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❗️More airlines suspend flights to Israel due to Yemeni operations

– Air Seychelles has canceled all its flights to Israel for June and July and won’t return before August.

– LOT Polish Airlines' flights are suspended through 25 May, 2025 and it is reportedly extending its cancellations until the end of the month (31 May), although the company denies it for now.

– Iberia Express is also extending its cancellations until the end of the month (31 May).

– Ryanair – CEO Michael O'Leary said today, in a statement to journalists, that the low-cost giant is losing patience with flights to and from Israel due to all the security disruptions. If the situation continues, O’Leary said, the company will consider reallocating its aircraft to other destinations and routes.

(Source: Israel's Aviation News)
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⭕️ Qatar Airways reported a record annual net profit of 7.8 billion riyals ($2.1 billion) for the 2024 financial year ending 31, marking a 28% increase from the previous year.

Last week, it placed a record-breaking $96 billion order for 160 Boeing 777X and 787 aircraft with GE Aerospace engines during US President Donald Trump's high-profile visit to Qatar and the Gulf.
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❗️Hebrew media reports that at least one Israeli soldier was killed in a "difficult security incident" in the Gaza Strip.
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⭕️ Israel’s banking regulator announced that it is too early to authorize commercial banks to increase dividend distributions, citing persistent economic uncertainty linked to Israel's brutal war on Gaza.

Following the start of Israel's war in October 2023, the central bank initially instructed banks to suspend significant payouts to ensure sufficient credit availability. In response, banks scaled back dividends to 15–20% of their quarterly net profits, down from up to 50% before the war.

They have since received approval to raise this figure to 40%, with most banks distributing 30% of net profit as dividends and allocating another 10% toward share buybacks.
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Syrian security forces launch arrest campaign in Al-Mayadeen

Northeast Syria has seen an escalation in attacks by ISIS cells in the past weeks and months
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❗️Gaza Government Media Office:

– "The [Israeli] occupation is promoting the entry of just 9 trucks of nutritional supplements for children – out of the 44,000 aid trucks that should have been allowed in over the 80-day blockade of the Gaza Strip."

– "No real humanitarian aid has entered Gaza. The Strip needs 500 aid trucks and 50 fuel trucks every day."

– "We hold the occupation and the international community fully responsible for this ongoing humanitarian crime, and we demand immediate global action to open the crossings unconditionally and allow in all necessary humanitarian supplies —before it’s too late."
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❗️Israel's Channel 12 reports that the police arrested a German tourist for confronting security forces and placing a bag with Molotov cocktails near the US Embassy in Tel Aviv.
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❗️An anonymous source to The Washington Post:

– “Trump’s people are letting Israel know, ‘We will abandon you if you do not end this war.'"

– “Politically, as in the past, Netanyahu has a way to do that, with a huge majority in the Knesset and in Israel, but he does not have the political will.”
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Thousands flee Khan Yunis as Israeli troops advance with 'unprecedented' op

Israeli evacuation orders told Palestinians to flee to Al-Mawasi, an area which has been relentlessly targeted since the start of the war
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❗️An Israeli drone assassinated a young man, Issa Koteish, near his home in the southern Lebanese town of Houla around one hour ago.
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❗️Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz met with Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov in Tel Aviv to enhance security cooperation, according to a Defense Ministry statement.

Katz emphasized the strong strategic partnership based on shared interests and mutual trust. He expressed gratitude for Azerbaijan’s support after 7 October, and its role in mediating between Israel and Turkiye. Katz also noted Azerbaijan giving Israel top marks in Eurovision voting, describing it as a symbol of the close ties between the two nations.
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❗️Joint Statement by the United Kingdom, France, and Canada:

"We will not stand by while the Netanyahu Government pursues these egregious actions. If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response.

We oppose any attempt to expand settlements in the West Bank. Israel must halt settlements which are illegal and undermine the viability of a Palestinian state and the security of both Israelis and Palestinians. We will not hesitate to take further action, including targeted sanctions. "
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❗️The military wing of the Popular Resistance committees, Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, mourns its commander, Ahmad Kamel Sarhan Abu Mohammad, who was head of special operations. He was killed in his home while clashing with an Israeli undercover force…
❗️Israel Broadcasting Corporation (KAN):

"All participants in the secret operation in Khan Yunis, including those from the government, signed a confidentiality agreement regarding the details of the operation. In Israel, no details were discussed about what happened, and they maintained a very high level of secrecy."
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Trump’s Persian Gulf realignment is a diplomatic nightmare for Israel

Trump’s embrace of Gulf monarchies over his traditional Israeli ally marks a seismic reconfiguration of US power in West Asia.
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❗️Israel Hayom, citing an EU source:

EU foreign ministers will discuss suspending the partnership agreement with Israel tomorrow.
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❗️Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez urged that Israel be barred from participating in international cultural events like the Eurovision Song Contest due to its brutal war on Gaza.

"We cannot allow double standards, not even in culture," he stated.

"I believe that no one was shocked three years ago when Russia was asked to withdraw from international competitions after it invaded Ukraine and not participate, for example, at Eurovision. Therefore, Israel should not do so either," he said.
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❗️Al-Manar correspondent:

"An Israeli enemy force consisting of infantry troops and a military bulldozer, protected by a Merkava tank, advanced toward Lebanese territory in Wadi Hunin."
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BREAKING | US President Donald Trump announces that Russia and Ukraine will "immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire."
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India says China 'provided intel' to Pakistan during border clashes

China provides weapons to Pakistan but says it seeks good relations with India and an end to the conflict through dialogue
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❗️Footage shows the aftermath of Israeli strikes on electricity generators in the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.
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