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🔴 BREAKING: Israeli forces have shot and killed a young Palestinian man, Muhannad Jamal Ghayath, east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
His death ends a four-day stretch without Palestinians killed in new Israeli attacks in Gaza.
💢 Israeli settlers violently attacked Palestinians and solidarity activists in Taybeh, east of Ramallah, on Friday, according to Quds News. Footage shows one settler repeatedly punching a female activist as she tries to protect herself.
Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed the Mecca Defence Pact — a NATO-style collective security agreement stipulating that an attack on one is an attack on all three — and it is now officially open to new members.
The bloc combines significant financial, military and nuclear weight, with the agreement signed by President Erdoğan, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at Al-Safa Palace in Mecca yesterday.
The question now being asked across the Muslim world: who will join next?
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says at least 4,335 people have been killed and 12,273 wounded since Israel’s war on Lebanon escalated in March, as Israeli attacks continue despite diplomatic talks.
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💢 A newly leaked photo shows two blindfolded elderly Palestinians, Nadi Ma’rouf, 63, and Ali Ma’rouf, 60, alongside an Israeli soldier hours before Israeli forces killed them in November 2024, according to journalist Younis Tirawi, who published the photo.
He reported Israeli forces used the men as human shields before executing them in Beit Lahia. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights documented at the time that the bodies of Nadi and Ali, along with 25-year-old Hamza al-Hatoo, arrived after Israeli forces shot them near Al-Khaldi Mosque.
PCHR said its researchers received information that all three had been detained by Israeli forces, released, and then shot shortly afterward.
Al Jazeera later reported Palestinian accounts that Nadi and Ali were held for days and forced to enter buildings ahead of Israeli soldiers as human shields before being released and shot after walking only a short distance.
“I love my Middle Eastern patients so much…you go in and you’re like part of the family, whether it’s for 10 minutes or an hour.”
A non-Muslim NHS nurse, explains her experience dealing with Muslim patients during home visits, from the cleanliness of their homes, to their hospitality with giving her food and Moroccan tea, to the relaxing sound of the Qur’an playing.
Defence analyst Alex Alfirraz Scheers says the Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Turkiye defence agreement signals a realignment in regional security and reflects growing doubts over the US as a reliable security guarantor.
He says the pact gives Saudi Arabia a stronger deterrence posture.
Swedish actor Gustaf Skarsgård, best known for playing Floki in Vikings, has publicly voiced his support for Palestinians, saying he is not afraid of any backlash his stance may bring.
He explained that his initial hesitation was not because he feared criticism, but because he felt his own gesture of wearing a T-shirt was small compared with those risking their lives to challenge Gaza's blockade or report from the ground.
"I support this campaign with all my heart," Skarsgård said. "Freedom for Palestine. End the occupation and the illegal settlements. No one is truly free until Palestine is free."
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan entered into a trilateral agreement to defend each other from attack: Here’s your Evening Briefing https://t.co/Oqf50lMCL9
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan signed a trilateral defense agreement in Saudi Arabia on Friday, aiming to “promote peace, security, and stability in the region and beyond,” according to a statement announcing the deal from Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry.
The agreement “stipulates that any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all,” according to the FM statement.
A Turkish official told the NYT that the deal only covered mutual defense, and is “not directed against any other country.”
"This is a NEW security regime for the Middle East."
Al Arabiya Geopolitical & Security Analyst Riad Kahwaji explains why the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement marks a major shift in regional security.
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Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan have signed a trilateral defence pact in Mecca aimed at deterring aggression. It states “any armed attack against any one of the three States shall be regarded as an attack against them all”.
Al Jazeera’s @Mohammadfff_ explains.
VIDEO | "He said I'm Israeli ... and that is what got me to say 'Free Palestine' ... I wasn't going to back down."
Former Burger King employee Ariana Hamilton stated she was terminated from her position after telling a customer "Free Palestine" after the individual claimed he was from Israel.
Management dismissed her under the justification of incitement to hatred following the altercation.
"My whole point of saying 'Free Palestine' was not to spread hate ... my intention was to speak all my views, because absolutely I say 'Free Palestine.'"
Hamilton says she refuses to remain silent regarding her beliefs despite the firing. She also reported facing a heavy wave of online threats and harassment from pro-Israel social media accounts in the aftermath of the incident.