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Iranian president: Zionist regime has failed to make genuine gains since October 7                                                

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Ebrahim Raisi

Raisi was speaking during an interview with Al-Jazeera News Network.

He said the Zionist regime has made no genuine gains since October 7 when Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was conducted by the Palestinian resistance.

He warned that the Zionist regime’s crimes cross any red line, be it military or humane, and this could prompt others to take action.

The Iranian president further noted that the US sent a message to the axis of resistance but it received an open and practical response on the ground.

Raisi said the US urges us to not do anything while Washington itself gives Israel unlimited support and this is a “false request”. Alongside other Muslim and Arab nation and world countries, we support a truce, he added.

Raisi criticized the US and some European countries for blocking a ceasefire, saying, “This is a crime”.

The Israeli attacks on Gaza has so far killed over 7000 people in the region, including some 3000 children.

The Israeli regime has so far defied calls for a truce with help from the US and other Western backers of the regime.

Russia says Gaza destruction would be disaster for decades

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

According to the Russian official, “if the Gaza Strip is destroyed and 2 million residents are expelled, it will create a catastrophe for many more decades, if not centuries.”

During the interview, Lavrov cited UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who said that “the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum” and recalled the need for a two-state solution.

The minister noted that he has repeatedly told his Israeli counterparts that the unstable situation in the region will not calm down “without the creation of a Palestinian state through negotiations”, and that there will always be a threat Israel from the unstable Palestinian territories.

Given the current situation in Gaza, Lavrov said, direct talks between Palestine and Israel about a two-state solution are hardly possible. However, Moscow is “sending a signal” Tel Aviv that a peaceful way out must be found instead of “completing the announced scorched-earth strategy in Gaza,” he added.

The foreign minister also noted that the escalation of the Gaza conflict “has sent a signal to the West” that it should think “not only about Ukraine, where they want to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield”, but also about how to ensure security interests in general.

On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin recalled Moscow’s position on the Gaza conflict – that two independent sovereign states should be created based on the decisions of the UN Security Council – but noted that the main point now is to stop the bloodshed and violence.

On the same day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation and said that “we are raining down hellfire on Hamas” promising a “ground incursion” into Gaza.

On Friday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that in addition to the attacks of the past few days, ground forces were “expanding” their activities. A few hours later, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry stated on X (formerly Twitter) that it was calling on the entire world “to intervene immediately to stop this war”.

Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, killing up to 1,400 people and taking over 200 hostages. In response, Israel launched massive airstrikes on Gaza while cutting off the enclave’s water, electricity, fuel and medical supplies.

Palestinian officials say the death toll has exceeded 7,700, including more than 3,000 children. Gaza’s hospital system has reportedly completely collapsed, while humanitarian organizations and international journalists say they have lost contact with their colleagues amid the intensified Israeli bombardment.

Israel says Gaza war entering ‘new phase’

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IFP Media Wire
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Israeli Army

Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza with airstrikes throughout Friday night and into Saturday morning, as ground troops and armor were launched in a significant incursion into the Palestinian enclave.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed that it destroyed more than 150 underground tunnels and bunkers used by Hamas, while columns of tanks and troops engaged the armed group’s fighters.

“We have moved on to a new phase in the war,” Gallant stated on Saturday in remarks carried by Israeli media.

“The ground in Gaza shook. We attacked above and below the ground, we attacked terrorist operatives at all levels, in all places,” he declared, adding that similar operations in the enclave would continue “until new orders are given”.

In a briefing on Saturday morning, IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told reporters that the troops sent into Gaza the previous night “are still in the field and continuing the war”.

Hamas announced in a statement that its fighters ambushed Israeli forces on Friday, inflicting heavy losses on the attackers.

In a separate statement on Saturday, the group said that it was engaging Israeli troops near the northeastern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun and the refugee camp of al-Bureji, located in the center of the enclave.

The IDF’s expansion of its operation comes almost three weeks after Hamas fighters launched a surprise attack on Israel, hammering Israeli towns and cities with rockets and raiding settlements near the Gaza border. Around 1,400 Israelis have been killed since the war began, while Israeli air raids have killed more than 7,700 Palestinians, according to the latest figures from the IDF and the Gaza Health Ministry, respectively.

Both Gallant and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have warned for the past two weeks that a major ground operation in Gaza would be imminent, although the decision to send in troops was reportedly postponed several times.

It is unclear whether Friday’s incursion will be followed by a larger invasion.

Iran, Qatar urge stronger support for Palestinians against Israeli onslaught

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Raisi Qatar Emir

“Today, the Palestinian nation needs, more than ever before, effective support by the whole world, particularly by Islamic countries, in order to stop relentless crimes and genocide committed by the Israeli regime’s war machine” said Ebrahim Raisi in a phone conversation with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

President Raisi touched upon an unprecedented stepping up of Israeli crimes against Palestinians, which has led to a harrowing humanitarian situation in Gaza, with water and electricity being cut off, and deliveries of food and medicines being prevented from getting in.

The Qatari emir, in turn, said the ongoing developments in Gaza bear witness to the Western countries double-standard and scandalous policies, saying the regional states and Muslim countries can, through unity, stop the Israeli war machine.

He highlighted his country’s backing for Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination and self-defense, adding the Israeli regime has trampled underfoot all international regulations and humanitarian principles and has no compunction about committing any crimes.

Iranian schoolgirl dies at ICU after weeks in coma

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Armita Garavand

Armita Gravand went unconscious at a subway station in Tehran on October 01, and was taken to hospital where she stayed at the ICU for 28 days.

However, medical treatment failed to save her, who had been in a coma, and she finally succumbed to death.

On October 01, Armita was going to school with her friends, but she suffered from a drop in blood pressure when she wanted to get on a subway train, lost her balance, and had a concussion after hitting her head on the ground.

The concussion was so severe that she even suffered a heart attack for a few minutes.

Expert medical reports indicate that she suffered from a drop in blood pressure, dropped to the ground, and had a concussion followed by violent convulsions, brain hypoxia and cerebral edema.

Many have tried to make parallel her case with that of Mahsa Amini, a 23-year-old girl who died in police custody in September 2022. She was taken to the facility for improper Islamic hijab, obligatory under Iranian law. Mahsa’s death sparked deadly unrest and protests in Iran.

Iranian officials have repeatedly denied the claim of Armita being beaten by the mortality police forces for improper hijab.

Hamas says US ‘entering battle’ in Gaza Strip

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IFP Media Wire
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US aircraft carrier

In an interview with the Financial Times published on Friday, Ali Barakeh, a member of Hamas’ political leadership based in Lebanon, said the group “didn’t expect this much of a response” from the United States.

“An Israeli response? Yes, we expected that,” he stated, adding, “But what we’re seeing now is the entrance of the US into the battle, and this we didn’t count on.”

Washington has made major shows of force in the Middle East since Hamas’ deadly October 7 attack on Israel, deploying two aircraft carrier strike groups to the Mediterranean, as well as an amphibious assault ship carrying 2,000 sailors and marines. US officials have claimed the moves were meant to deter outside actors from taking part in the Gaza war.

The Israel Defense Forces have pounded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes in response to Hamas’ attack earlier this month, which claimed some 1,400 lives, according to Israeli officials. More than 7,000 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in weeks of IDF bombing since, with Israel now preparing a significant ground operation intended to eliminate Hamas.

Barakeh went on to say the group had at least 40,000 fighters in its ranks, and that most were based in extensive tunnel networks built under Gaza.

“We have been prepared for a ground offensive,” he added, explaining that the underground complex is stocked with months of supplies.

Ex-Iran FM: Israel facing desperation, confusion

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Kamal Kharazi

“Under the current circumstances, the policy pursued by the Israeli regime’s allies is to prevent the spread of war and the collapse of Israel,” said Kamal Kharrazi, the head of the Iranian Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, in an interview with Iranian Arabic-language TV News Network Al-Alam.

“The United States should stop Israeli crimes because if the current trend continues, the war is highly likely to spread,” he said.

Kharrazi explained that Israel’s supporters, namely the US, are concerned that they may be dragged into the recent conflict; so, they are urging Israeli leaders not to spread the war and not to invade Gaza.

However, he explained, Israeli officials would like the war to spill over to other areas.

He said the West backs the Tel Aviv regime one way or the other.

“They support the continuation of the Israeli regime’s acts of aggression in different ways. For instance, they veto any resolution proposed at the UN on the establishment of a ceasefire,” he added.

He said the United States has indirectly sent “confidential” messages to Iran.

“Generally speaking, these messages indicate the Americans’ concern about the war spilling over to other parts of the region,” he said.

Hamas says its fighters foiled Israel’s ground incursion into Gaza Strip

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IFP Media Wire
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Hamas Group

A senior Hamas official, Osama Hamdan, has said that Israel was attempting “to create an image of victory”.

“Cutting off communications from the Gaza Strip is an attempt to cover up the crimes of the [Israeli] occupation without any oversight or accountability,” Hamdan added.

Hamas has also announced Israel is trying to project itself as the victor in its ongoing war against the Gaza Strip by intensifying its aggression against the besieged territory, while the resistance is on course to score a “heroic epic” in the battle.

“The terrorist criminal [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is trying to create an image of victory by putting pressure on the popular cradle in Gaza and intensifying his terrorist aggression against the strip,” Hamdan stated.

He, however, added that “with the dawn hours approaching, the world will see the effects of the heroic epic that the resistance fighters fought in Gaza.”

The regime has been waging a relentless war against Gaza since October 7, when Hamas and its fellow Gaza-based resistance movement of the Islamic Jihad launched their biggest operation against the occupying entity in years. The surprise Palestinian offensive, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, came in response to the regime’s intensified crimes against the Palestinian people.

The death toll in Gaza since the start of Israeli aggression has reached over 7,400 with more than 20,500 wounded.

Hamdan said, “Israel says that tonight’s operation is not the planned ground invasion so as not to put itself in an embarrassing situation when it fails.”

He also noted that the regime had cut off communications to the Gaza Strip in an attempt to obscure its crimes by evading oversight or accountability.

“The criminal Zionist (Netanyahu) is trying to isolate Gaza from the world to prevent the transfer of images of his terrorist crimes against the innocent to the outside world, and he will not succeed in that, God willing.”

Izzat al-Rishq, a senior member of the Hamas political bureau, has also said Friday that Hamas is ready to defeat Israeli forces if they enter the Gaza Strip.

“If Netanyahu decides to enter [ground troops into] Gaza by land tonight, the resistance is ready,” al-Rishq stated

His comments come after Israel announced it was expanding ground operations in the enclave.

Israeli ground troop will “expand” their activity in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari has told reporters. Israrli military aircraft subjected the besieged enclave to some of the heaviest bombardment to date ahead of the ground operation.

“The air force is striking underground targets very significantly,” Hagari said at a briefing on Friday evening, adding that ground forces will “expand” their raids into Gaza later in the night.

Israeli soldiers have conducted several limited raids into the strip over the last two days but no major offensive has been announced.

Hagari’s statement is the clearest sign since the beginning of the conflict on October 7 that an invasion – which the IDF has been preparing to launch for almost three weeks – is imminent.

In a statement on Friday morning, the IDF claimed that its tanks and infantry had moved into central Gaza the previous day and destroyed “dozens of terrorist targets, including positions for launching anti-tank missiles and operational headquarters”, as well as Hamas fighters. Israeli forces withdrew after the raid with no casualties, the IDF added.

A video posted to X (formerly Twitter) by the IDF showed helicopter gunships destroying buildings as troops and tanks fired their weapons below.

Hamas claimed that its fighters engaged the Israelis with gunfire and anti-tank missiles, forcing them to flee back to Israeli territory.

Hagari and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have warned for several weeks that the IDF is ready to launch an invasion of Gaza, with Gallant declaring on Sunday that “there will be no Hamas” left after the operation. However, the Israeli government has not given the order to invade, and media reports have suggested that the US is pressuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to delay the operation so that Qatari-brokered talks aimed at freeing some of the roughly 200 hostages in Hamas captivity can proceed.

American officials are “also concerned… that the Israel Defense Forces do not yet have a clear military pathway to achieve…Netanyahu’s goal of eradicating Hamas”.

More than 7,000 people, including 3,000 children, have been killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since October 7, according to the most recent figures from the Gaza Health Ministry.

Iran FM tells UN chief Tehran backs any political solution to Israeli genocide in Gaza

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Gaza War

Iranain Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, who is in New York to attend an extraordinary session of the UN General Assembly on Palestine, discussed with Guterres the latest developments in the Middle East and the situation in the Gaza Strip.

In the meeting, Amirabdollahian emphasized that some countries’ remaining silent and the United States’ backing for Israel’s brutal aggression and genocide have further emboldened the apartheid Israeli regime to step up its attacks against civilians in Gaza and the West Bank.

“A central plank of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy is to offer constant support for Palestinian people’s resistance and fights for freedom aimed at fully restoring their rights,” said Amirabdollahian.

The top Iranian diplomat called for immediate and decisive action by the international community and the United Nations, particularly the UN Security Council, in fulfilling their duties in supporting the resistance of the Palestinian people.

“Iran backs any political solution that would put an immediate end to the crimes against humanity and genocide taking place in Gaza, would help send in humanitarian aid constantly, and would counter the forced displacement of the people of Gaza,” added the Iranian foreign minister.

“If the current situation and the Israeli regime’s war crimes continue, there will be every possibility of the war spreading and new war fronts opening in the region,” Amirabdollahian noted.

“The establishment of lasting and just peace in the region will be possible only by fully ending the occupation of Palestine, the return of all refugees to their own land, the determination of a future system for Palestine based on a referendum attended by all main residents of that land, including the Jews, Christians and Muslims, and finally the establishment of an independent and integrated Palestinian state with the holy Qods as its capital based on a political plan registered by the Islamic Republic of Iran with the Secretariat of the United Nations,” Amirabdollahian explained.

The UN chief, in turn, highlighted Iran’s unique role in the region, calling for Tehran to press ahead with its diplomatic and constructive political efforts.

Guterres described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as disastrous, urging all sides to work towards ending the war and dispatching humanitarian aid.

He said everyone should try to help establish peace and security in the region and across the world.

Guterres underscored the United Nation’s key priority is to see humanitarian aid being sent in and a ceasefire taking hold.

He said the world body emphasizes a political solution to the conflict.

UN overwhelmingly approves resolution calling for ceasefire in Israel-Palestine war

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IFP Media Wire
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A resolution was introduced by Jordan and passed the General Assembly overwhelmingly, with 120 countries voting in favor of the resolution, 14 against and 45 abstained. Applause broke out in the assembly hall when the positive vote count was displayed.

The resolution calls for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities,” as well as “immediate, full, sustained, safe and unhindered humanitarian access.” It also asks Israel to rescind its recommendation to evacuate northern Gaza.

The resolution urges “the immediate and unconditional release of all civilians who are being illegally held captive,” but does not name Hamas as the captor.

The US and Israel had denounced the motion, arguing that it did not include explicit criticism of Hamas.

Earlier Friday, an amendment introduced by the Canadians and backed by the United States to include harsh language about Hamas in the resolution was rejected by the General Assembly.

The vote comes as the Israel Defense Forces announced earlier Friday it is “expanding ground operations” in the Gaza Strip and “operating forcefully” on all fronts to fulfill its goals in the war with Hamas.

Israel has rejected the call for a ceasefire in Gaza approved by the UNGA, with the Israeli foreign minister calling it “despicable” in a post on social media.

“We reject outright the UN General Assembly despicable call for a ceasefire,” Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

“Israel intends to eliminate Hamas just as the world dealt with the Nazis and Daesh.”

In a speech following the resolution’s passage, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan said, “Today is a day that will go down in infamy. We have all witnessed that the UN no longer holds even one ounce of legitimacy or relevance.”

“The majority of the international community has shown that it prefers to support the defense of Nazi terrorists rather than support the law-abiding state of Israel to defend it civilians,” he added.

The Palestinian Authority foreign ministry welcomed the “overwhelming support” received for the UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

“This vote signals the commitment of a moral majority of the international community to uphold its obligations and the rejection of double standards and politicization of international humanitarian law,” the West Bank-based ministry said in a statement.

It added the “international community has spoken in a clear and united voice against Israel’s ongoing crimes and deliberate violations of international law,” adding that UN countries have “stood their ground in defense of international law as the universal rule that applies to all without exception.”

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