Sharaa meets Macron in Paris, Labor Ministry proposes 50% minimum wage hike: Everything you need to know this Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, May 8, 2025Some key things to watch today:12:30 p.m. – Press conference by the National Campaign to Return Syrian Refugees, titled 'Let's Hear the Voices of Victims Slaughtered Twice,' at Bayt al-Amel in Jal El Dib.1:00 p.m. – Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri chairs meeting of Parliament's Bureau.Netherlands calls for blocking EU trade agreement with Israel: The Netherlands' chief of diplomacy yesterday called for an urgent review of the European Union-Israel Association Agreement, seeking to bar its renewal over Israeli violations against 'international humanitarian law' during its war on Gaza, the Associated Press reported. The same day, Israeli airstrikes killed eight members of the same family, including three children, in Khan Younis, rescuers told AFP, and 25...
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Geagea says Israeli airstrikes on Dahieh a 'major scandal'
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Bloody Eid in Gaza: Dozens Martyred in Israeli Attacks as Occupation Uses Weapon of Food
At least 50 Palestinians have been martyred on Saturday in Israeli attacks across Gaza on second day of Eid Al-Adha. Palestinian media reported that at least 13 Palestinians were martyred as the Israeli occupation attacked tents of displaced citizens in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, 8 Palestinians were martyred in Israeli gunfire at the aid distribution site in Rafah. The number raised to 118 the number of Palestinians have been martyred near the US-backed aid points since May 27, according to figures from Gaza's Government Media Office. Officials at Gaza's Nasser Hospital say that gunshots and shelling killed at least nine more Palestinians trying to reach Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (#GHF) aid distribution sites in Rafah on Friday. — Medical Science and Technology #earlytreatments (@MedicalScitech) June 7, 2025 Elsewhere in Sabra Neighborhood of the Gaza City, Israeli strikes killed dozens of Palestinians. Spokesman of the Civil Defense said that the Israeli bombardment of Sabra neighborhood killed at least 30 people, including 6 children. Footage of the massacre committed by Israeli occupation forces, as aircrafts bombed a home in the Al-Sabra neighborhood of southern Gaza just moments ago, burying children and civilians beneath the rubble. — Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 7, 2025 For its part, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has emphasized that 'starving people in Gaza shouldn't be expected to risk their lives in search of food'. '[The] UN is ready to deliver life-saving aid wherever people already are, in line with humanitarian principles,' it said in a post on X. Starving people in #Gaza shouldn't be expected to risk their lives in search of food.@UN is ready to deliver life-saving aid wherever people already are, in line with humanitarian principles. — UN Humanitarian (@UNOCHA) June 7, 2025 Hospitals Face Shutdown On the other hand, Gaza Health Ministry said health facilities are facing dire restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation army related to the delivery of fuel supplies. 'The Israeli occupation prevents international and UN organizations from accessing fuel storage sites designated for hospitals, claiming that they are located in red zones,' it said. 'The obstruction of fuel supplies to hospitals threatens to stop them from operating, as they rely on generators to power vital departments.'
