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Heavy rains flood tents sheltering displaced Gazans for 3rd day
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Dozens of tents sheltering displaced families have been flooded by rainwater in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the Civil Defence said Sunday, Anadolu reports.
For the third consecutive day, Gaza has been affected by a weather depression accompanied by cold air, rain, and strong winds, with meteorological forecasts expecting it to subside by Sunday evening.
Stormy winds have caused thousands of tents to collapse or be blown away, leaving families staying on the streets and forcing many to seek shelter inside destroyed buildings that pose serious safety risks.
In a statement, the Gaza Civil Defence renewed warnings about the “risk of destroyed, structurally unstable buildings collapsing on their occupants” due to heavy rain and winds.
“We have recorded a large-scale disaster caused by the storm that hit Gaza amid the massive destruction inflicted by Israel during two years of genocide,” spokesman Mahmoud Basal said.
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He appealed to the international community to assume its responsibilities and provide urgent relief to Palestinians in Gaza.
“Every passing second brings more harm and pain to the Palestinian people.”
According to the Gaza Media Office, 1.5 million Palestinians are displaced in Gaza, living in catastrophic conditions with little access to basic necessities and severely limited essential services due to Israel’s ongoing blockade.
Israel has killed more than 69,000 people, mostly women and children, in attacks in Gaza since October 2023 and reduced it to rubble.
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Israel presses US to soften UN draft that references Palestinian self-determination, statehood
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Israel presses the US to soften the wording of an American draft resolution that the UN Security Council is set to vote on Monday, which mentions “self-determination and the establishment of a Palestinian state,” Israeli media reported Sunday, Anadolu reports.
Tel Aviv is making “last-minute efforts to change the wording of the proposal that will be approved tomorrow in the Security Council regarding the multinational force that will deploy in the Gaza Strip,” Israel’s public broadcaster KAN said.
Aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials at the Foreign Ministry have been holding discussions with the team of US President Donald Trump and Arab leaders “to ease the language of the expected resolution,” it added.
According to the broadcaster, Israeli officials believe the Palestinian Authority will not meet the terms of Trump’s plan for establishing a Palestinian state, which requires “comprehensive reform.” Even so, they describe the draft as “dangerous” and warn that it could lead to unpredictable outcomes.
The report did not specify the format Israel seeks to see adopted.
Washington is promoting the draft resolution, which calls for deploying a multinational force in Gaza under a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that has been in effect since Oct. 10.
The text says that “conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood” after the Palestinian Authority undergoes reforms.
It also says the US will initiate dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to reach a political horizon for peaceful coexistence, according to KAN.
The outlet said the draft specifies that the multinational force would work with Israel and Egypt to stabilize Gaza and replace Hamas governance and the presence of the Israeli army in the area.
It also envisions a trained Palestinian police force operating in Gaza to help secure the borders.
On Sunday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar joined Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state.
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– Netanyahu rejects statehood
Hours before the scheduled vote, Netanyahu doubled down on his opposition to any form of Palestinian statehood.
“My opposition to the establishment of a State of Palestine has not changed. It stands and remains,” Netanyahu said at the start of Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting, as cited by a statement from his office.
He said Gaza “will be demilitarized, and Hamas will be dismantled.”
“I have confronted these attempts for many years, and I am doing so now against pressure from outside and from within,” he said.
Against the backdrop of the Israeli war on Gaza, several countries recognized Palestinian statehood during UN meetings in September, bringing the total to 160 of the UN’s 193 member states, according to the Palestinian Foreign Ministry.
Israel has killed more than 69,000 people, mostly women and children, in attacks in Gaza since October 2023 and reduced it to rubble.
Israel continues to occupy Palestinian territory, as well as land in Syria and Lebanon, and opposes the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state on lands occupied in 1967.
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US Rep. Greene questions Israeli ties to Epstein, says feud with Trump stems from files push
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US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Sunday that a foreign government may be pressuring President Donald Trump to keep Jeffrey Epstein files hidden, specifically questioning Israel’s potential involvement with the late sex offender, Anadolu reports.
“I think the question that many Americans are asking” is whether Epstein was working for Israel, Greene told CNN, citing emails released by the House Oversight Committee showing his ties to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
“We saw him making business deals with them, also business deals that involved the Israeli government and seems to have led into their intel agencies,” the Georgia Republican said.
Asked if she was accusing Israel of pushing Trump to cover up the files, Greene said she was questioning “any foreign government” but confirmed Israel “in particular.”
Greene, a longtime loyalist, has criticized the president and her party’s leadership in recent weeks.
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- Feud with Trump
Greene said her conflict with Trump stems entirely from her push for Epstein file transparency.
“Unfortunately, it has all come down to the Epstein files, and that is shocking,” she said, adding Trump’s remarks have been “hurtful,” particularly calling her a “traitor.”
“Those are the types of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my life in danger,” Greene said.
“I believe the country deserves transparency in these files,” she said.
Greene denied Trump’s assertion that she criticized him because he discouraged her from running for Senate or Georgia governor.
“That is absolutely not true. Actually, I never had a conversation at all with the president about running for Senate or running for Georgia,” she said, adding she decided independently not to pursue those positions.
Greene said she hopes for reconciliation with Trump. “I certainly hope that we can make up,” she said, noting she speaks for her side.
Trump on Friday officially withdrew his endorsement of Greene, calling her “wacky” and a “Republican in name only (RINO)” on social media after she joined a bipartisan petition to compel the Justice Department to release remaining Epstein files.
He said he would support any challenger who wants to take Greene’s seat in Georgia in the 2026 midterms.
Trump has dismissed the Epstein files issue as a “hoax” concocted by Democrats, while the White House worked to prevent a House vote demanding full file release.
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