Fuel protest, Cork:

A Man is pulled and kicked from the front of a tractor at Whitegate.

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The Druze of Suwayda in Syria are waving Israeli flags and holding up pictures of Netanyahu... They are demanding secession from Damascus and joining Israel.

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Despite the difficult conditions, young men are playing volleyball at a school that was burned, bombed, and destroyed by Israel in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

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One of Canada’s most prominent Iranian activists has been threatened with criminal charges for suggesting that Iranian mosques should be destroyed for being “hubs of terrorism.”

“Mosques in occupied Iran are hubs of terrorism. Burn them down. Bomb them,” reads a since-deleted post on X from Goldie Ghamari, a former MPP in the government of Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

On a subsequent post on Wednesday, Ghamari said she had been contacted by Ottawa Police and “told if I don’t delete my X posts where I say Mosques in Occupied Iran are hubs of terrorism and should be bombed, I would be charged under the Criminal Code of Canada.”

“So I deleted my posts,” she added.

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Yesterday, China announced it’s halting all sulphuric acid exports from May.

Sulphuric acid is essential for phosphate fertilisers, copper mining, oil refining, and battery manufacturing. A third of the world’s sulphur was already blocked by the Hormuz closure.

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A man, while being arrested in London today:

"I am being arrested and called a terrorist for holding a placard, the real terrorists are in Downing Street and in Israel"

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Hezbollah publishes:

"Come out of your hiding places, you cowards..."

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Israeli Home Front Command:

Sirens sound in the following areas: Nahariya, Sa'ar. Betzet, Hanita, Shlomi, Northern Reserve Industrial Area, Betzet Beach, Liman, Metzuba, Rosh Hanikra, Achziv Beach, and Ziv Bridge.

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Hezbollah:

Footage from our operation targeting the Mashmar al-Karmel site and the Haifa naval base belonging to the Israeli army with qualitative missiles.

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Hezbollah:

Scenes from the operation targeting the Nahariya in northern Israel with a swarm of attack drones.

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More sirens in the north

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Lebanese sources:

Injuries resulting from an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the center of the town of Al-Babliya in Lebanon

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Anadolu Agency:

Major Gulf support for Pakistan: Saudi Arabia and Qatar are preparing to provide $5 billion in urgent financial assistance to Pakistan.

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U.S. Central Command:

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began setting conditions for clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, April 11, as two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers conducted operations.

USS Frank E. Peterson (DDG 121) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) transited the Strait of Hormuz and operated in the Arabian Gulf as part of a broader mission to ensure the strait is fully clear of sea mines previously laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

“Today, we began the process of establishing a new passage and we will share this safe pathway with the maritime industry soon to encourage the free flow of commerce,” said Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM.

The Strait of Hormuz is an international sea passage and an essential trade corridor that supports regional and global economic prosperity.

Additional U.S. forces, including underwater drones, will join the clearance effort in the coming days


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Meanwhile in Lebanon:

Lebanese Ministry of Health: 8 people killed and 9 injured in Israeli bombings on the town of Tuffahata in the Sidon district, southern Lebanon.

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