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06/06/2025June 6, 2025
Gaza marks Eid al-Adha with war looming
As Muslims around the world mark Eid al-Adha, Arabic for the Festival of Sacrifice, continues to be at risk of famine.
Muslims traditionally celebrate Eid al-Adha by slaughtering a sheep or cow to share the meat with the poor and celebrate with a family meal, sweets, and gifts for children.
But in Gaza, Israel has blocked food and aid shipments to the war-embattled enclave for three months.
The UN has said that 96% of livestock and 99% of the poultry in the Gaza Strip have been killed as result of the war.
The food that is available is being sold for high prices, with one Gaza resident telling the Associated Press that he cannot afford to buy bread.
“The prices are astronomical,” Abdel Rahman Madi said.
Another resident, Karima Nejelli, said that the people of Gaza “see no kind of joy” due to the war.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a privately run organization backed by Israel and the United States, has resumed limited food aid distribution at two sites in Gaza, which had been shut down on Wednesday following and chaos near their locations.
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Skip next section US imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court judges
06/06/2025June 6, 2025
US imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court judges
The United States has announced sanctions on four judges over the and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
The four judges will be barred from entering the US, and any property they hold in the country will be frozen.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US will “take whatever actions we deem necessary to protect our sovereignty, that of Israel, and any other U.S. ally from illegitimate actions by the ICC.”
The ICC described the sanctions as a “clear attempt” to undermine its independence.
Human Rights Watch condemned the move, saying the sanctions “aim to deter the ICC” from pursuing accountability for suspected war crimes committed during the Israeli campaign in Gaza, also highlighting “US complicity.”
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Skip next section Israel target Beirut suburbs
06/06/2025June 6, 2025
Israel target Beirut suburbs
The Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a series of airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, targeting what it said were underground drone factories associated with Iran-backed militia .
Less than two hours before the attacks, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee had posted on his social media accounts that residents in the area were located “near facilities belonging” to Hezbollah and should evacuate with immediate effect.
President Joseph Aoun condemned what he called the “Israeli aggression,” labeling the airstrikes a “flagrant violation” of
It was the fourth time that Beirut has been bombed since the truce in November. Israel’s military has also continually targeted southern Lebanon and Israeli troops still occupy five hilltop positions in the south.
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in several locations in Beirut’s southern suburbs, saying it targeted facilities used by Islamist militia for drone production.
and signed a ceasefire agreement in November 2024.
Elsewhere, the Israeli government has admitted to having “activated” some clans of Palestinians opposed to Hamas in Gaza, while the population in the enclave marks the Eid al-Adha holiday with food being scarce.
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