A group lobbying for the families of Israeli hostages being held by Palestinian resistance movement Hamas say they are racked with anxiety that Israel’s expanded ground operation will put the hostages in more danger.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said the Israeli regime's failure during its Friday evening attack on Gaza was the second victory the Palestinian resistance scored after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
A ceasefire and humanitarian programs are needed in the Gaza Strip to save the population, which has been blockaded without water, electricity, and food, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated in an interview with the Belarusian news agency BELTA on Saturday. He warned that if the besieged enclave is destroyed, it will create a catastrophe for many more decades.
Israel has “moved on to a new phase in the war", Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Saturday, adding that ground operations in Gaza will continue “until new orders are given".
The Iranian president has called for further international support for Palestinian people, who are being massacred and displaced by the Israeli regime.
A senior member of Hamas has stated that the Palestinian group was surprised by America’s reaction to recent violence in the Gaza Strip, suggesting Washington could enter the fight after it sent thousands of troops and a pair of aircraft carriers to the region.
A former Iranian foreign minister says the Israeli regime is suffering from desperation and confusion in the face of the resistance front’s strategic victory.
Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, has announced they have “foiled an Israeli ground incursion into Beit Hanoun and the east of Bureij”, adding that “violent clashes” have taken place in the Gaza Strip.
Iran’s foreign minister, in a meeting with Secretary General of the United nations António Guterres, voiced Tehran’s support for any political solution that would put an end to the Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution on Friday that calls for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in the face of strident objection from Washington and Tel Aviv.
US forces have been attacked 20 times throughout Iraq and Syria since October 17, Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder has confirmed in a statement.
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 7,700 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.
In what appears to be a significant attempt to prepare public opinion ahead of a major ground offensive inside Gaza, the Israeli army has claimed that the besieged strip’s largest hospital, Al Shifa, is the site of a major Hamas command and control center. Palestinian groups have denied the claim.
An official with the Palestinian group Hamas has stated the group that rules Gaza cannot release the Israeli hostages it is holding until a ceasefire is agreed in the continuing conflict, according to Russia’s Kommersant newspaper.
Both sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict could be committing war crimes, Ravina Shamdasani, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), has warned, while referring to the ongoing conflict between the two sides in Gaza.
US forces have launched multiple airstrikes on unspecified military installations in Syria, the Pentagon confirmed on Friday, claiming the operation was a response to recent attacks against American outposts by armed groups “affiliated with Iran.” Tehran has denied any involvement in the recent attacks on American bases in Iraq and Syria.
Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi has confirmed that Doha has been engaged in a "very, very difficult negotiation" to free hostages held in the Gaza Strip since October 7.
The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas has warned that the continuation of the Israeli regime's war against the besieged Gaza Strip would "send the entire region out of control".
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani says the Islamic Republic has held talks with Hamas to persuade them to free citizens of some countries that were taken captive by the resistance movement during its surprise attack on Israel on October 7.
A top Iranian military has warned the Israeli regime against conducting a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, saying, “If the Israelis fight on the ground, they will be swallowed.”
Palestinian resistance groups expect Israel to flood Hamas tunnels with nerve gas and chemical weapons under the surveillance of US Delta Force commandos as part of a surprise attack on the Gaza Strip, a senior Arab source familiar with the group told Middle East Eye.
Israeli troops carried out a "targeted raid" with tanks in northern Gaza on Thursday before withdrawing from the enclave, according to the Israel army. Around 7,000 people have died in Israeli relentless strikes on Gaza since October 7.
US President Joe Biden warned Tehran on Wednesday that the United States would respond if Iran or "its allied proxies" attacked American service members stationed in the Middle East.
Tehran has denied any involvement in the recent attacks on American bases in Iraq and Syria.
The U.S. House approved a resolution backing Israel and condemning Hamas on Wednesday, the first piece of legislation to clear the lower chamber in more than three weeks because of the extended Speaker stalemate.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked the Qatari government to change its relationship with Hamas, starting with the way the Qatari-based news network Al Jazeera reports on the Israel-Gaza conflict, Axios has reported.
