ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli occupation army announced early this Saturday morning the interception of a ballistic missile launched from Yemen towards Israel.

The Israeli Home Front Command said that sirens sounded in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, some settlements in the Dead Sea area, and the southern West Bank.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes early this Saturday morning, coinciding with artillery shelling on the eastern areas of Gaza City.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 17 Palestinians, including three children, were killed early this Saturday morning as a result of Israeli bombing that targeted the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

YEMENI MEDIA: The Yemeni capital, Sana’a, is under US airstrikes. US aircraft carried out eight airstrikes on the Khabb wa ash-Sha’af district in the Al Jawf Governorate, northern Yemen.

Yemen Strikes Israeli Airbase with Hypersonic Missile, Fire Reported in Tamra

AL-JAZEERA: A baby girl was born “without a brain” in Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza. Medical sources stated that the infant is one of the “shocking cases of fetal malformation in the womb,” likely attributing the cause to radiation resulting from the bombing with weapons that Israel is experimenting with in the Strip against civilians and children.

‘Genocidal Act’ – Amnesty International Demands End to Israel’s Aid Blockade

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to expand the genocide in the Gaza Strip, including the enlistment of thousands of reserve soldiers, according to what the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported from official sources.

The decision came during consultations attended by Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and is scheduled to be presented to the Security Cabinet next Sunday for ratification, according to the same source.

STATEMENT: The Gaza Media Office stated that the Israeli occupation killed 212 journalists, injured another 409, and arrested 48 since the start of the genocide on Gaza in October 2023, on the eve of World Press Freedom Day.

The statement also indicated that Israel targeted 143 media institutions, including 12 print newspapers, 23 electronic newspapers, 11 radio stations, and 4 satellite channels, and destroyed the headquarters of 12 Arab and international satellite channels.

Israel destroyed 44 homes of journalists and killed 21 influential media activists on social media platforms during the ongoing genocide.

Israeli Drone Targets Freedom Flotilla Ship in International Waters, Fire Erupts

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The Government Media Office in Gaza stated that the occupation is systematically destroying food sources in the Strip by targeting bakeries, relief centers, charity kitchens, farms, water wells, and food warehouses, as part of its starvation policy against Palestinians who have been facing genocide since October 7, 2023.

AL-JAZEERA: The Palestinian Presidency claimed that “Hamas gangs” are stealing aid in the Gaza Strip, noting that “our Palestinian people will not forgive these gangs for their shameful crimes committed during these difficult times, especially in the Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: A number of Palestinian police officers were martyred in a targeting by occupation aircraft while pursuing gangs trying to seize food warehouses in central Gaza City.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, citing an Israeli official, reported that unless Hamas releases the hostages, Israel will work to deepen the military operation significantly. It added that expanding operations in Gaza is not an occupation of the entire Strip, but rather another major step.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will nominate Mike Waltz to be the country’s ambassador to the United Nations, following reports of his dismissal as national security adviser over a leak in a chat group.

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WHO: The Director of the World Health Organization stated that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic due to the ongoing two-month siege. He added that Gaza residents are starving and children are weak due to malnutrition, which will leave permanent effects on their lives.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Yedioth Ahronoth reported that 7 firefighting crews and two aircraft are attempting to extinguish a large fire that broke out in the Upper Galilee. It noted that the fire is relatively large and spreading on several fronts due to strong winds in the area.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli army’s Chief of Staff decided to establish a new armored brigade and a new infantry brigade. It added that the activation of reserve forces will be done cautiously and responsibly, and only for operational considerations.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Throughout this genocide, I have yearned to be alongside my people as a musician and music therapist. If I could have been in Gaza, I would have run, oud in hand, across the border.

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UN OCHA: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated that the international community has two choices: either continue to scroll through the horrific images of Gaza, or the world must muster its courage and decide to break the harsh siege.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: Our fighters blew up an Israeli military bulldozer during its incursion east of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE:

Amnesty International has called on Israel to immediately end its devastating siege on the occupied Gaza Strip, which “constitutes a genocidal act, a blatant form of unlawful collective punishment, and the war crime of using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.”

The demand marks two months since Israel reimposed a ban on the entry of aid and commercial goods into the Strip on March 2, 2025.

‘Genocidal Act’ – Amnesty International Demands End to Israel’s Aid Blockade

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Prisoners’ Media Office stated that what is happening in the occupation’s prisons is a policy of slow assassination against prominent Palestinian prisoners to break their will and erase their presence.

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): 43 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli occupation airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The Al-Quds Brigades announced that its fighters detonated “a bomb from the remnants of the Zionist occupation last Saturday, which was prepared in advance in a convoy of occupation vehicles in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.”

ANSARALLAH: The military spokesperson for Ansar Allah, Yahya Saree’, stated that they carried out a military operation against a vital target of the Israeli enemy in the occupied Haifa area. He added that the operation in occupied Haifa was carried out with a hypersonic ballistic missile, the second within hours, and that the missile successfully reached its target.

AL-JAZEERA: 35 Palestinians have been killed in occupation bombing of the Strip since dawn today.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Hussein al-Sheikh, long seen as Mahmoud Abbas’s right-hand man, is a deeply controversial figure widely viewed by Palestinians as a symbol of collaboration and repression.

Read the latest profile by Robert Inlakesh.

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ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel informed mediators of its rejection of a ceasefire proposal in Gaza and its backtracking on conditions agreed upon in recent days.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The newspaper Israel Hayom, citing an Israeli security source, claimed that the ship belonging to the Freedom Flotilla Alliance to break the siege on Gaza, which was attacked off the coast of Malta, is part of a convoy led by the Hamas movement.

AL-JAZEERA: Families and clan representatives in Gaza published statements condemning what they called acts of looting, theft, and assaults on some international institutions, charities, and commercial stores. They said that these acts aim to spread chaos in the Strip in a way that serves the goals of the Israeli occupation.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli drones bombed the Al-Mawasi area, which is crowded with displaced people, west of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Fires renewed today, Friday, in the Latrun area near Jerusalem. The sources added that authorities are dispatching firefighting crews to the area.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 13 reported that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will discuss forming an inquiry committee into the events of October 7, 2023, in a session next Monday.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Amnesty International stated that Israel must immediately end its devastating siege of the Gaza Strip. It added that two months of a harsh and inhumane siege is further evidence of Israel’s genocidal.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli media reported on Friday that a fire broke out in the town of Tamra, located in the northern part of the occupied Palestinian territories, after shrapnel from an interceptor missile landed in the area.

Yemen Strikes Israeli Airbase with Hypersonic Missile, Fire Reported in Tamra

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The Al-Quds Brigades broadcast footage showing their seizure of an Israeli drone in the skies of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

🎥 Al-Quds Brigades release footage of an Israeli drone reportedly seized over Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/f0FEBEalP0

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 2, 2025

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army announced that it detected the launch of a missile from Yemen towards Israel, and said that the air defense systems are working to intercept the incoming threat.

AL-JAZEERA: 30 Palestinians have been killed in continuous Israeli airstrikes on several areas in the Gaza Strip since dawn today.

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was martyred and others were injured as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted a charity kitchen near Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip.

HAMAS STATEMENT:

Israel’s attack on the Freedom Flotilla ship is piracy and state terrorism that requires immediate international condemnation and intervention. It praised the efforts of the Freedom Flotilla ship’s crew and all activists breaking the siege on Gaza worldwide and called on them to continue their journey.

Hamas demanded that the United Nations intervene to stop the occupation’s violations and compel it to halt its aggression and hold its leaders accountable for their crimes.

AL-JAZEERA: A number of Palestinian citizens were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis city, in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces are detaining Palestinians, including women and children, at the entrance of the Nur Shams camp in Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank.

ISRAELI MEDIA: A poll by the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies showed that 76% of Israelis have low or no confidence in the government, 71% have low or no confidence in Netanyahu, 56% believe the continuation of the war in Gaza is politically motivated, and 45% believe the current path will not lead to the collapse of Hamas and the return of the captives. The poll also found that 69% support ending the Gaza war in exchange for an agreement to return all captives.

IRISH FM: The Irish Foreign Minister stated that the siege imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip is unacceptable and called for its lifting and the immediate entry of humanitarian aid.

ISLAMIC JIHAD STATEMENT: Israel’s bombing of the Freedom Flotilla ship heading to Gaza is new evidence of its use of starvation as a weapon of war and a blatant disregard for all international laws and norms.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Yedioth Ahronoth, citing sources, reported that the Shin Bet has recently strengthened the protection measures for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an unprecedented manner. The Shin Bet is now using advanced devices and cameras for the first time to protect the Israeli Prime Minister and has unprecedentedly intensified its questioning of those attending events in which Netanyahu participates.

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli airstrike targeted a house in the Sheja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli artillery shelled the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli drones reportedly targeted a Freedom Flotilla ship en route to Gaza, causing a fire in international waters near Malta. Activists say the ship was carrying humanitarian aid and 30 international passengers.

Israeli Drone Targets Freedom Flotilla Ship in International Waters, Fire Erupts

AL-JAZEERA: Five Palestinians were killed and others were injured by Israeli drone fire that targeted them in the town of Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli airstrikes and shelling intensified across the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least 15 Palestinians and injuring dozens more as resistance continues.

Massacre in Al-Bureij, Airstrikes across Gaza as Israeli Offensive Grows

AL-JAZEERA: A number of Palestinian citizens were injured by Israeli drone fire in the town of Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip.

IRCS: The International Red Cross stated that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is deteriorating rapidly and cannot be allowed to worsen further. It added that Israel bears the responsibility for meeting the needs of civilians under its control, and that the deterioration of the security situation in the Gaza Strip severely hinders the work of their staff and partners.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A Palestinian was killed by Israeli occupation forces’ fire in the Balata camp, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

AL-JAZEERA: The Maltese government stated that they have controlled the fire that broke out on the Freedom Flotilla ship, and the ship is under surveillance by the competent authorities. A crew of 12 and four civilians were on board the Gaza aid flotilla, and there are no reports of injuries.

AL-JAZEERA: The artillery of the Israeli occupation army shelled the town of Absan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: The number of victims of an Israeli bombing of a house in the center of the Bureij camp in the Gaza Strip has risen to eight.

Israeli warplanes bombed a home in Al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza, killing 8 Palestinians — including 3 women.

The massacre is part of Israel’s ongoing assault on densely populated civilian areas.#Gaza #AlBureij #GenocideInGaza #CeasefireNow pic.twitter.com/QIopy7BT0D

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 2, 2025

AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian succumbed to wounds sustained in a previous Israeli bombing that targeted displaced persons’ tents in Al-Mawasi in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

AL.JAZEERA: A Palestinian child was killed as a result of an Israeli drone bombing of the Qizan al-Najjar area in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

ANSARALLAH STATEMENT: The military spokesperson for the Ansarallah group, Yahya Saree’, stated that they carried out a military operation targeting the Ramat David air base east of occupied Haifa. He added that the enemy’s systems failed to intercept the missile that targeted the occupied Haifa area, and that they are continuing their support operations until the aggression stops and the siege on Gaza is lifted.

PRCS: The Palestinian Red Crescent reported the injury of a girl by Israeli occupation fire inside a besieged house in the Balata camp, east of Nablus. It added that the occupation is preventing their ambulance from reaching the injured girl.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation quoted the Israeli army as saying that there is an urgent security need to increase the number of soldiers.

AL-JAZEERA: Ten Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since dawn today as a result of continuous Israeli shelling.

AL-JAZEERA: At least seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 12 reported demonstrations in Jerusalem in front of the homes of Netanyahu and Ron Dermer, the official in charge of the negotiation team for the exchange deal.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 12 quoted an Israeli military source as saying that the army is currently suffering a shortage of about 10,000 soldiers. It added that 2025 will be a year of fighting with a focus on Gaza and Iran, and that the army is increasing the pace of fighting in Gaza and will mobilize additional reserve forces.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that masked men threw stones at the homes of Palestinian families in the Jordan Valley, attacked cars, opened fire, and stole sheep from Palestinian farmers.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The newspaper Israel Hayom reported that the Israeli army is making preparations to escalate the fighting in the Gaza Strip, and that it is possible that reserves will be called up earlier than expected. For its part, Israeli Channel 12, quoting army sources, said that the Israeli army is expected to call up more reserve forces soon.

CNN (citing media officer for the Freedom Flotilla Alliance heading to Gaza): The flotilla ship that was attacked by a drone is now sinking. There is a hole in the ship and they have sent out distress calls.

🚨 The Freedom Flotilla ship en route to Gaza has sent a distress signal after reportedly being hit by a drone and catching fire.

30 aid workers are on board. The ship was attempting to break Israel’s 2-month blockade on humanitarian aid. #Gaza #FreedomFlotilla #Breaking pic.twitter.com/C1d2tmQe0T

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 2, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: A Maariv poll showed that 36% of Israelis believe that it is possible to implement a prisoner deal soon, while 40% of Israelis believe that it is not possible to complete a prisoner deal in the near future.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Times of Israel website quoted a responsible source as saying that the government is planning what it described as a radical change in the way humanitarian aid is distributed in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli website indicated that this plan calls for moving from wholesale distribution to direct distribution to Gaza families.

AL-JAZEERA: On Friday morning, the “Freedom Flotilla to Break the Siege of Gaza” ship was attacked by an Israeli drone, leading to a fire breaking out on board. The sources added that the ship is currently anchored in international waters near the coasts of Malta.

🚨 Freedom Flotilla vessel carrying aid to Gaza attacked by drone in international waters near Malta.

A fire broke out after the front of the ship was struck twice, breaching the hull and disabling the generator.

30 human rights activists are on board. Only Cyprus has responded… pic.twitter.com/2wbKd1LYcp

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) May 2, 2025

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Medical sources said that seven Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, Friday.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli Home Front Command announced this morning, Friday, that the northern region was subjected to a missile attack launched from Yemen. It added that sirens are sounding in approximately 250 cities, towns, and industrial areas in northern Israel, including Haifa, Nazareth, Afula, and Wadi Ara.

The occupation army stated that it detected a missile launched from Yemen, adding that the defense systems are working to intercept it. For its part, Israeli Channel 12 mentioned that the missile launched from Yemen towards Israel was intercepted over Jordan.