According to a report by Doron Kadosh, the military correspondent for the Israel Defense Forces radio station, the Islamic Jihad sought to attach a Hamas member to each of its operatives in order to prevent Israel from eliminating its operatives. The goal was for the operatives of the two terrorist organizations to move around during Operation Shield and Arrow in pairs or stay near them, and this, as stated, with the aim of trying to get Israel to avoid the elimination of Jihad operatives under the assumption that the IDF was avoiding Hamas targets. Hamas reportedly, and based on the volume of Israeli assassinations of Jihadists, refused the request.

16 May 2023

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Throughout the Arab media in East Jerusalem, there are calls being made to prepare for the operation "The Great Dawn: at the Al-Aqsa Mosque" which will take place on Thursday at the same time as the annual Israeli Flag Parade and the ascent to the Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day, which celebrates the reunification of the city in 1967 and has always ben marked with a Parade through the old city. Palestinian activists call the march to the Temple Mount "settlers breaking into the mosque and marching flags near it" despite no Israeli being allowed to enter the mosques.

16 May 2023

Read more: East Jerusalem Palestinians Prepare To Disrupt 'Jerusalem Day' Events

The Arab newspaper "Arab News", which is published in London, released a special edition to mark the 75th anniversary of "Nakba Day" and included a survey that examined the position of the Palestinians on a variety of issues, mainly concerning the conflict with Israel, such as the two-state solution and the Abraham Accords. While the survey also examined the extent of the Palestinians' trust in the local leadership, perhaps the most interesting part was how the Palestinians felt about a potential mediator for negotiations with Israel.

16 May 2023

Read more: "Nakba Day" Survey Shows Palestinians Have No Confidence In Their Leadership

The Israeli Ministry of Defense signed an agreement with the Ministry of Defense of Montenegro for the supply of weapons, making this the third deal between the countries in recent years and comes amid a chain of arms deals between Israel and European countries in recent months.

15 May 2023

Read more: Another European Country Signs Large Arms Agreement With Israel

Many jokes were circulating in the streets of Gaza all throughout Sunday surrounding the death of Abdullah Abu Geba, a 35-year-old Palestinian laborer in Israel who was killed on Saturday by a rocket fired by the Islamic Jihad. In Gaza, they chose to commemorate him and defined him as "the luckiest Gazan martyr in the world."

15 May 2023

Read more: Gaza Laborer Killed By PIJ Rockets In Israel Given Full Honors By Jewish State