As delegations arrive in Cairo, Israeli government divisions seem to deepen, with Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich threatening the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Families of Israeli captives wrote a letter to Netanyahu, urging him to reach a deal and warning him that history will judge him.
Israeli raids targeted all areas in the Gaza Strip, particularly in Rafah, Nuseirat and Al-Mughraqa.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 34,654 Palestinians have been killed, and 77,908 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Sunday, May 5, 12:00 pm (GMT+2)
SMOTRICH: We have to enter Rafah now. I say to Netanyahu, Gallant and Eisenkot that everyone wants to return the kidnapped people, but not to surrender.
LEBANESE CIVIL DEFENSE: Two civilians were killed and three wounded in an Israeli raid on the town of Mays Al-Jabal in southern Lebanon.
LEBANESE CIVIL DEFENSE: Two civilians were killed and three wounded in an Israeli raid on the town of Mays Al-Jabal in southern Lebanon.
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Sunday, May 5, 11:00 am (GMT+2)
ISRAELI SETTLEMENT MINISTER: Israel is not a star on the American flag, and the United States does not deserve the status of our friend.
FAMILIES OF CAPTIVES: History will not forgive you for missing this opportunity to return the detainees.
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation army blew up a number of homes in Al-Mughraqa in the central Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation army blew up a number of homes in Al-Mughraqa in the central Gaza Strip.
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Sunday, May 5, 10:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli raid targeted the town of Mays Al-Jabal in southern Lebanon.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation army helicopters were firing at fishermen’s boats west of the city of Rafah.
Sunday, May 5, 09:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation army helicopters were firing at fishermen’s boats west of the city of Rafah.
Sunday, May 5, 08:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Heavy gunfire was reported from occupation vehicles stationed in the Netzarim area in the Sheikh Ajlin neighborhood, southwest of Gaza.
Sunday, May 5, 05:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli aircraft launched two raids north of the Nuseirat camp and near the entrance to the town of Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip.
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— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) May 1, 2024
Sunday, May 5, 04:00 am (GMT+2)
AP (citing Israeli officials): Israel is committed to the Rafah invasion and would under no circumstances agree to end the war as part of a deal to release detainees in the Gaza Strip.
Sunday, May 5, 03:00 am (GMT+2)
ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq said that it targeted the port of Haifa with an Arqab missile.
AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces launched another raid tonight on the Al-Salam neighborhood, east of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, and this time targeted a house for the Bahloul family.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces launched an air strike targeting agricultural land north of the Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: Three Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house for the Al-Shaer family in the Al-Salam neighborhood, east of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
Sunday, May 5, 02:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli raid targeted agricultural land in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces were shelling the eastern Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, with artillery.
ISRAELI EDUCATION MINISTER: The political maneuvers practiced by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the expense of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are “shameful and harm our security.”
Sunday, May 5, 01:00 am (GMT+2)
BEN-GVIR: I hope that Netanyahu will fulfill the commitments he made with me.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
