#ISRAELHAMASWAR. Negotiations continue for hostages and aid in Gaza. Israel does not want to accept. In a month, Spain will also recognize the state of Palestine

 

The Red Cross said that two of its employees were killed in an explosion in the Gaza Strip on May 25.

According to sources close to Hamas: the potential ceasefire agreement will last at least 60 days and 10 Israeli prisoners will be released and 16 more will be handed over. Five prisoners alive on the first day of the agreement and five prisoners on the 60th day of the agreement, while the 16 bodies will be handed over according to an agreed schedule, giving Hamas the opportunity to locate the bodies within the 60 days. According to some sources, an American delegation would have arrived in Tel Aviv to put pressure on Israel. While an Israeli delegation would have gone to Cairo.

Channel 12 Israel says mediators contacted Israel last night about a proposal Hamas is working to present and that Israel has flatly rejected.

According to Kan Channel: “Senior officials supporting Israel have reportedly been fired from the US National Security Council.” “These officials included Eric Trager, head of the Middle East Division at the White House and head of the “Israel” dossier.” Kan Channel also reports: “Trump will announce a ceasefire in Gaza and an agreement to release living prisoners in Gaza within days.”

The French and Palestinian foreign ministers met yesterday in Yerevan, Armenia. Meanwhile, Spanish authorities have called for an embargo on arms sales to Israel to end hostilities in Gaza, the kingdom’s foreign minister said. Ireland is also talking about a freeze on arms sales and goods to Israel.

Yedioth Ahronoth: “Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Alfaris has called on the international community to impose sanctions on Israel to force it to end the war in the Gaza Strip. In an interview with France Fo Radio, ahead of a meeting in Madrid attended by 20 European and Arab countries to discuss how to end the war, he said: “In the very short term, the goal is to stop this aimless war and provide massive humanitarian aid without obstacles, so that Israel does not decide who can eat and who cannot.”

The previous similar meeting, held last year in Madrid, brought together countries such as Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, as well as European countries such as Ireland and Norway, which have recognized a Palestinian state. Today’s meeting, also attended by representatives of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, aims to promote the two-state solution and included the Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt, and the Prime Minister of Qatar. In the same context, today the Prime Minister Spanish Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that his country will officially recognize a Palestinian state next month. He said: "We cannot ignore this escalating 'possible' humanitarian tragedy.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noam in his office in Jerusalem on May 25. During the meeting, the US Homeland Security Secretary expressed her unconditional support for the Prime Minister and Israel.

Naim Qassem, Hezbollah Secretary General, in his speech on the "Day of Resistance": The State of Lebanon is responsible for implementing the ceasefire agreement; if this fails, there are other options. The resistance will not remain silent and will not give up. It is patient, but sooner or later the time will come to act. The war is not over yet”.

A bombing was reported near Burj al-Eshreen "Burj Shemali", a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon located near Tyre and founded in the early 1950s to house displaced Palestinians. President Joseph Aoun: “We have formed Lebanese-Palestinian committees and will start working in the middle of next month in three Palestinian camps in Beirut to address the issue of the presence of Palestinian weapons”.

Discontent is growing in southern Syria against the new government of Ahmed al-Sharaa over what is perceived as progress in normalizing relations with Israel, the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, linked to Hezbollah, reported its sources. The newspaper reported that some opposition parties in Turkey are attempting to hold secret meetings to request training and weapons assistance from elements actively involved in the Syrian issue, in preparation for a possible confrontation with the new government, should it continue with its normalization measures or even take independent action in response to Israel's incursion into Syrian territory.

Despite this, the newspaper claims that some elements in southern Syria emphasize that they support al-Sharaa's efforts to preserve the unity of the country and persecute terrorist cells, but categorically refuse to establish relations with Israel. The newspaper also cited informed sources, according to which some voices from the tribes of southern Syria are starting to claim that the previous regime, although a negative factor, would not remain silent in the face of Israel's incursions into Syrian territory. In addition, representatives of the forces in southern Syria expressed concern that an Israeli invasion of southern Syria could lead to the return of ISIS to the region.

Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, met with Erdogan in Istanbul in a surprise visit. The US ambassador to Turkey, appointed special representative for Syria, says he met with Ahmed al-Sharaa in Istanbul.

And now a look at the military scenarios updated at 15:00 on May 26. Mohammed Ali al-Houthi: Member of the Supreme Political Council in Sana’a said: “Negotiating aid for Gaza and the entry of aid is a legalization of the criminal siege. Continuing to appease the occupier to allow food to enter the country is tantamount to participating in the siege.” On May 25, a new kiss from Yemen against Israel is recorded.

A large Israeli military force has entered the Quneitra countryside in southern Syria. The column is said to include more than 20 vehicles, including at least four Merkava tanks

About six months after the ceasefire with Hezbollah, the IDF Northern Command reorganizes its forces on the Lebanese border and redeploys the Galilee Division along the entire border line. At the outbreak of war, the Northern Command divided the Lebanese border sector between two divisions: the 91st "Galilee," which controlled the entire border from Mount Dov to Rosh HaNikra, was reduced to the eastern sector. The 146th Reserve Division took over the defense of the entire western sector. The purpose of the split into two divisions is to allow each division commander to control a smaller area, allowing for better allocation of attention and resources. The 146th Division headquarters is expected to depart for advanced training in the near future, and Galilee will return to control the entire border line, up to Rosh HaNikra. The move had been planned for months and depended on the stability of the ceasefire in the north.

On May 25, an Israeli helicopter dropped a stun bomb near a citizen in the town of Kfar Kila as he worked near his destroyed home. Israeli overflights in the southern suburbs of Beirut. A drone struck the town of Majdal Zun, killing two. Another drone strike hit empty land between Markaba and Odaisseh in southern Lebanon. Heavy Israeli drone activity over Dahyeh. On May 26, Heavy drone activity was recorded over Haret Hreik in Beirut. Several Israeli airstrikes hit Haret Hreik in the northeast.

Significant air defense movements were reported across Israel, with surface-to-air missile batteries reportedly being moved to air bases previously targeted by two major Iranian ballistic missile attacks last year. Israeli police are installing iron barriers around Bab al-Amoud and the Old City of Jerusalem to facilitate settler incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Over 1,000 settlers have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque since this morning, under the protection of Israeli police. The Israelis included Minister Ben Gvir and his wife, and MK Amit Halevi.

Three rockets were reportedly fired toward Kibbutz Kissufim on May 26. Eight rockets were reportedly fired from Gaza toward Israel in the space of a week.

The Israel Defense Forces released footage of recent drone strikes against Hamas militants during the Givati ​​Brigade’s operations in the northern Gaza Strip. Givati ​​fighters have identified militants and decided to attack, army says

30 dead are reported following Israeli airstrikes on the Strip on May 25 in the Gaza Strip. Israeli army forces launched airstrikes and artillery strikes in several areas of Khan Yunis, Al-Shaja'iyya, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun.

May 26 in Gaza: 51 killed in Israeli bombings, and the death toll is set to rise due to critical cases.

The Israeli army blows up residential buildings on May 26 as Israeli artillery shelling continues west of Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip

Firing from a Capter quad bike, near Imad Al-Falouji, near the Al-Saftawi roundabout, west of Jabalia camp, kills 19 Palestinians.

Artillery shelling in the Al-Tuffah and Shuja'iyya neighborhoods, eastern Gaza. A news report released by the Mujahideen Brigades reads: "We shot down a Zionist EVOMAX4T drone during a reconnaissance mission in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood in Gaza."

The death toll from the bombing of the Fahmi Al-Jarjaawi school, which houses displaced people in the Al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza, has risen to 36. Children died from burns or charred bones. Before anyone else. The Israeli army struck the Fahmi al-Jarjawi school in Gaza City to eliminate what it believes is the headquarters of armed Palestinian radicals operating there, the army press service said.

Dead and injured among the displaced following the bombing of a house adjacent to a refugee camp on Al-Thawrah Street in Gaza City. IDF is destroying homes in Al-Qarara town, northeast of Khan Yunis. Several bodies are still stuck due to the bombing of the upper floors of the Baraqani building on Al-Thawra Street in Gaza City, due to a lack of equipment to recover them. 9 dead and missing after a house was bombed in Esbbet Abdel Rabbo, east of Jabalia town, northern Gaza.

Israeli aircraft bombed a house on Al-Thawra Street, west of Gaza City. Airstrike on Ramal neighborhood, central Gaza. Israeli warplanes fire heavily north and west of Nuseirat camp, central Gaza Strip.

The Saraya al-Quds Brigades (armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad) released footage of their fighters detonating an unexploded US-supplied GBU-39 glide bomb dropped on Gaza City, targeting an Israeli vehicle from the 932nd “Shaham” Infantry Battalion of the 933rd “Nahal” Infantry Brigade. The militants converted the bomb into an IED (improvised explosive device), planted it in the eastern part of Shujaiyya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, along with a “Thaqib” IED, and detonated it remotely against Israeli soldiers or with a pressure plate. At least one Israeli soldier was seriously injured as a result of the attack. All the soldiers in the vehicle were conscripts.

Since May 25, a drone has dropped leaflets over the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, calling for evacuation. This was followed by artillery shelling of Khan Yunis that has not stopped since the early hours of the night. Israeli artillery shelling in the areas of Al-Tat al-Qatla and Al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Artillery shelling hits Jalal Street and the vicinity of Al-Four Market in central Khan Yunis.

Witness of Al-Hatha newspaper correspondent in Gaza: At 2:00 am, Sayyed Salam Shurab Abu Rafa's house was subjected to Israeli shelling. The destroyed building has five floors. The victims cannot be reached. Residential buildings destroyed in Al-Qarara area, north of Khan Yunis.

The IDF has destroyed at least 10 homes in the area of ​​the European Hospital since Sunday morning in Khan Yunis. Shelled: Al-Zana, Abasan al-Jadeed and Al-Kabira - Qizan al-Najjar, Abu Rashwan and the outskirts of Al-Fahmin Hospital - All areas surrounding the European Hospital in Gaza. Artillery shelling targeted the eastern outskirts of Abasan al-Jadeed town and Al-Kabira, the area near the European Hospital and Al-Sarqa, east of Khan Yunis.

The IDF stormed the village of Umm Banan, Umm Mannan, in the Negev, to carry out demolition operations.

Jenin and its camp entered on May 26, in the 126th consecutive day, for the ongoing airstrike. Tulkarem and its camps entered on May 26, in the 120th consecutive day, for the ongoing invasion.

The IDF attacks residents and journalists at the entrance to the Tulkarem camp and prevents owners of homes at risk of demolition from entering to take away their belongings.

Antonio Albanese e Graziella Giangiulio

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