So Israel, which has killed hundreds of Gazans, many of them children, since the so-called Ceasefire was declared on October 11th, has now stated that it is currently intending to maintain its “yellow line” occupation of more than half of the Gaza Strip.
The IDF said it killed Raed Saad, a top Hamas commander, who it said was one of the main architects of the 7 October attack, the Associated Press reported.
Israel continued its killing campaign inside Lebanon over the weekend and killed another three in the southern part of the country amid increased concerns that a wider war will break out.
A panel in the Knesset last week voted in favor of a bill that could allow the country to ban foreign media outlets inside the country in what is seen as the government’s latest attempt at censorship.
The imaginary so-called yellow line that Israel illegally invented divides Gaza in half, with the IDF controlling the east and the Palestinians to the west, has become an albatross because of the reality that Israel has no intention of ever withdrawing its forces, which was a key component of President Donald Trump’s so-called peace plan for the enclave that Israel has bombed to ruins.
The Israeli military relied on technology from the American tech company Palantir to carry out its pager attack across Lebanon on 17 September 2025 that resulted in 42 deaths and thousands of injuries, according to a new book on the company’s mysterious CEO Alex Karp.
Lebanon’s top diplomat told reporters last week that he has been informed by international officials that Israel is preparing a major attack on the country, claiming that Beirut has not done enough to stop the rearmament of Hezbollah.
Israel is still refusing to allow foreign journalists into Gaza to inspect with their own eyes the disaster area left behind after a two-year-long punishment campaign in response to the Hamas attack in October 2023.
Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister, announced last week that Israel will allow the construction of 764 new houses in three strategically important settlements inside the West Bank, which he said will ensure “continuity of life, security and growth.”
Eric Adams, the New York City mayor, made it a point last week to sign executive orders that make sure protests against Israel are essentially banned in the city, including one that stated that mayoral appointees shall not engage in practices that “discriminate against the State of Israel, Israeli citizens, or those associated with Israel.”