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Ayer, las fuerzas de ocupación detuvieron a un equipo de la televisión palestina en Jenin durante cinco horas, los agredieron e interrogaron, les impidieron cubrir los acontecimientos y les advirtieron que no volvieran a cubrir los acontecimientos en las proximidades del campamento de refugiados de Jenin.

Netanyahu is replacing officials in key state positions with his own loyalists in a bid to consolidate power — and he is using the escalating war on Gaza to do it.

The colonization of Palestine is not an anomaly in the liberal global order but its most glaring indictment. It exposes the hypocrisy of an international system that decries colonialism while institut...

<article data-history-node-id="420671" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-capture-extensive-territory-gaza-defence-minister-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-capture-extensive-territory-gaza-defence-minister-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel expands ground assault to 'capture extensive territory in Gaza'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli military has deployed another division in Gaza as Defence Minister Israel Katz says the military is expanding its offensive in Gaza, The Times of Israel reported.</p> <p>Palestinian media reported that the Israeli army was advancing in Rafah on Wednesday morning after an intense&nbsp;wave of air strikes&nbsp;on Rafah and Khan Younis&nbsp;since last night.</p> <p>Katz said the ground forces&nbsp;will move to clear areas and "capture extensive territory&nbsp;that will be added to Israel’s security areas.”</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="420523" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/tens-thousands-israelis-expected-attend-protest-promote-captives-deal" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/tens-thousands-israelis-expected-attend-protest-promote-captives-deal" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Tens of thousands of Israelis expected to attend protest to promote captives deal and oppose judicial overhaul</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Tens of thousands of Israelis are expected to take to the street on Saturday to demand a deal to free captives held by Hamas and to oppose the renewal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul, the <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/tens-of-thousands-expected-to-rally-saturday-night-against-judicial-overhaul-in-favor-of-hostage-deal/">Times of Israel</a> reports.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="420524" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-mortars-fired-soldiers-khan-younis-armoured-bulldozer-hit" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-mortars-fired-soldiers-khan-younis-armoured-bulldozer-hit" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli army: Mortars fired at soldiers in Khan Younis, armoured bulldozer hit by explosive</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Three mortars were fired at Israeli troops near Khan Younis, southern Gaza, the Israeli army said.</p> <p>The army added that an armoured bulldozer was hit by an explosive planted in the ground in the same area.</p> <p>No injuries were reported.</p> </div> </div> </article>

The protests in Gaza calling for Hamas to step down are fueled by a desire for certainty — that if Hamas simply surrenders, Israel’s genocide will stop. The tragedy is that these cries will go…

<span class="field field-title">US mediating talks between Lebanon and Israel, says envoy</span> <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/SondosAsem" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/SondosAsem" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>Sondos Asem</a></span> <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2025-03-11T15:58:17+00:00" title="11 March 2025 15:58 GMT">Tue, 03/11/2025 - 15:58</time> </span> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The United States on Tuesday announced it is mediating talks between Lebanon and Israel to resolve outstanding disputes, including the release of Lebanese detainees and land border disputes.&nbsp;</p> <p>The US deputy special envoy for Near Eastern Affairs, <a href="https://x.com/StateDept_NEA/status/1899482317296373769">Morgan Ortagus</a>, released a statement saying the two sides are committed to maintaining the ceasefire agreement, and that five Lebanese captives have been released.&nbsp;</p> </div>

The White House claims that peaceful student protests opposing Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza threaten Jewish students' safety

<span class="field field-title">Israel says Hezbollah unit chief killed in southern Lebanon</span> <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/ethar-shalaby" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/ethar-shalaby" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>Ethar Shalaby</a></span> <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2025-03-11T16:25:30+00:00" title="11 March 2025 16:25 GMT">Tue, 03/11/2025 - 16:25</time> </span> <div class="field field-field-text"><p class="qb">An Israeli air strike carried out in southern Lebanon has killed Hezbollah’s chief of its southern aerial defense unit, Hassan Abbas Izz al-Din, the Israeli army said.</p> <p>It issued a statement stating that he was rebuilding the unit and supplying it with weapons that threaten Israeli aerial vehicles.</p> </div>

False charges of antisemitism in the U.S. healthcare community are spreading anti-Palestinian racism and doing irreparable harm to our work and obligation as healers.

<span class="field field-title">Israeli energy minister confirms cutting off electricity in Gaza</span> <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/rayhan-uddin" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/rayhan-uddin" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>Rayhan Uddin</a></span> <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2025-03-09T15:52:12+00:00" title="9 March 2025 15:52 GMT">Sun, 03/09/2025 - 15:52</time> </span> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Eli Cohen, Israel's energy minister has confirmed in a post on X that he has cut off electricity in Gaza, effective immediately.</p> <p>"I have now signed an order to cut off electricity to the Gaza Strip immediately. Enough with the talk, it's time for action!" he wrote.&nbsp;</p> <p>A week ago, Israel cut off&nbsp;all supplies of goods and humanitarian aid to the enclave.</p> </div>

<span class="field field-title">Hamas official says it is not open to 'temporary truce'</span> <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/katherine-hearst" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/katherine-hearst" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>Katherine Hearst</a></span> <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2025-03-08T21:52:02+00:00" title="8 March 2025 21:52 GMT">Sat, 03/08/2025 - 21:52</time> </span> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A senior Hamas official has denied reports that the group told mediators it is open to a 'temporary truce'.</p> <p>Mahmoud Mardawi said in a statement on Telegram that&nbsp;“Hamas confirms its full commitment to the agreement that was reached, with the necessity of moving to the second phase negotiations according to the agreed upon specifications, and that this news is incorrect and has no connection to reality.”</p> </div>

<span class="field field-title">Meetings take place between Hamas and US hostage affairs envoy</span> <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/rayhan-uddin" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/rayhan-uddin" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>Rayhan Uddin</a></span> <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2025-03-09T10:27:14+00:00" title="9 March 2025 10:27 GMT">Sun, 03/09/2025 - 10:27</time> </span> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Meetings have taken place between leaders of Hamas and US hostage affairs envoy Adam Boehler, a senior Hamas official has told&nbsp;Reuters.</p> <p>"Several meetings have already taken place in Doha, focusing on releasing one of the dual-nationality prisoners. We have dealt positively and flexibly, in a way that serves the interests of the Palestinian people," Taher Al-Nono, a political advisor to Hamas' leadership,&nbsp;said.</p> <p>He said the two sides had discussed how to implement the phased agreement aimed at ending the war.</p> <p>"We informed the American delegation that we don't oppose the release of the prisoner within the framework of these talks," Nono told Reuters.</p> <p>The Trump administration said earlier this week that Washington was engaging in&nbsp;direct talks with Hamas&nbsp;on the Gaza ceasefire.</p> <p>The US had refused direct contact with Hamas since proscribing it as a “terrorist” organisation in 1997.</p> </div>

<span class="field field-title">Israeli forces raid hospital in Hebron, confiscating CCTV cameras </span> <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/rayhan-uddin" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/rayhan-uddin" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>Rayhan Uddin</a></span> <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2025-03-09T13:10:53+00:00" title="9 March 2025 13:10 GMT">Sun, 03/09/2025 - 13:10</time> </span> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces raided al-Ahli hospital in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on Sunday,&nbsp;confiscating camera recording devices from the hospital's security department.</p> <p>The Palestinian health ministry strongly condemned the raid.</p> <p>"This violation is part of the ongoing and escalating daily attacks on the Palestinian healthcare system," the ministry said.</p> <p>"Such actions are a clear violation of international law, which mandates the protection of civilian sites, including hospitals, as per the Fourth Geneva Convention and Additional Protocols I and II of the Geneva Conventions of 1977, as well as The Hague Convention of 1954."</p> <p>It called on the international community and human rights organisations to provide urgent protection for all components of the Palestinian healthcare sector from Israeli violations.</p> </div>

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<span class="field field-title">Israeli forces kill five Palestinians in Gaza in past day in latest truce violation</span> <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/huthifa-fayyad" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/huthifa-fayyad" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>Huthifa Fayyad</a></span> <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2025-03-09T11:18:47+00:00" title="9 March 2025 11:18 GMT">Sun, 03/09/2025 - 11:18</time> </span> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces killed five Palestinians in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip, marking the latest ceasefire violation, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported on Sunday.</p> <p>This brings the death toll since 7 October 2023 to 48,458, with over 111,000 more wounded.</p> <p>The true death toll is likely much higher, with at least 10,000 Palestinians estimated to have been killed and buried under rubble.</p> <p><br> &nbsp;</p> </div>

<span class="field field-title">Smotrich says 'Migration Directorate' being set up to displace Palestinians</span> <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/rayhan-uddin" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/rayhan-uddin" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>Rayhan Uddin</a></span> <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2025-03-09T12:32:12+00:00" title="9 March 2025 12:32 GMT">Sun, 03/09/2025 - 12:32</time> </span> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said that the government is planning to create a "Migration Directorate" in connection to US President Donald Trump's plan to forcibly eject Palestinians from Gaza.</p> <p>"We are establishing a Migration Directorate, we are preparing for this thing headed by the prime minister and the defence minister. The budget won't be an obstacle for this," Smotrich said.</p> <p>"There are preparations for a large Migration Directorate within the Defence Ministry. If we take out 5,000 [Palestinians from Gaza] a day, it would take a year. The logistics are complicated, because you need to know who is going to what country."</p> <p>Trump's ethnic cleansing plan has been roundly ejected by Arab countries, including Egypt and Jordan - the countries where the US president suggested Palestinians would end up.&nbsp;</p> <p>In response, Arab leaders put forward <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/what-egypts-plan-gaza-reconstruction">their own proposal</a> for the reconstruction of the Palestinian enclave and future governance in the territory.&nbsp;</p> </div>