PALESTINIAN MEDIA:

• The Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip said that a number of people were killed and others were injured as a result of the Israeli occupation targeting a house in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Strip.
• Israeli artillery shelled the Al-Batan Al-Samin area in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, in a series of bombardments that began in early morning hours.
• The Israeli army carried out demolitions of residential buildings in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
• Two fishermen were injured by Israeli naval fire in the sea off the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
• Four people were injured as a result of Israeli artillery shells falling on tents of displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis.
• A child was shot in the foot by the occupation forces in the vicinity of the Al-Sumoud camp in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis.
• A Palestinian succumbed to his injuries sustained in the Israeli bombing of a restaurant west of Gaza City yesterday, Wednesday.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA:

• Several people were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
• Two Israeli airstrikes targeted the eastern areas of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
• An Israeli airstrike targeted a house in the Al-Nasr area, west of Gaza City, causing a fire to break out at the location.

US MEDIA: American media outlets reported that police entered Columbia University to disperse student demonstrations calling for a halt to the war on Gaza.

For his part, the Mayor of New York City stated that the city police entered the university campus at Columbia University to remove those he described as trespassers.

🚨BREAKING: NYPD Rough up and arrest a Pro-Palestine student outside Columbia University. This is after police flushed out protesters occupying the library at the school, with 2 reportedly going out on stretchers.

Via @AshleyABishop and @JonFarinaPhoto pic.twitter.com/NPtpNIchG3

— Status Coup News (@StatusCoup) May 8, 2025

He affirmed that protesters at Columbia University who are not students there must leave the premises immediately or face arrest by the police.

NBC News quoting the Acting President of Columbia University: Calling the NYPD was absolutely necessary to ensure the safety of our community. The occupation by pro-Palestinian supporters of part of Butler Library is unacceptable.

NYPD SHOVE Pro-Palestine student protesters after making arrests at random and throwing people to the ground. These are protesters from Columbia University protesting Israel's new plans to seize Gaza

Via @AshleyABishop and @JonFarinaPhoto pic.twitter.com/pikTh0VW3z

— Status Coup News (@StatusCoup) May 8, 2025

AL-JAZEERA (Citing a new investigative documentary):

• Produced by the “Zeteo” platform, it reveals the identity of the Israeli soldier who killed Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh.
• The documentary names the Israeli soldier, Elon Scaggio, as the killer of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
• The film uncovers information about the efforts of Israel and Washington to conceal information related to the circumstances of the assassination.
• The film reveals that the Israeli soldier, Elon Scaggio, was killed last June during a military operation in Jenin.

Renewed Israeli Bombings Kill Civilians, Including Children, Journalist

STATEMENT (The Government Media Office in Gaza):

• We categorically reject the occupation’s plans to establish forced isolation camps in the Strip.
• Our people, in all their components, will confront the forced isolation camps, considering them an extension of the genocide.
• The genocide committed by the occupation has so far resulted in more than 180,000 martyrs, wounded, and missing persons.

Renewed Israeli Bombings Kill Civilians, Including Children, Journalist

AL-JAZEERA: Six people were injured by Israeli drone fire that targeted a tent sheltering displaced persons west of Khan Yunis city.

AL-JAZEERA: The Hind Rajab Foundation reported that Romanian authorities are referring a war crimes complaint filed by the foundation against an Israeli soldier to the military prosecutor general. The lawsuit concerns the soldier’s involvement in the deliberate destruction of civilian property during Israeli military operations in Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine praised the heroic operation near the Rehan checkpoint and the car-ramming operation at the Sda al-Fahes checkpoint near Hebron.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli occupation army announced the serious injury of two reserve soldiers in a shooting at the Rehan military checkpoint near the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.

AL-JAZEERA: International airlines extended the suspension of their flights to Israel following a missile launched from Yemen that landed at Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel, and the threat by the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group in Yemen to “ban” air traffic over Israel.

HAMAS STATEMENT: The Palestinian Resistance Movement (Hamas) praised the shooting, car-ramming, and stabbing operations in the north and south of the occupied West Bank.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli occupation army announced the injury of four of its soldiers during clashes that took place south of Gaza, at a time when intense Israeli airstrikes on the Strip continue.

AL-JAZEERA: The World Central Kitchen organization announced the suspension of its cooking operations in Gaza due to the depletion of supplies, amid the ongoing Israeli siege and deteriorating humanitarian conditions.

AL-JAZEERA: US President Donald Trump said that details of the talks regarding the Gaza Strip will be announced within the next 24 hours, without providing further details.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces admitted on Wednesday to the serious injury of a soldier from the reconnaissance unit in the Golani Brigade in the southern Gaza Strip.

HAMAS STATEMENT: The Hamas movement condemned on Wednesday the massacre committed by the Israeli occupation by bombing a crowded restaurant west of Gaza City, which killed 33 Palestinians. The movement indicated that the army deliberately targets civilian gatherings to inflict the largest number of casualties.

ANSARALLAH:

The military spokesperson for Ansarallah in Yemen, Yahya Saree’, stated that the drone air force carried out two military operations at Ramon Airport and the Jaffa area.

He added that they targeted the American aircraft carrier Truman with a ballistic missile and drones and are continuing to ban Israeli maritime and air traffic at Lod Airport.

Saree noted that their operation against Truman was carried out before the American enemy announced a cessation of aggression against them.

IRISH PRIME MINISTER: Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris “strongly” condemned Israel’s bombing of a school in Gaza sheltering displaced people, which killed dozens of Palestinians, including children. Harris called for an immediate ceasefire, the resumption of the entry of humanitarian aid blocked by Israel, and the release of prisoners.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israel Hayom newspaper quoted Israeli officials as saying that 24 captives in Gaza are alive, and there are fears for the lives of 3 of them.

PORTUGUES FM: The Portuguese Foreign Ministry renewed its call for an immediate cessation of hostilities, the release of hostages, and the entry of aid into Gaza. Portugal also expressed its deep concern about Israel’s plans to expand its military operations in the Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The Deputy Coordinator of Doctors Without Borders in Gaza told Al-Jazeera that the situation in the Strip is more than catastrophic, adding that medical teams face difficulty in movement, which affects the organization’s programs, and stressing the need to open crossings and bring medical supplies for work.

BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: Belgian Foreign Minister Maxim Prevot stated that Europe needs a strong collective stance on what is happening in Gaza. Prevot added that Israel’s prevention of aid, food, and electricity وصول to the Gaza Strip is unacceptable, stressing that what is happening in Gaza is a great and unacceptable disgrace.

ISRAELI MEDIA: An Israeli soldier was injured in a car-ramming incident near Hebron in the southern West Bank.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Four Israelis were injured in a shooting at the Rehan checkpoint in the northern West Bank. According to Maariv, two are in serious condition.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: A recent FloodGate podcast featuring Professor Triestino Mariniello dissected the role of international law in the face of the Gaza genocide, raising critical questions about accountability and justice for Palestine.

Intl Law in the Face of Genocide: Seven Takeaways from FloodGate Interview with Triestino Mariniello

AFP: UN experts called on countries to act to avoid the elimination of Palestinians in Gaza. More than 20 independent experts said in a statement that “the decision is clear: either stand by and watch the massacre of innocents or participate in formulating a just solution.”

On ‘Moral Panic’ and the Courage to Speak: The West’s Silence on Gaza

AL-JAZEERA: The Finnish Foreign Minister strongly condemned what is happening in the Gaza Strip and demanded that Israel stop displacing its residents. The minister added that aid must reach the Strip, and the horrifying images of people’s suffering there must stop.

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): 70 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, 47 of them in Gaza City.

ISRAELI MEDIA: A missile was launched from Yemen towards Israel. The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation mentioned that the missile launched from Yemen exploded and fell before reaching Israel.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Four soldiers were injured, one of them seriously, in Rafah.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES:

The Al-Qassam Brigades said they ambushed an Israeli foot force, inflicting casualties of dead and wounded, after luring them into a prepared ambush with explosive devices east of Rafah.

Al-Qassam explained that the Israeli force consisted of 10 soldiers and two dogs, who fortified themselves in a house, which they targeted with two “TBG” shells.

Al-Qassam mentioned that their fighters eliminated the remaining members of the force with light weapons from point-blank range and monitored the landing of Israeli helicopters for evacuation after the brigades carried out the ambush east of Rafah, noting that clashes are still ongoing.

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): 17 Palestinians were killed and scores injured in an Israeli bombing of a restaurant in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City.

WALL STREET JOURNAL: President Donald Trump’s announcement of a halt to US attacks on Ansarallah surprised Israel, and Israel is concerned about the latest development.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed the killing of 38 Palestinians and the injury of 145 others in the Israeli aggression on the Strip in 24 hours.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: At least 38 Palestinians have been killed and others injured in a wave of bombings since dawn Wednesday.

16 people were killed and several injured when Israeli forces bombed Al-Karama School, which was sheltering displaced families in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City. Many remain trapped under the rubble.

Palestinian journalist Nour Abdu was also killed while he was covering the Israeli strike on the school.

Renewed Israeli Bombings Kill Civilians, Including Children, Journalist

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, announced that it had killed and wounded members of an Israeli force in a minefiel d explosion east of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza. The group added that it had also shelled the area with mortars.

Qassam Targets Israeli Troops with Minefield Explosion in Khan Yunis

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Ansarallah confirms that its new ceasefire deal with the US does not cover Israel. While US strikes on Yemen have paused, the group says its operations linked to Israel’s war on Gaza will continue.

Ansarallah: Ceasefire Does Not Include Israel ‘In Any Way, Shape or Form’

AL-JAZEERA: The Director of Sanaa Airport told Al Jazeera that all flights have been suspended until further notice due to the extensive damage, adding that the Israeli aggression targeted Sanaa Airport with highly destructive missiles, and the losses to Sanaa Airport due to the Israeli raids are estimated at about $500 million.

Heavy Israeli airstrikes target Sanaa International Airport in Yemen pic.twitter.com/ZDQSCmxOC7

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 6, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: The official spokesperson for the Ansarallah group told Al-Jazeera that the agreement between Sanaa and Washington stipulates a halt to American aggression against Yemen, and they have the right to respond immediately to any aggression against them.

He affirmed they will continue targeting Israeli ships until aid enters Gaza, adding that the agreement with Washington serves the Palestinian cause and embarrasses Israel, and they will evaluate any future American support for Israel and determine their position accordingly.

HAMAS STATEMENT: The Hamas movement mourned the Al-Qassami commander Khaled Al-Ahmad, who was martyred in a treacherous Zionist raid in Sidon city, southern Lebanon, at dawn today.

REUTERS (citing Ansarallah leader): The ceasefire agreement with the Americans does not include Israel in any way and did not involve any direct talks with American officials, adding that Oman mediated the ceasefire agreement with America to stop the targeting of American ships.

BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE: The British Foreign Office stated that its position is clear and it strongly opposes the expansion of Israeli operations in Gaza. Two days ago, the Israeli government approved a plan to fully occupy Gaza, coinciding with the decision to call up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers to expand the fighting in the Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The death toll resulting from an Israeli strike in Al-Tuffah, east of Gaza City, has risen to 13.

AL-JAZEERA: Palestinian journalist Nour El-Din Abdo was killed in the renewed Israeli bombing of Al-Karama School in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza.

HAARETZ: Haredi parties announced a boycott of voting on bills in the Knesset in protest against the delay in passing a law exempting them from military service.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Nine Palestinians were killed in the Israeli bombing of Al-Karama School in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

According to medical sources, Palestinian journalist Nour Abdu was killed in the Israeli strike on the Al-Karama School in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood . pic.twitter.com/hVGtuT2Ls7

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 7, 2025

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades stated that they inflicted casualties on an Israeli force in the detonation of a minefield east of Khan Yunis and shelled the area with mortar rounds.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 12 reported that United Airlines has canceled all its flights from New York to Israel until May 19.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Army Radio reported that the Air Force targeted a car in the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon at dawn today.

AL-JAZEERA: The French Ministry of Interior is preparing to dissolve the “Urgence Palestine” organization, which was established following the Israeli occupation’s war on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

AXIOS: The Axios website reported that President Donald Trump’s administration opened an investigation into anti-Semitism at George Washington University following protest unrest.

THE GUARDIAN: The Guardian, based on an analysis of trade data, reported that UK firms exported thousands of military equipment to Israel despite an export ban.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Jerusalem Post, citing a knowledgeable Israeli source, reported that Israel was not informed in advance of Trump’s announcement regarding the agreement with Ansarallah.

Yemen just called the shots? We're diving into the HUGE implications of the US seemingly agreeing to end attacks without a commitment from Yemen to stop their solidarity actions with Gaza (targeting Israeli ships & strategic sites). Is this the first time an Arab entity has truly… pic.twitter.com/d4RVjQTcxK

— Ramzy Baroud (@RamzyBaroud) May 6, 2025

BRITISH MEDIA (The Guardian, based on an analysis of trade data – cited in Al-Jazeera):

• British companies exported thousands of military equipment items to Israel despite the export ban.
• Fourteen shipments of military equipment were sent from Britain to Israel since October 2023.
• Thirteen shipments were transported to Israel by air and one by sea, which alone included 160,000 military components.
• 8,630 items categorized as bombs, mines, missiles, and ammunition have been exported to Israel since September 2024.
• Most of the shipments were sent to Israel after the suspension of arms export licenses.
• The findings of the trade data analysis prompted the former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer to call for a comprehensive investigation.

Hamas Files Legal Appeal for Removal from UK’s Banned List