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🔴 RECAP: #Israel #Palestine (as of 00:00 GMT 30 May) 1- Israeli forces continued its military operations in Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza 2- Israel’s military announced that it had seized the Philadelphi corridor 3- Hamas claimed a series of attacks on Israeli forces, including attacks on tanks, military bulldozers and Israeli soldiers 4- Algeria submitted its draft Security Council resolution that calls for Israel to stop its assault on Rafah 5- A CNN analysis of Sunday’s deadly Israeli air strike in Rafah found that US-made munitions were used in the attack 6- Gadi Eisenkot, a minister in Israel’s war cabinet, said it will take “three to five years for a significant stabilisation” in Gaza, followed by “many more” years to form a new government there 7- Israel targeted a residential neighbourhood in the Syrian city of Baniyas 🔗 Click the link below to follow MEE’s live coverage ⤵️ https://www.middleeasteye.net/live/gaza-live-least-fifteen-children-killed-israeli-strikes

🎥 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Israeli attack on a displacement camp in Rafah, which killed at least 45 Palestinians, was "horrific" and urged Israel to "immediately investigate and determine exactly what happened and why it happened, and if accountability is necessary, to make sure that there is". 🔴Live updates: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live/gaza-live-least-fifteen-children-killed-israeli-strikes?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social_traffic

📰 Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said on Wednesday that the army has gained “operational control” over the strategic Philadelphi corridor, a 14-kilometre buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. “Big news. The IDF has secured the “Philadelphi Corridor” which separates Egypt from the Gaza Strip. This means that we can block the influx of weapons and ammunition from the Sinai into Hamas’ hands,” former Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett said on X in response to the announcement. The Israeli military had seized portions of the Palestinian side of the corridor earlier this month, sparking outrage from Egyptian officials, who said Israel was violating the terms of the two countries’ 1979 peace treaty.

🎥 Palestinian flag banners were hung around the entrance to the Spanish centre for Arabic cultures (Casa Arabe) in Madrid on the day that Spain formally recognised the State of Palestine. Casa Arabe operates as the strategic centre for Spain's relations with the Arab world. Spain, Ireland and Norway formally recognised a Palestinian state on Tuesday, and believe their initiative has a strong symbolic impact that could encourage others to follow suit. The decision by the three nations has been slammed by Israel and provoked sharp disagreement within the European Union.

🎥 The leader of Spain's far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, visited Israel and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, the same day Spain, Ireland, and Norway recognised Palestinian statehood. Abascal denounced Madrid's recognition of a Palestinian state and reiterated his support for Israel's right to defend itself. 🔴 https://www.middleeasteye.net/live/gaza-live-least-fifteen-children-killed-israeli-strikes?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social_traffic

📰 If you’re a social media user, you’ve likely noticed an AI-generated image about Gaza gaining traction the past day. But why has the viral ‘All eyes on Rafah’ graphic sparked anger? We take a look ⤴️

🎥 A Palestinian boy in Gaza made slippers out of plastic bottles, to protect his feet from the thorns on the ground and the hot streets. 🔴 https://www.middleeasteye.net/live/gaza-live-least-fifteen-children-killed-israeli-strikes?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social_traffic

🎥 “Not only humanity, but the spirit of the United Nations is dead in Gaza.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised the United States and European heads of state for their silence on the war in Gaza and accused them of being complicit in Israel’s “barbarism”. He also slammed the UN, asking what good the grouping is if it cannot even stop “genocide” in the 21st century.

🎥 “There shall be no trace of Palestinian society, culture, history because they going to be wiped out….This is I think the plan for the Zionists” Mads Gilbert is a Norwegian anesthesiologist and emergency medicine specialist who has made frequent trips since 1982 to Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza to help deliver urgent medical care to Palestinian victims of Israeli atrocities. On UNAPOLOGETIC he shares his experiences, and how by providing medical services he has come to understand both Israel and the Palestinian liberation struggle against occupation and colonisation. He is a firm advocate on the right for Palestinians to resist the occupation with arms within the confines of International law. Watch the full episode on MEE’s Youtube channel

🎥 In a heated debate during questions to the government in the French National Assembly, Sebastien Delogu, an MP for the left-wing party France Unbowed (LFI) from the southern city of Marseille, was expelled from the chamber after holding up a Palestinian flag. Shortly before the incident, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal had dodged the question of recognising a Palestinian state, raised by the leader of the ecologists, Cyrielle Chatelain