Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Middle East

Hamas deplores Blinken remarks ‘justifying genocide’

The Palestinian movement Hamas has condemned US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s claims that Hamas fighters hide behind civilians in the Gaza Strip, stressing the unfounded claims are an attempt to justify Israel’s crimes of genocide against Palestinians in the besieged enclave.

Lebanon lodges new UN complaint against Israel amid border tension

Lebanon on Wednesday filed a complaint with the United Nations Security Council in response to Israel’s accusation of Lebanon’s non-compliance with the UN Resolution 1701.

PA chief Abbas ejects proposals to relocate Gazans in meeting with Blinken

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for an immediate end to hostilities in Gaza and rejected any attempt to relocate Palestinians from the strip in a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah, according to a readout of the meeting reported by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.

Poll: Arabs view Hamas October attack on Israel as ‘legitimate resistance operation’

Nearly 90 percent of Arabs view the Hamas-led attack against Israel on 7 October as a "legitimate resistance operation", according to a new poll published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies on Wednesday.

“It’s a horrific situation across board”: WHO citing food scarcity in Gaza

The food situation in Northern Gaza is "absolutely horrific", according to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than three months into the Israeli military campaign against the Palestinian territory.

Health Ministry: Staff inspected cases resulting from Israeli use of banned weapons in Gaza

The spokesman for the Health Ministry in Gaza has says that medical teams have examined cases resulting from Israel’s use of internationally prohibited non-conventional weapons.

Yemen Houthis say targeted US naval vessel in Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthis say they have targeted a US navy ship in the Red Sea, using a large number of ballistic and naval missiles.

11 Palestinians killed every hour in Gaza war: Palestine’s UN envoy

Eleven Palestinians have been killed every hour in the Gaza conflict that began in early October, Palestinian envoy to the UN Riyad Mansour has stated.

Iran voices full support for South Africa move against Israel at ICJ

Iranian Foreign Ministry has, in a statement, thrown Tehran's full support behind the South African government's action against Israel at the International Court of Justice, over its "crimes in Gaza and the West Bank."

Analysis shows US media’s pro-Israel bias in Gaza war reporting

An analysis by The Intercept of major media coverage, including that of The New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, has revealed a persistent bias against Palestinians in their reporting on Israel's conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Iraq says seeking ‘quick’ exit of US troops but no deadline set

Iraq has announced it wants a quick and orderly negotiated exit of the US-led military forces from its soil because of the increasing attacks on US military assets in the country.

UK sending warship to Red Sea for anti-Houthi patrols

British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has stated the warship HMS Richmond is “on its way to the Red Sea to ensure the UK maintains a formidable presence in the face of attacks by the Iranian-backed Houthis”.

US Senate Democrats challenge Biden’s arms sale proposal to Israel: Report

Over a dozen Senate Democrats announced their intention to oppose US President Joe Biden’s proposal to bypass congressional review of arms sales to Israel.

Israeli health ministry preps hospitals for mass casualties amid tensions with Hezbollah: Report

The Israeli Health Ministry has instructed hospitals to be prepared to receive thousands of additional casualties in a short period of time amid the heightened tensions with the Lebanese movement, Hezbollah.

Saudi Arabia says interested in Israel normalisation deal despite Gaza war

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the UK has stated that the country is still interested in normalising relations with Israel after the war in Gaza، adding any normalisation agreement must also lead to the creation of a Palestinian state

UN experts condemn Israeli “extrajudicial” killing of Hamas leader in Lebanon

UN experts in international law condemned Israel's recent killing of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri and other members in Beirut, saying it amounted to the crime of extrajudicial killing and murder.

Hamas leader calls on Muslim states to supply weapons to Palestinian fighters

Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has urged Muslim countries to supply arms and military equipment to Palestinian fighters as the war in the besieged Gaza Strip rages on.

US, Israel hamstrung by resistance of Gazans: Iran Leader

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stated the resistance of Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip has frustrated the United States and Israel.

One in 100 people in Gaza has been killed since start of war: Report

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the besieged Gaza Strip announced in its daily update on Tuesday that at least 23,200 people have been killed in the enclave since the beginning of the war on October 7.

Number of journalists killed by Israel in Gaza Strip ‘exceedingly high’: UN

The number of journalists killed by Israel during the past months in the Gaza Strip is "exceedingly high", a United Nations associate spokesperson has stated.

Iran FM strongly condemns Israel’s war on journalists in Gaza

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has deplored the Israeli killing of  scores of journalists during the past three months in the Gaza Strip, stressing that the Zionist regime hates the media staff.

Israeli authorities, settlers carried out over 12k anti-Palestinian attacks in 2023: Official

More than 12,000 attacks were carried out by Israeli authorities and illegal settlers in 2023 against Palestinians, a Palestinian official has stated.

Israel treated about 13,000 injured since early October: Health minister

Since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip in early October, the health system has treated 13,000 wounded people, including 2,500 soldiers, Israeli Health Minister Uriel Busso has stated.

Netanyahu is not fit to lead Israel: Lapid

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has called on National Unity ministers Benny Gantz, Gadi Eisenkot and Gideon Sa’ar to leave the coalition government, stressing that this government is not qualified to lead the war in the Gaza Strip and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not qualified to lead the country.

EU says to start talks on its own military mission in Red Sea amid Yemen’s strikes

The European Union will start discussions on launching its own military mission in the Red Sea this week amid Yemen's attacks on Israel-bound vessels, EU foreign policy spokesman Peter Stano has stated at a briefing.

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