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Al Bawaba
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Bawaba
Al-Quds Brigades ambush Israeli forces in Khan Yunis as Gaza faces worsening humanitarian catastrophe
ALBAWABA- The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, announced on Thursday that it had killed and wounded several Israeli soldiers in a calculated ambush east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. According to the group, its fighters lured an Israeli mechanized engineering unit into a booby-trapped building, which was detonated upon entry. As Israeli rescue forces arrived at the scene, they too were targeted by Palestinian fighters using anti-tank missiles, the group said. Footage circulating online shows an Israeli military helicopter evacuating casualties from the site. The Israeli military confirmed that a tank commander was critically injured during operations in northern Gaza, while Channel 12 reported another soldier wounded in a grenade explosion in the south. Meanwhile, Israeli forces continued to escalate their military operations, reportedly flattening an entire residential block near Al-Nazzaz Street in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. As the fighting intensifies, Gaza's humanitarian crisis continues to deepen. A joint statement from 80 countries, published by the French Foreign Ministry, warned that Gaza is enduring the "worst humanitarian catastrophe" since Israel launched its military offensive on October 7, 2023. The signatories expressed grave concern over the looming risk of famine. The World Food Programme echoed the alarm, describing current aid deliveries as 'a drop in the ocean,' and emphasized the urgent need for safe and unrestricted humanitarian access to the besieged territory. In the past 24 hours alone, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported 107 Palestinians killed and 247 wounded as a result of Israeli airstrikes across various parts of the Strip, describing the ongoing attacks as part of a campaign of genocide by Israeli forces.
Asharq Al-Awsat
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Syria Detains Two Leaders of Palestinian ‘Jihad'
Syrian authorities have detained two senior members of the Palestinian militant faction Islamic Jihad, which took part in the October 2023 attacks on Israel from Gaza, the group's armed wing and a Syrian official said on Tuesday. In a statement, the Al Quds Brigades said Khaled Khaled, who heads Islamic Jihad's operations in Syria, and Yasser al-Zafari, who heads its organizational committee, had been in Syrian custody for five days. The group said the men had been detained "without any explanation of the reasons" and "in a manner we would not have hoped to see from brothers", and called for their release. An official from Syria's interior ministry confirmed the detentions, but did not respond to Reuters follow-up questions on why the pair had been arrested. A Palestinian source in Damascus also confirmed the arrests. Islamic Jihad joined its ally Hamas, Gaza's ruling group, in the attack on Israel in 2023. It is a recipient of Iranian funding and know-how, and has long had foreign headquarters in Syria and Lebanon.
LBCI
22-04-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
Syria detains two leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Syrian authorities have detained two senior members of the Palestinian militant faction Islamic Jihad, which took part in the October 2023 attacks on Israel from Gaza, the group's armed wing and a Syrian official said Tuesday. In a statement, the Al Quds Brigades said Khaled Khaled, who heads Islamic Jihad's operations in Syria, and Yasser al-Zafari, who heads its organizational committee, had been in Syrian custody for five days. The group said the men had been detained "without any explanation of the reasons" and "in a manner we would not have hoped to see from brothers," and called for their release. An official from Syria's interior ministry confirmed the detentions, but did not respond to follow-up questions on why the pair had been arrested. A Palestinian source in Damascus also confirmed the arrests.
Arab News
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Syria detains two leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
The group said the men had been detained 'without any explanation of the reasons'An official from Syria's interior ministry confirmed the detentions DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities have detained two senior members of the Palestinian militant faction Islamic Jihad, which took part in the October 2023 attacks on Israel from Gaza, the group's armed wing and a Syrian official said on a statement, the Al Quds Brigades said Khaled Khaled, who heads Islamic Jihad's operations in Syria, and Yasser Al-Zafari, who heads its organizational committee, had been in Syrian custody for five group said the men had been detained 'without any explanation of the reasons' and 'in a manner we would not have hoped to see from brothers,' and called for their official from Syria's interior ministry confirmed the detentions, but did not respond to follow-up questions on why the pair had been arrested. A Palestinian source in Damascus also confirmed the Jihad joined its ally Hamas, Gaza's ruling group, in the attack on Israel in 2023. It is a recipient of Iranian funding and know-how, and has long had foreign headquarters in Syria and its allies in both countries have recently suffered devastating blows: an Israeli air and ground offensive last year severely weakened the Lebanese Iranian-backed group Hezbollah, and Syria's leader Bashar Assad, closely allied to Tehran, was ousted by a rebel offensive last new Islamist leadership in Damascus has cut diplomatic ties with Iran and is hoping to rebuild Syria's regional and international backing, not least to eliminate sanctions and fund reconstruction after a brutal 14-year civil US has given Syria a list of conditions to fulfill in exchange for partial sanctions relief, Reuters reported last month. Sources said one of the conditions was keeping Iran-backed Palestinian groups at a has carried out strikes against Islamic Jihad in Syria for years. Last month, it said it struck a building on the outskirts of Damascus that it said Islamic Jihad was using as a command center, an assertion denied by the group.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Syria detains two leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(Reuters) - Syrian authorities have detained two senior members of the Palestinian militant faction Islamic Jihad, which took part in the October 2023 attacks on Israel from Gaza, the group's armed wing and a Syrian official said on Tuesday. In a statement, the Al Quds Brigades said Khaled Khaled, who heads Islamic Jihad's operations in Syria, and Yasser al-Zafari, who heads its organisational committee, had been in Syrian custody for five days. The group said the men had been detained "without any explanation of the reasons" and "in a manner we would not have hoped to see from brothers", and called for their release. An official from Syria's interior ministry confirmed the detentions, but did not respond to follow-up questions on why the pair had been arrested. A Palestinian source in Damascus also confirmed the arrests. Islamic Jihad joined its ally Hamas, Gaza's ruling group, in the attack on Israel in 2023. It is a recipient of Iranian funding and know-how, and has long had foreign headquarters in Syria and Lebanon. But its allies in both countries have recently suffered devastating blows: an Israeli air and ground offensive last year severely weakened the Lebanese Iranian-backed group Hezbollah, and Syria's leader Bashar al-Assad, closely allied to Tehran, was ousted by a rebel offensive last year. The new Islamist leadership in Damascus has cut diplomatic ties with Iran and is hoping to rebuild Syria's regional and international backing, not least to eliminate sanctions and fund reconstruction after a brutal 14-year civil war. The U.S. has given Syria a list of conditions to fulfill in exchange for partial sanctions relief, Reuters reported last month. Sources said one of the conditions was keeping Iran-backed Palestinian groups at a distance. Israel has carried out strikes against Islamic Jihad in Syria for years. Last month, it said it struck a building on the outskirts of Damascus that it said Islamic Jihad was using as a command centre, an assertion denied by the group.
