Israeli cabinet deepens annexation of West Bank; Cuba is running out of jet fuel; Bad Bunny vs. Trump
Thirty-seven children have been killed in Gaza this year, while the school system is nearly erased. Israel approves measures expanding settlements in the West Bank, while Palestine requests an urgent Arab League meeting in response. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Iran with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington this week. Minnesota man severely injured in controversial ICE arrest. DHS used Google data to track a man who emailed a prosecutor about an asylum case. Members of Congress to begin reviewing the unredacted Epstein files. Epstein emails point to a meeting with Mohammed bin Salman days before Jamal Khashoggi’s killing. Cuba warns airlines of imminent jet fuel depletion as U.S. energy pressure tightens. Turkey arrests alleged Israeli spy cell targeting Palestinians and supply chains. Ethiopia demands Eritrean troop withdrawal, warning of dangerous escalation. Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon kill four people, including a three-year-old child. Russian drone and missile barrage kills civilians and knocks out power across Ukraine. Dozens missing and presumed dead after migrant boat capsizes off Libya’s coast. Iran adds more than seven years to the prison term of Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi. Mass graves discovered on Sudan university campus used by RSF during fighting. Support fractures inside Venezuela’s ruling party after Nicolás Maduro’s capture, new report claims.
From Drop Site: West Bank violence from the Israeli military and settlers is driving mass displacement of Palestinians at an unprecedented rate. Somaliland launches a lobbying push for U.S. recognition, and Somalia mounts a counteroffensive.
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The Gaza Genocide, West Bank, and Israel
Casualty counts: At least five Palestinians were killed and ten injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza over the past 24 hours. The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 has risen to 72,032 killed, with 171,661 injured. Since October 11, the first full day of the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 581 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 1,553, while 717 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Six Palestinians killed over the weekend as Israeli attacks continue across
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