Israel launches weekend attacks in Khan Younis, the Al-Bureij refugee camp, and Gaza City, killing at least two Palestinians on Saturday and seven more on Sunday. Two more children freeze to death in Gaza.
Grave and headstone built for renowned Palestinian poet and professor Refaat Alareer ten months after he is laid to rest. Israel released twelve detainees into Gaza on Sunday.
Israel is filling Gaza with junk food, while blocking food with nutritious value and medicine. The shooting of the director of police investigations in Khan Younis is under investigation.
A Palestinian summit on Gaza’s governance is expected in Cairo this week. The last Bedouin community in the southern Jordan valley is being forcibly displaced, B’Tselem says. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he hopes to “taper” Israel’s reliance on U.S. military aid.
.The death toll in Iran amid nationwide protests may be as high as 544. Iran’s army pledges to defend the country’s “national interests.” President Donald Trump says Iran’s leaders have reached out to discuss a nuclear deal.
U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent says more sanctions on Venezuela might be lifted this week, as Trump signs an E.O. declaring Venezuela’s oil funds “sovereign property.” The Venezuelan government releases at least 18 prisoners, human rights groups say. ICE buys a surveillance system with the capacity to monitor entire neighborhoods.
Federal Reserve Chair Powell addresses the threat of criminal charges. U-Haul truck attacks protestors in Los Angeles. Rapid Support Forces seize Jarjira in Darfur, as Sudanese government returns to Khartoum. Pakistan nears an arms deal with the Sudanese Army.
An anti-Houthi “Supreme Military Committee” is announced in Yemen. Fighting ceases in Aleppo’s Kurdish neighborhoods. Bolivia’s government will restore fuel subsidies after protests. Somalia’s defense minister says Israel wants to move Palestinians to Somaliland.
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