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Israel hit zones in Gaza it had declared ‘safe’: Report

The Israel army troops have been bombing areas in southern Gaza, previously designated as safe zones, according to an NBC News investigation.

Hamas video shows US, Israeli captives alive in Gaza

Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday published a video of two hostages, American-Israeli Keith Siegel and Israeli Omri Miran held in the Gaza Strip, showing footage of them urging the Israeli government to make a deal to secure their release.

Israelis demand release of Gaza captives, early elections

Tens of thousands of people on Saturday held protests across the occupied Palestinian territories, demanding the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and calling for early elections.

Iraqi TikTok star shot dead in Baghdad

Iraqi social media star Ghufran Sawadi, better known as Umm Fahad, was shot dead outside her home in the capital Baghdad, a police source told CNN.

Russia: US prolonging Ukraine conflict, UK blocking peace deal

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Ukraine abandoned a draft peace treaty with Russia in 2022 under British pressure. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has also stated the US is behind the Ukraine conflict and is deliberately trying to prolong the fighting.

Russia says repelled Ukraine drone raid on energy infrastructure

Russia repelled a wave of attempted Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries and energy infrastructures in the southern Krasnodar Region on Saturday, the local governor said Saturday.

Israel destroyed 70% of northern Gaza water wells

The Israeli army has destroyed 70% of water wells in the northern Gaza Strip amid its ongoing onslaught against the besieged enclave.

Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for strikes on UK oil tanker, U.S. drone

The Yemen-based Houthi group announced on Saturday that they had launched missile attacks, hitting a British oil tanker in the Red Sea and shooting down a U.S. drone in northern Yemen.

Tehran and Moscow need to boost defense cooperation to improve regional peace: Iranian defense chief

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has stated Iran and Russia should promote defense and military cooperation to improve regional security and stability.

Aid groups targeted despite sending location to Israeli military: Report

Aid groups working in the Gaza Strip were hit by Israeli strikes even after coordinating with the Israeli army, an investigation by the New York Times (NYT) has revealed.

Hamas says ‘serious’ about captives’ release but not without ceasefire in Gaza

Palestinian group Hamas has announced it remains committed to achieving an agreement with Israel to end the war on the Gaza Strip, but only if its conditions including a lasting ceasefire are met.

UN says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza Strip

The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel's devastating war in the besieged Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official has stated.

Palestinians retrieve hundreds of bodies from 3 mass graves in Gaza’s Khan Younis

Palestinians have uncovered nearly 400 bodies in three mass graves at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the civil defense agency announced on Thursday.

Israeli officials admit campaign to kill UNRWA funding has failed: Report

Haaretz newspaper reports that the Israeli government has admitted defeat in its efforts to keep international funding away from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

Israel violating international and humanitarian law with US arms: Report

An independent American task force has informed the administration of President Joe Biden there is “compelling and credible evidence” that Israel’s use of American weapons violates a US national security memorandum demanding US arms be used in accordance with humanitarian law.

Indian Ocean Region to benefit from Iran-Sri Lanka cooperation: Raisi

President Ebrahim Raisi has stated improved relations between Iran and Sri Lanka in various fields would benefit the two countries and the Indian Ocean region.

Amnesty says Israel committing war crimes in Gaza ‘using US-made munitions’

The executive director of Amnesty International in the US has stated their research reveals that Israeli soldiers are committing war crimes against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip "using US-made munitions".

75 percent of Gaza’s population has been displaced: UNRWA

The majority of those displaced in the Gaza Strip– about 1.7 million people – have been forced to flee “multiple times”, the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has reported.

Ukrainian drones strike Russian oil facilities

Ukrainian drones have targeted energy infrastructure in Russia’s Smolensk Region, local Governor Vasily Anokhin has stated.

Hezbollah launches deepest attack inside Israel since outbreak of Gaza war

The Lebanese group Hezbollah says it has launched drone attacks on Israeli bases north of the city of Acre in retaliation for the killing of one of its fighters, marking the deepest attack into Israeli-occupied territories since the Gaza war began.

WFP warns half of Gaza’s population ‘starving’, food relief a ‘drop in the ocean’ of need

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has warned half of Gaza’s population – estimated to be some 2.3 million people – are starving as Israel keeps pounding the encircled enclave.

ICRC expresses concern over West Bank violence

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has drawn attention to the “recent escalation of violence in multiple areas” of the occupied West Bank, with hundreds of Palestinians having been killed.

UN urges investigation into mass graves found at Gaza hospitals

United Nations leaders have demanded a “clear, transparent and credible” investigation after mass graves containing the bodies of hundreds of men and women were discovered on the grounds of two major hospitals in the Gaza Strip that were previously under assault by the Israeli military.

Hamas military spokesperson calls for continued attacks on Israel in first video message in weeks

Abu Obaida, the spokesperson of Hamas’ military wing Al Qassam Brigades, has urged continued attacks on the Zionist regime in his first video message in nearly 2 months, marking 200 days of the Israel war on Gaza.

Qatar rules out shutting Hamas office “as long as mediation channels continue”

Doha is yet to decide whether it will shut Hamas’ office in Qatar's capital, as it questions both the Palestinian group and Israel’s commitment to reach a hostage-ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, the foreign ministry spokesperson has stated.

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