According to Israeli reports, Israel and Lebanon are very close to concluding a ceasefire deal, after two days of intense fire exchange between Hezbollah and the Israeli army over the weekend.
Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in a two day military raid on the West Bank city of Jenin. The raid completely destroyed areas of the city as Israel detained an unspecified number of Palestinians.
On the heels of the ICC issuing arrest warrants for Israeli officials, Israel killed at least 87 Palestinians on Thursday in strikes across the Gaza Strip, as well as nine Palestinians in Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.
The US and Israel say ceasefire negotiations with Lebanon are progressing, but Lebanon says negotiations still have a long way to go. Meanwhile, Israeli strikes intensify in Gaza, killing 111 Palestinians in a single day in the northern Gaza Strip.
Israel and the U.S. are reportedly preparing another ceasefire proposal in Lebanon. Human Rights Watch joins the chorus of international rights groups and experts condemning Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
As accusations that Israel is committing ethnic cleansing in Gaza continue to grow, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declares 2025 will be the year of “expanding Israeli sovereignty” to the West Bank.
Spokesperson Yitzhak Cohen said the Israel army is close to the complete “evacuation” of north Gaza, and Palestinian residents will not be allowed to return. This marks the first official admission of the intent to permanently expel Palestinians.
The Israeli army has admitted for the first time that it intends to prevent Palestinian residents of northern Gaza to return to their homes.
Israel continues to bomb Kamal Adwan Hospital over a week after raiding the compound in northern Gaza. Meanwhile, fabricated documents falsely attributed to Yahya Sinwar repudiate Israeli claims of Hamas rejectionism in ceasefire talks last summer.
A scandal over fabricated documents allegedly leaked by an aide to Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed Israel’s efforts to sabotage Gaza ceasefire negotiations.