries were reported following the bombing of a house by occupation forces in the al-Sikka area of Khan Yunis city. Israel continues its war of extermination against Palestinians in Gaza after reneging on the ceasefire agreement concluded last January.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Columbia University student activist, Mohsen Mahdawi, was freed from federal custody by a court order on Wednesday, more than two weeks after he was detained by immigration officials.

In the release order, US District Court Judge Geoffrey W Crawford said Mahdawi has a “substantial claim that the government arrested him to stifle speech with which it disagrees.”

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WHO: The Director-General of the World Health Organization said that the situation in the Gaza Strip is “catastrophic” and that two million people in the Strip are suffering from hunger.

DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY:

The Director-General of the Gaza Health Ministry, Munir al-Bursh, stated that 91% of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip face a food crisis two months after Israel closed the crossings. He added that 92% of children and nursing mothers in Gaza suffer from acute malnutrition due to the Israeli siege, posing a direct threat to their lives and development.

Al-Bursh also noted that 65% of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip do not have access to clean drinking water due to the ongoing Israeli genocide.

He called on the United Nations to issue an official declaration of famine in Gaza, given that field indicators and medical and humanitarian data confirm the fulfillment of international criteria for such a declaration.

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians, one of whom was a child, were killed by Israeli drone fire that targeted the Shuja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Palestinian prisoner Hassan Salama is being subjected to repeated beatings, starvation, and medical neglect in Israeli solitary confinement.

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AL-JAZEERA: The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, said that Israel must allow aid to enter the Gaza Strip. Fletcher added that aid and the lives of civilians should not be a political bargaining chip, stressing that the way Israel has presented for the entry of aid does not serve the purpose.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced the killing of 18 and the injury of 77 others by occupation fire in the past 24 hours. The ministry added that the number of victims of the Israeli aggression has risen to 52,418 dead and 118,091 injured since October 7, 2023.

ISRAELI MEDIA: In response to statements by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the families of Israeli captives said that “the return of the abducted captives is the highest goal and the government must achieve it.”

AL-JAZEERA: The Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister reiterated to Al Jazeera that Israel must cooperate with international organizations, including UNRWA.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israel’s largest wildfires are fueled not just by heat—but by decades of colonial forestry. Fast-burning European pines, planted to erase Palestinian villages, now threaten Israeli infrastructure and settlements.

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AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli drone targeted a car for the second time today, Thursday, in the town of Mays al-Jabal in southern Lebanon.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that “his government wants to return the captives from Gaza, but the higher goal of the war is to achieve victory over Israel’s enemies.” He added, “We have many goals, and we have succeeded in returning 196 captives, alive and dead, from Gaza, and we want to return the remaining 59, including 24 alive.”

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The Government Media Office in Gaza announced on Thursday that the Strip has entered an “advanced stage of famine” due to the continuous Israeli siege and the closure of crossings to the entry of aid and goods since March 2nd.

LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: An Israeli drone targeted a car in the town of Mays al-Jabal in the south of the country, resulting in the killing of three citizens.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli bombing of the al-Sha’af area in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel Army Radio reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a meeting tomorrow, Friday, to approve plans for expanding the military operation in the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): 16 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of the continuous Israeli shelling since dawn today, Thursday.

UNRWA: 660,000 children in the Gaza Strip are not receiving any school education due to the war.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was killed due to Israeli shelling targeting the Sheja’iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on a house in Khan Yunis camp, south of the Gaza Strip.

Injuries arrive at Nasser Hospital after an Israeli airstrike on Khan Yunis. pic.twitter.com/mCodJRUxn0

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 1, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: Palestinian citizens were injured as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted a house in Khan Yunis camp, south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: 11 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of the ongoing Israeli bombardment since dawn today.

ISRAELI MEDIA:

Chief of Staff of the Israeli Occupation Army Eyal Zamir stated that they are dealing with a complex, multi-front war with major challenges ahead, acknowledging the loss of many soldiers.

He emphasized the army’s unity and common goals, stating they may expand combat operations in Gaza if needed, with the return of prisoners being the most significant challenge.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was injured by Israeli drone fire near the Dawla junction in the Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip.

NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER: Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre stated that the international community cannot accept Israel’s prevention of emergency aid from entering the Gaza Strip, noting the profound humanitarian ordeal faced by survivors.

HAMAS STATEMENT: Hamas called Switzerland’s decision to ban the movement a dangerous bias towards the occupation and a denial of its legal and humanitarian obligations. They urged Switzerland to reverse this decision, stand up for justice, and support the Palestinian struggle to end the occupation.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was killed and another wounded as a result of Israeli artillery shelling targeting the town of Khuza’a, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

At least three Palestinians were killed and many children injured after Israel bombed a home in Al Qatouta refugee camp, west of Khan Yunis. Injured civilians are arriving at Nasser Hospital following the airstrike. pic.twitter.com/tqe3A5r2jw

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 1, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned that the political division in Israel could lead to violent and dangerous actions that must be stopped.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian citizen was killed by Israeli drone fire in the Al-Manara area, southeast of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the Israeli army concealed the identities of 120 of its soldiers during an annual honoring ceremony due to fear of international prosecution for their involvement in the war on the Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Palestinian Prisoners’ Information Office stated that prisoners Hassan Salama and Abdullah Barghouti are being subjected to systematic torture in Israeli prisons.

AL-JAZEERA: The death toll from an Israeli drone strike on farmers in the Al-Mawasi area of ​​Rafah has risen to three.

AL-JAZEERA: Seven Palestinians have been killed since dawn today as a result of Israeli shelling of several areas in the Gaza Strip

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces continue to close all entrances to the town of Beita, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, and have stormed a school and a number of homes in the town

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli newspaper Haaretz, citing the Israel Land Authority, reported that the raging fires in the Jerusalem Hills have burned more than 24,000 dunams so far. Israeli public radio also quoted the commander of the Jerusalem Fire and Rescue Department as saying that there are still dozens of active fires in the area.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian girl died of injuries sustained in a previous Israeli attack on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported that the Israeli Ministry of Tourism has formed a special operations room to manage the evacuation of residents from towns threatened by fires.

AL-JAZEERA: Large numbers of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque this morning under the protection of Israeli occupation forces on what is known as Independence Day.

Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa under occupation forces’ protection. pic.twitter.com/e37BWrUiGv

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 1, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed and another injured in an Israeli drone strike on the Al-Mawasi area, northwest of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Three Palestinians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted the town of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli Fire and Rescue Authority said it had not yet been able to contain the fires raging in the Jerusalem mountains, and confirmed that most of the roads closed on Wednesday had been reopened today.

AL-JAZEERA: A number of Palestinians were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house east of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Several people were injured in an Israeli drone strike on Palestinians in the Al-Mawasi area, northwest of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Maariv newspaper reported Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s keenness to demand a government investigation committee into the events of October 7 and his commitment to the return of the “hostages.” He also noted the unbearable burden on reservists and the shortage of soldiers, and emphasized that Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear bomb is an existential threat to Israel.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that fires have consumed approximately 19,600 dunams in the Jerusalem Hills and that the cost of rebuilding after the massive fires in Israel could reach millions of dollars.

FRENCH MEDIA: French President Emmanuel Macron said that his country is ready to provide material support to Israel in the coming hours to confront the fires that have spread across wide areas.

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EMENI MEDIA: US forces launched three raids on the Kataf district in Saada, Yemen.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The list of detained Palestinians includes journalists, academics, former prisoners, and student leaders detained by the Israeli army in a broad campaign across the occupied West Bank.

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