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🚨BREAKING: Hamas and Palestinian Factions Agree to Gaza Ceasefire Framework

“From our side, yes,” a senior Hamas official told Drop Site News’ @jeremyscahill.com

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BREAKING: Hamas and Palestinian Factions Agree to Gaza Ceasefire Framework

“From our side, yes,” a senior Hamas official told Drop Site News.

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After the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire agreement was signed, Israel launched an intense bombing campaign on southern Lebanese towns such as Aitaroun and Bint Jbeil. Israel has since violated the ceasefire more than 4,500 times. Journalist Jeremy Loffredo (@loffredojeremy on X) was on...

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After the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire agreement was signed, Israel launched an intense bombing campaign on southern Lebanese towns such as Aitaroun and Bint Jbeil. Israel has since violated the ceasefire more than 4,500 times. Journalist
@loffredojeremy
was on the ground in these towns, where residents are attempting to return to their towns amid constant drone attacks, airstrikes, and sniper surveillance from nearby Israeli-occupied hilltops.

Loffredo spoke with the mayor of Aitaroun, who is struggling to oversee rebuilding efforts under ongoing Israeli attacks, and visited Lebanese homes that were used as Israeli military bases during last year’s ground invasion.

Full report on Drop Site.

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An Israeli drone hovered over a Lebanese town this morning, broadcasting a threat: “Kick Hezbollah out of your houses, or the war will return and you won’t be able to rebuild.” It also threatened an engineer involved in reconstruction. A local journalist tells Drop Site the engineer is not...

An Israeli drone hovered over a Lebanese town this morning, broadcasting a threat: “Kick Hezbollah out of your houses, or the war will return and you won’t be able to rebuild.” It also threatened an engineer involved in reconstruction. A local journalist tells Drop Site the engineer is not affiliated with Hezbollah.

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Vice President Harris — who served under the Biden administration as it carried out a 14-month genocide and live-streamed slaughter of innocent men, women and children — shouted down protestors interrupting her book tour.

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Harris slams protestor during book tour.

“You want to talk about legacy? Let’s talk about the legacy of mass deportations, of not voting, and Donald Trump.”

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2. Mahmoud Issa (also known as Mahmoud Issa Moussa Dar Issa) is a long-serving Palestinian prisoner from Anata, northeast of Jerusalem, born May 21, 1968. A graduate of Al-Quds University in Sharia and Islamic Studies, he joined the Islamic Bloc and was among the first members of Hamas after its...

2. Mahmoud Issa (also known as Mahmoud Issa Moussa Dar Issa) is a long-serving Palestinian prisoner from Anata, northeast of Jerusalem, born May 21, 1968. A graduate of Al-Quds University in Sharia and Islamic Studies, he joined the Islamic Bloc and was among the first members of Hamas after its founding in 1987. Before his arrest, he directed the Jerusalem office of Sawt al-Haqq wa al-Hurriya, the newspaper of the Islamic Movement.

Issa co-founded Group 101, the first Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades cell in Jerusalem, with Ibrahim al-Akkari, Mahmoud Atoun, and Majed Abu Qutaish. In December 1992 the group kidnapped Israeli soldier Nissim Toledano near Lod to press for a prisoner exchange that would free Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and others. When Israel refused, Toledano was killed. After six months underground, Issa was captured in June 1993, tortured in Moscobiyeh and Ramleh prisons, and later sentenced to three life terms plus 46 years. Israel claims he commanded Hamas operations in Jerusalem.

In 1996 he attempted to escape Ashkelon Prison, prompting his transfer to long-term solitary confinement—renewed annually by military courts from 2002 onward—as he was cycled through Ashkelon, Hasharon, Beersheba, Ramleh, Ramon, and Gilboa. Rights groups documented more than 13 years of solitary confinement, harsh conditions, and restrictions on family visits. Both his parents died while he was behind bars.

From his cell, Issa produced several works—Politics Between Realism and Legitimacy, Resistance Between Theory and Practice, The Tale of Saber, and Conspiracy Theory in the Holy Qur’an. Palestinian media describe him as an intellectual pillar of the prisoners’ movement. In October 2025, his name resurfaced among the “heavy” prisoners resistance factions insist must be freed.

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🔴 BREAKING: Al-Araby TV reports that the Palestinian resistance succeeded in securing the release of resistance icons Adham Kamamji and Mahmoud Issa among others as part of the upcoming prisoner exchange deal. Negotiators reportedly said the Palestinian resistance had pressed for the inclusion of...

🔴 BREAKING: Al-Araby TV reports that the Palestinian resistance succeeded in securing the release of resistance icons Adham Kamamji and Mahmoud Issa among others as part of the upcoming prisoner exchange deal. Negotiators reportedly said the Palestinian resistance had pressed for the inclusion of several other senior leaders of the prisoners’ movement, but Israel threatened to blow up the agreement if they were added.

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1. Ayham Nayef Kamamji, from Kafr Dan near Jenin, is a member of Islamic Jihad best known as one of six prisoners who escaped from Israel’s Gilboa Prison in September 2021 through a tunnel dug from inside their cell. The tunnel’s exit, hidden beneath a toilet area, opened into farmland outside the prison — a spectacular breach that was a source of great humiliation for Israeli security forces and celebration for Palestinians across the region.

The operation, later dubbed the “Freedom Tunnel,” included figures such as Zakaria Zubeidi and five members of Islamic Jihad. Kamamji remained free for nearly two weeks, traveling from Gilboa to Jenin. “Ayham risked his life, got out, managed to reach Jenin, and held out for two weeks,” his father said.

Before the escape, Kamamji had been serving a life sentence since 2007 for the kidnapping and killing of an Israeli settler, Eliyahu Asheri. His 2021 breakout — and later re-arrest in Jenin — turned him into a national symbol of defiance.

“My cell is one meter by one meter in length,” Kamamji later wrote from prison, “and for its width, add another half meter. The free refuse to be chained. And the hawk despises the humiliation of sheep”

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🔴 At least 125 bodies were discovered and brought to hospitals across the Gaza Strip today, most recovered from beneath the rubble. One person was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Khan Younis, Dr. Khalil al-Daqran, spokesperson for Gaza’s Ministry of Health, told NBC News.

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Thousands of Palestinians returned to Gaza City after ceasefire took hold Friday—returning to a wasteland of rubble. Abdel Qader Sabbah (@AbdelSabbah91) captured the devastation as survivors searched for what was left of their homes - full report (www.dropsitenews.com/p/displaced-...) + video below

Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس via X (@sharifkouddous): "The Israeli military destroyed as much of Gaza City as it could before being forced into a ceasefire agreement which took effect yesterday. Watch the video from the ground (2nd one) by the indefatigable @AbdSabbah91 embedded in this piece: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/displaced-palestinians-return-gaza-city-ceasefire-destroyed-wasteland-rubble?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web"

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She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

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Joshua Reed Eakle via X (@JoshEakle): In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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devastation awaiting families returning north in their latest report. Read: “Thousands of Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble” at the link below.

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Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس
@sharifkouddous
The Israeli military destroyed as much of Gaza City as it could before being forced into a ceasefire agreement which took effect yesterday. Watch the video from the ground (2nd one) by the indefatigable
@AbdSabbah91
embedded in this piece:

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Around 500,000 Palestinians are believed to have returned to northern Gaza since the ceasefire took effect Friday, according to Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal. Drop Site’s Abdel Qader Sabbah, reporting from Gaza City, and MENA editor Sharif Kouddous document the...

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⭕️Important Update:
Al Arabiya now reports that the dead and wounded include employees of the Qatari Embassy in Cairo, but not members of the negotiating delegation.

Below: العربية عاجل via X (@AlArabiya_Brk):

Arabic sources: The incident occurred to employees at the Qatari Embassy in Cairo, not the negotiating delegation #AlArabiya_Breaking

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The vehicle is said to have overturned while traveling in the area. Al Arabiya released a photo showing the wreckage of the car, describing it as a fatal accident involving members of Qatar’s mediation delegation.

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Three Qatari diplomats have been killed and three others injured in a car crash near Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, according to Al Arabiya. The diplomats were reportedly part of the Qatari Prime Minister’s negotiation team involved in Gaza ceasefire talks.

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Dr.Muneer Alboursh د.منيرالبرش via X (@Dr_Muneer1):

Dr.Muneer Alboursh د.منيرالبرش via X (@Dr_Muneer1): antibiotics, and opening safe and permanent medical corridors… The World Health Organization has about 3000 tons of medicines and supplies in Arish awaiting approval to enter and we hope tomorrow marks the start of their entry… Our medical teams are a source of pride for Palestine and the world and whoever wants to see perseverance should look at our doctors, we are proud to work alongside them.

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