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Middle East

US downplays risk of Hezbollah offensive against Israel

The United States has seen no signs that Hezbollah is preparing for a major military operation against Israel, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House on Thursday.

Hamas vows to make Gaza incursion ‘curse’ for Israel

A continued Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip will have catastrophic consequences for the Zionist regime, Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, has warned.

US intel suggests Syria agreed to send Russian missile defense shield to Hezbollah via Wagner Group

The US has intelligence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to provide the Lebanese group Hezbollah with a Russian-made missile defense system, according to two people familiar with the intelligence.

Cairo slams Israeli intel document proposing relocation of Gazans to Egypt as “ludicrous”

Egypt’s foreign minister says a leaked Israeli intelligence ministry document that proposed the relocation of millions of Palestinians to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt was a “ludicrous proposition".

Israel to cut “all contact” with Gaza, send workers back to besieged enclave

Israel will return Gazans working in the occupied territories back to the besieged Palestinian enclave, Israel’s Security Cabinet has announced, adding that it would also sever contact with Gaza.

Intl. lawyer slams world’s inaction against Israel’s use of banned weapons in Gaza

A US-based international lawyer has criticized the global community for failing to make Israel abide by international law as Tel Aviv presses ahead with its brutal war on Gaza.

Iran’s Leader: Israel becoming helpless and confused amid war with Hamas

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Friday stated that the Zionist regime is becoming “helpless and confused” as it maintains its military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Over 400 children are killed or injured each day in Gaza during Israeli bombardment: UNICEF

Children are being killed or injured at a rate of more than 400 a day in Israel's ongoing bombardment and siege of the Gaza Strip, the United Nations children's agency has confirmed, calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.

Biden doubts Netanyahu will last long as Israeli PM amid Gaza war: Report

US President Joe Biden and his top aides have discussed the likelihood that Benjamin Netanyahu’s political days are numbered — and the US president has conveyed that sentiment to the Israeli prime minister in a recent conversation, according to Politico.

Nearly half of Gaza’s hospitals out of service: Health ministry

Sixteen out of 35 hospitals in Gaza are out of service due to the Israeli bombardment and a fuel shortage, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah.

Hamas: Israel committed ‘barbaric massacres’ after Gaza refugee camp bombings

Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh says Israel  has carried out “massacres” in the besieged Gaza Strip to conceal its own “defeats”. He warned that the hundreds of Israeli and foreign hostages being held captive in Gaza faced the same risk of “death and destruction” from the Israeli attacks on the territory as Palestinian residents.

UN says Israeli bombing of Gaza refugee camp ‘an atrocity’

Israel’s attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza is just “the latest atrocity” to befall the Palestinian people living in the besieged enclave, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths has stated.

US rules out sending troops to Gaza Strip during or after war

American soldiers will not be deployed to the Gaza Strip during or after the current conflict with Israel, the White House has announced, dismissing reports suggesting US forces could be sent on a peacekeeping mission.

Russia slams France’s initiative to create coalition to fight Hamas

Paris’ idea to create a coalition against Palestinian movement Hamas is fraught with further escalation in the Middle East, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated.

Iran urges Muslim nations to take ‘immediate, effective’ action against Israel

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian called on Muslim countries to take “immediate and effective” action to put an end to Israel's war crimes in the Gaza Strip and its blockade on the coastal territory.

Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE: Health ministry says Gaza death toll topped 9,000 with 32k injuries

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 8,800 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

Iran’s Leader calls for halting exports of oil, goods to Israel

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged Muslim counties to press for an end to the ongoing Israeli atrocities against the Gaza Strip, impose sanctions on the Tel Aviv regime and stop oil and goods exports to the occupied territories.

Hezbollah says 120 Israeli soldiers killed or injured in fighting

The Lebanese group Hezbollah says it has killed or injured 120 Israeli soldiers during the current round of fighting near Lebanon's border.

Iranian FM: Resistance axis has another element of surprise in store for the Zionists

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahain has demanded the Israeli regime immediately stop the war on Gaza. Otherwise, Amirabdollahian warned, Zionist regime and the US will be responsible if the war expands and the situation spirals out of control.

Rafah crossing opens for first time since start of Gaza war

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has opened for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on October 7.

Iranian commander: Millions ready across world to rush to Palestinians’ rescue

Millions of people from all over the world are ready to help Palestinians against the Israeli regime’s unabated weeks-long bombardment if Palestine’s neighboring countries allow them to get into the occupied territories, the chairman of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says.

US, Israel weighing peacekeepers for Gaza Strip: Report

US and Israeli officials are seeking an international peacekeeping force for Gaza should Israel successfully remove Hamas from power, Bloomberg has reported, suggesting that American forces could take part in the deployment.

Iran asks UN to stop Israeli ‘killing machine’ in Gaza following refugee camp carnage

Tehran has condemned in the strongest terms Israel's deadly raid on the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip which has killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians.

Israeli army says making ‘significant’ achievements in Gaza, but ‘paying a heavy price’

Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has stated the Israel Defense Force is making “significant” achievements during the ground operation in the Gaza Strip, but that it is also “paying a heavy price".

Israel claims killed top Hamas commander in strike on Gaza refugee camp; Palestinians deny

The Israeli military has claimed that it had taken out a top Hamas commander — who was one of the leaders of the October 7 attack on Israel — in a raid on the Jabalya refugee camp. But the group stressed that Israel’s claims that Hamas’ leaders were present in the refugee camp is “baseless and a lie”.

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