🚨 NEW: Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir filmed threatening Marwan Barghouti, the most prominent Palestinian prisoner, during a prison visit.
“Whoever murders our children… we will obliterate them.”

📹 First time Barghouti seen publicly in years — frail, gaunt, unrecognisable. 🧵 Barghouti, a senior Fatah figure and symbol of Palestinian unity, has been held in solitary confinement since 2004.
His son tells @MiddleEastEye:
➡️ “There is a direct threat to assassinate and kill him inside his cell.”

🧵 EXCLUSIVE: Gaza boy seen with US soldier still missing, family pleads for answers

The family of Abdulrahim Mohammed al-Jarabe’a — nicknamed Amir — has called for an international investigation after the child disappeared shortly after being filmed receiving aid from a US soldier in Gaza. ⬇️
1.The video, widely circulated online, shows Amir barefoot and emaciated, clutching a small amount of food. He kisses the soldier’s hand in gratitude.

The soldier — a former US Green Beret — later described the boy’s killing as a turning point that forced him to speak out.

🧵EXCLUSIVE: The secret campaign to bring down ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan

Middle East Eye uncovers threats, surveillance, and internal sabotage aimed at halting war crimes charges against Israeli leaders.
By @davidahearst, @Imran_posts & Simon Hoper ⬇️ 1.ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan faced an intensifying campaign to derail his probe into alleged Israeli war crimes.

Khan was investigating Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials for actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

🧵NEW: Egypt’s presidency pressured Al-Azhar’s grand imam to delete a statement condemning Israel’s starvation of Gaza, sources tell @MiddleEastEye

The removed statement denounced complicity in what Al-Azhar described as “fully fledged genocide”. ⬇️ 1.On Tuesday, Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb issued a rare and strongly worded appeal calling Israel’s siege on Gaza a “crime of genocide”.

The statement condemned states arming Israel and passing “complicit resolutions”, warning they would be held accountable by “the Just Judge… the Almighty Avenger”.

🧵NEW: Israeli air force chief who oversees Gaza strikes is visiting the UK

Major General Tomer Bar, who has reportedly approved Israeli air strikes on Gaza, landed in Britain on Thursday to attend a Royal Air Force event – as calls grow for sanctions against Israel. ⬇️ is attending the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire – a major military event featuring international air force delegations and aircraft displays. 1.Bar

🧵EXCLUSIVE: ICC lawyer linked to Netanyahu advisor warned Khan to drop Palestine war crimes case – or be “destroyed”

British-Israeli lawyer Nicholas Kaufman told prosecutor Karim Khan he was “authorised” to make a deal that would allow him to backtrack on arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. 🧵 a private meeting on 1 May in The Hague, Kaufman told Khan that if the warrants were not withdrawn – or if more were issued for Israeli ministers – “they will destroy you and they will destroy the court”. 1.In