🇩🇪❗️A fire in Berlin with toxic smoke occurred at a metallurgical plant of the defense-industrial company Diehl, local media write.

Diehl produces, among other things, the Iris-T air defense systems.

🇵🇸❌🇮🇱 Israeli news sources reported that Israel granted Hamas a week to respond to their final offer. This offer was reportedly given Monday morning, with the Israeli side making it clear that if a response was not received from Hamas, the IDF will launch an operation in Rafah.

The Egyptian mediators thus estimate that Hamas will send back a response this weekend, and according to them, Hamas will not refuse the offer, but will simply reply with a revised version.

⚡Hamas: We are holding internal dialogues and also with the various factions before the negotiators return to Cairo

📑 Updates on Gaza

- Hamas representatives demanded that the Turkish government be added as a guarantor of the agreement during ceasefire negotiations

- Israel gave Hamas one week to accept the current ceasefire deal, or else Israel will start the operation in Rafah

- US threatens Israel that if they start the operation in Rafah without coordination with the U.S, the Biden administration will delay weapon supplies and restrict others

- CIA director to travel to Egypt to assist in the ongoing ceasefire negotiations

[Photo from Northern Gaza today]

بيانٌ صادرٌ عنِ القواتِ المسلحةِ اليمنية

بسمِ اللهِ الرحمنِ الرحيم
قال تعالى: {وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَیۡنَا نَصۡرُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ } صدقَ اللهُ العظيم

تتابعُ القواتُ المسلحةُ اليمنيةُ تطوراتِ المعركةِ في قطاعِ غزةَ منِ استمرارٍ للعدوانِ الإسرائيليِّ والأمريكيِّ والتحضيرِ لتنفيذِ عمليةٍ عسكريةٍ عدوانيةٍ تستهدف مِنطقةِ رفح، وكذلك نتابعُ العرضَ المطروحَ على المقاومةِ والذي يريدُ فيه العدوُّ انتزاعَ ورقةِ الأسرى دونَ وقفٍ دائم لإطلاقِ النار.

وعليه
وتنفيذاً لتوجيهاتِ السيدِ القائدِ عبدِالملك بدرِ الدينِ الحوثيِّ يحفظهُ اللهُ في الانتصارِ لمظلوميةِ الشعبِ الفلسطينيِّ واستجابةً لنداءاتِ المقاومة الشعبِ الفلسطينيِّ المظلوم ومع تعنتِ العدوِّ الإسرائيليِّ والأمريكيِّ فإنَّ القواتِ المسلحةَ اليمنيةَ وبعونِ اللهِ تعالى تعلنُ بَدءَ تنفيذِ المرحلةِ الرابعةِ منَ التصعيدِ وعلى النحوِ التالي:

أولاً: استهدافُ كافةِ السُّفُنِ المخترِقةِ لقرارِ حظرِ الملاحةِ الاسرائيليةِ والمتجهةِ إلى موانئِ فلسطينَ المحتلةِ في البحرِ الأبيضِ المتوسطِ في أيِّ منطقةٍ تطالُها أيدينا .

ثانياً: يبدأُ تنفيذُ هذا من ساعةِ إعلانِ هذا البيان.

ثالثاً: في حالِ اتجهَ العدوُّ الإسرائيليُّ إلى شنِّ عمليةٍ عسكريةٍ عدوانيةٍ على رفح، فإنَّ القواتِ المسلحةَ اليمنيةَ ستقومُ  بفرضِ عقوباتٍ شاملةٍ على جميعِ سُفُنِ الشركاتِ التي لها علاقةٌ بالإمدادِ والدخولِ للموانئِ الفلسطينيةِ المحتلةِ من أيِّ جنسيةٍ كانتْ وستمنعُ جميعَ سُفُنِ هذه الشركاتِ من المرورِ في منطقةِ عملياتِ القواتِ المسلحةِ وبغضِّ النظرِ عنْ وجهتِها.

إنَّ القواتِ المسلحةَ اليمنيةَ بعونِ اللهِ تعالى ثمَّ استناداً إلى دعمِ وإسنادِ أبناءِ الشعبِ اليمنيِّ العظيمِ وكافةِ أحرارِ الأمةِ لن تترددَ في التحضيرِ والاستعدادِ لمراحلَ تصعيديةٍ أوسعَ وأقوى حتى وقفِ العدوانِ ورفعِ الحصارِ عنِ الشعبِ الفلسطينيِّ المظلوم في قطاعِ غزة.

واللهُ حسبُنا ونعمَ الوكيل، نعمَ المولى ونعمَ النصير

عاشَ اليمنُ حراً عزيزاً مستقلاً
والنصرُ لليمنِ ولكلِّ أحرارِ الأمة

صنعاء 24 شوال 1445للهجرة
الموافق للـ3 من مايو 2024م

صادرٌ عنِ القواتِ المسلحةِ اليمنية
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In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful

The Yemeni Armed Forces observe the developments of the battle in the Gaza Strip, of the ongoing Israeli-American aggression and serious preparations to carry out an aggressive military operation against the Rafah area, as well as the deal presented to the resistance in which the enemy wants to extract the cabtives card without a permanent ceasefire.

Accordingly;
In implementation of the instructions of Commander Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, may Allah protect him, and in triumphing for the oppression of the Palestinian people, and in response to the calls of the Palestinian people, and with the intransigence of the Israeli and American enemy, the Yemeni armed forces announce the beginning of the implementation of the fourth stage of escalation, as follows:

First, the targeting of all ships that violate the ban decision of Israeli navigation and that heading to the ports of occupied Palestine from the Mediterranean Sea in any reachable area within our ample zone.

Second, implementation of this comes into effect immediately and from the moment this statement is announced.

Third: If the Israeli enemy intends to launch an aggressive military operation against Rafah, the Yemeni Armed forces will impose comprehensive sanctions on all ships and companies that are related to supplying and entering the occupied Palestinian ports of any nationality and will prevent all ships of these companies from passing through the armed forces’ operation zone, regardless of their destination.

The Yemeni armed forces, based on the support of the beloved Yemeni people and all the free people of the nation, will not hesitate to prepare for broader and stronger stages of escalation until the aggression is stopped and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted. 

Sanaa,
Shawwal 24, 1445 AH
May 3, 2024 AD

Issued by the Yemeni Armed Forces
 
http://t.me/army21ye

🇾🇪❌🇮🇱 This is a very obvious sign that the Rafah operation is likely to happen soon.

🇵🇸❌🇮🇱 Hamas, in an official statement, states that tomorrow they will send a delegation to Egypt in order to examine and continue developing the deal, and that they received the offer with a positive attitude.

Hamas also states that they are eager to reach a deal that satisfies the demands of the Palestinian people:
- Complete stop of the war.
- Withdrawal of the IDF from all of Gaza.
- The return of all refugees to their homes (inside Gaza).
- A swap deal for prisoners.

The first 2 points are highly problematic for Israel, thus I am very skeptical that a deal will be reached any time soon.

🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 Today, Hezbollah only claimed 2 attacks, one in the West Sector, the other in the East Sector.

Notably, they did not claim the previously reported attack on Meron base (done by other groups? simply missed it?).

🔴🎓 U.S.: After 100+ encampments and 2,300 arrests... 5 deals!

Most of the anti-genocide student protests have been facing police repression and violent Zionist counter-‌protestors, but agreements were reached at 5 places, after which students ended their protests:

⬥ Evergreen State College (the university of Rachel Corrie). It'll “address divestment from companies that profit from gross human rights violations and/or the occupation of Palestinian territories”, and it'll block studying abroad in all of Palestine (“where our students are denied entry based on their identity as Pali or Jews”) [more]

⬥ Rutgers Uni. [PDF] Accepts 10 scholarships for Gaza, ties with Birzeit Uni, recognition of flags, but won't stop Tel Aviv partnership. Professor union head Todd Wolfson said 150 faculty members had volunteered to support students. (2 ⁠May)

⬥ Uni of Minnesota [PDF] (1 May)
⬥ Brown Uni [PDF] (30 ⁠Apr)
⬥ Northwestern Uni [PDF] (29 ⁠Apr)
(No commitment of divestment, but possible review. Other demands were met.)

✝❌🇮🇱 Today, noon, Christians from all over the world will unite around the tomb of Christ, at the church of the Holy Sepulchre, awaiting the patriarches to come out with the Holy Fire symbolizing the resurrection of Christ.

This event is very important to Christians all over the world, and while the Israeli security establishment understands that interfering would make them lose the favor of many Christians, I do expect to see many violations just like every year, especially now with the ongoing war.

As much as I would like the Christians of the world to understand the danger of the Israeli Jewish ethnostate, I also would like our ceremonies to be respected.