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More than 40,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza by Israel since start of war: Local authorities

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IFP Media Wire
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Israeli forces have killed at least 40,005 Palestinians in the besieged enclave since 7 October, the ministry said.

More than 92,401 others have been wounded, it added.

The latest death toll comes after 40 Palestinians were killed and 107 were wounded by Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours.

“Over ten months of hell, people continue to lose their loved ones; family members, close friends and neighbours. Do you know what it means to lose 40,000 of your people?” stated Fikr Shalltoot at Medical Aid for Palestinians.

“It means that 40,000 women, children, young people, adults, and elderly people will no longer be there. The children will never grow up, they will never go to school or university. Women will not give birth and will not be there to hold their children.”

The health ministry announced on Thursday that around 13,200 of those killed were children, while around 7,360 were women. Elderly victims made up around 3,440 of those killed, it added.

A health ministry official told Al Jazeera: “I say to those who doubt the numbers of martyrs that every martyr has a name, a picture and a story.”

An estimated 10,000 people are missing in Gaza, likely to be dead and buried under rubble.

“Many people are losing hope and some are losing faith, but mostly people are losing trust in the international community. They are angry and disappointed and believe that the world has failed them and let them down,” Shalltoot added.

On 7 October, a Hamas-led surprise attack on southern Israel killed around 1,200 Israelis. More than 250 others were taken captive back to the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Israeli forces have also killed at least 632 Palestinians since the war began, according to the health ministry. That figure includes 147 children and nine women.

In Lebanon, Israeli attacks since October have killed nearly 550 people, including 35 women and 20 children and teenagers, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

Iran’s IRGC aerospace advisor dies of injuries from Syria strike

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Syria

The IRGC in a statement expressed condolences over the martyrdom of Colonel Ahmadreza Afshari, who had been transferred to Iran late August with serious injuries for medical treatment.

Iranian military advisors in Syria have been repeatedly targeted by Israel and the US-led coalition.

The Iranian advisors are in Syria at the official request of the government in Damascus to counter the terrorist’ threats.

Since the 2011 foreign-backed unrest in Syria, Iranian forces, mainly with the IRGC’s Quds Force, have been instrumental in turning the tide against the Daesh and other takfiri militants.

Hundreds of thousands of Iranian pilgrims depart for Iraq’s Karbala for Arbaeen rituals

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Millions more are expected to embark on the annual walk during the next days to commemorate the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary or the third Shia Imam, Hussein ibn Ali, the Prophet’s grandson over 14 centuries ago.

Iran has set up 500 Mokebs, centers that provide the pilgrims with services, along the routes that lead to the Mehran border crossing.

All necessary facilities, including food and medicine, are in place to cater to the needs of the pilgrims during the 80-kilometer walk, Tasnim reporter said.

Arrangements have also been made for the transportation of the elderly, ailing, or child pilgrims who need to use motor vehicles for part of the pilgrim.

Arbaeen is a significant religious ceremony in the Shia Islam tradition, although many non-Shia and even non-Muslim pilgrims join the event.

Every year, millions of pilgrims from across the world gather in the holy city of Karbala in Iraq, that houses Imam Hussein’s shrine.

Arbaeen walk is known as the largest human gathering in the world.

UNESCO says 1.4mn Afghan girls banned from schools since Taliban return to power

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Afghan Women School

Access to primary education has also fallen sharply, with 1.1 million fewer girls and boys attending school, UNESCO said in a statement as the Taliban authorities marked three years since retaking Afghanistan on August 15, 2021.

“UNESCO is alarmed by the harmful consequences of this increasingly massive drop-out rate, which could lead to a rise in child labour and early marriage,” the agency added.

“In just three years, the de facto authorities have almost wiped out two decades of steady progress for education in Afghanistan, and the future of an entire generation is now in jeopardy.”

There are now nearly 2.5 million girls deprived of their right to education, representing 80 percent of Afghan school-age girls, the UN agency noted.

The Taliban administration, which is not recognised by any other country, has imposed restrictions on women that the UN has described as “gender apartheid”.

Afghanistan is the only country in the world to stop girls and women attending secondary schools and universities.

“As a result of bans imposed by the de facto authorities, at least 1.4 million girls have been deliberately denied access to secondary education since 2021,” UNESCO said.

This represents an increase of 300,000 since the previous count carried out by the UN agency in April 2023.

UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay urged the international community to remain mobilised “to obtain the unconditional reopening of schools and universities to Afghan girls and women”.

The number of primary pupils has also fallen. Afghanistan had only 5.7 million girls and boys in primary school in 2022, compared with 6.8 million in 2019, UNESCO added.

The UN agency blamed the drop on the authorities’ decision to ban female teachers from teaching boys as well as the lack of incentive for parents to send children to school.

Enrollment in higher education is equally concerning, the statement said, adding that the number of university students had decreased by 53 percent since 2021.

“As a result, the country will rapidly face a shortage of graduates trained for the most highly-skilled jobs, which will only exacerbate development problems,” UNESCO noted.

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza cannot wipe out Hamas: US officials

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IFP Media Wire
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Hamas

Israel has failed to eliminate Hamas or destroy its tunnels in Gaza and has nothing more to achieve military in the strip, senior US officials reportedly told the newspaper.

The latest American assessment is that Israel’s military campaign has reached the end of the line and that the possibility of weakening Hamas further has diminished.

Continued bombings would only increase risks to civilians, the unnamed officials said.

According to the report, a growing number of national security officials believe Israel would never be able to completely eliminate Hamas despite severely damaging its capabilities in the fighting.

Current and former American and Israeli officials told the daily that returning the roughly 115 captives cannot be achieved militarily.

And while Israel has tried to damage Hamas’ tunnels, it has failed to destroy them, American officials added.

The tunnel network has proved “much larger than Israel anticipated” and remains “an effective way for Hamas to hide its leaders and move around fighters”, the report added.

The Israeli onslaught has since killed nearly 40,000 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 92,000 others, according to local health authorities.

Over 10 months into the Israeli onslaught, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice for its actions in the coastal enclave.

Israel struck nearly every part of Gaza with US-made bombs: Report

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Gaza War

“With the US as its collaborator, the Israeli military is carrying out the goal of Zionism: the complete and total ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land,” the group states.

“The U.S. isn’t just allowing the Israeli government to commit genocide; it’s actively assisting it. It’s well past time for a weapons embargo. We demand a complete end to US funding, arming, and backing of the state of Israel’s oppression of Palestinians,” it noted.

It comes as the United States has approved another $20bn in weapons transfers to Israel, despite concerns that Israeli soldiers are routinely violating international law in the blockaded territory and the occupied West Bank.

The order includes Boeing-made F-15 fighter jets, Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs, 120mm tank ammunition and high explosive mortars and tactical vehicles.

Some of the weapons, including the more than 50 fighter jets, could take years to deliver. Other equipment, such as 33,000 tank shells and 50,000 explosive mortar cartridges, could arrive soon.

Critics have called on the Joe Biden administration to cut off weapons transfers to Israel, stating that they make the US complicit in the destruction of Gaza.

Reports that Israeli forces are systematically violating international law and committing abuses such as torture have also failed to stop the flow of weapons, despite requirements under US law that military units credibly accused of gross human rights violations be cut off from support.

Truck plows into 11 vehicles in Iran’s capital, leaves 1 dead, 4 injured

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Ambulance Iran

Jalal Maleki explained that the truck driver, for unknown reasons, crashed into the vehicles and an electric pole before coming to a halt after hitting a building in Tehran’s eastern neighborhood of Estakhr.

A woman was killed and four people were injured, with a 3-year-old girl severely, according to the spokesman.

Police have launched a probe into the incident.

Israel seeking to delay ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant: Report

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The International Criminal Court (ICC)

Official sources said Tel Aviv is putting diplomatic pressure on The Hague-based court to delay its possible arrest warrants against the two.

“It is hard to predict, however, how these measures will influence the judges’ decision,” Haaretz newspaper said.

On May 20, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said that he had requested arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

While Israel has condemned and rejected the prosecutor’s request, it remains unclear how Tel Aviv will respond if arrest warrants are issued.

According to Haaretz, Israeli officials are now busy assessing whether the ICC has the jurisdiction to rule on issues related to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Khan’s request for arrest warrants is now being considered by a panel of ICC judges, who will need to rule on the matter.

Before the ruling, the judges will review legal opinions submitted by several countries and international organizations regarding the requested warrants.

“Israeli officials do not know, however, how long this review process will take,” Haaretz added.

Israel is not a member of the ICC, whereas Palestine was accepted as a member in 2015.

The ICC, established in 2002, is an independent international body not affiliated with the United Nations or any other international institution, and its decisions are binding.

Despite Israel’s rejection of the ICC’s jurisdiction, the court’s authority extends to the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, allowing it to prosecute Israeli officials accused of committing crimes in these areas.

In a May 21 interview with CNN, ICC Prosecutor Khan revealed that he had received threats while investigating Israeli officials.

Current and former Israeli officials have rejected Khan’s actions, citing their non-recognition of the court’s jurisdiction. They have accused the ICC of anti-Semitism and called on Tel Aviv’s allies to defund and dismantle the court.

Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an attack last October by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.

Nearly 40,000 people have since been killed, mostly children and women, and over 92,000 others injured, according to local health authorities.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice for its actions in the coastal enclave.

New round of Gaza ceasefire talks to start on Thursday

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

It is not yet clear if the Palestinian group Hamas will join the high-stakes talks in the Qatari capital on Thursday.

However, the US Department of State says Doha has assured Washington that Hamas will be represented.

Hamas has voiced scepticism about the chances of the talks delivering real results, blaming Israel for stalling the talks, as nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been killed by Tel Aviv in 10 months of war.

“Going to new negotiations allows the occupation to impose new conditions and employ the maze of negotiation to conduct more massacres,” senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told the Reuters news agency.

The group wants mediators to go back to the original framework for a deal that was presented by US President Joe Biden in May.

Meanwhile, Israel’s prime minister has confirmed an Israeli team will attend Thursday’s talks in Doha, a statement said on Wednesday.

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the departure of the Israeli delegation to Doha tomorrow, as well as the mandate for conducting the negotiations,” a statement from his office added.

Mossad chief David Barnea, Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, Nitzan Alon and Ophir Falk will make up the Israeli delegation, Omer Dostri, spokesperson for Netanyahu, told the AFP news agency.

Alon coordinates issues related to the captives, and Falk is a political adviser to Netanyahu.

The renewed talks follow appeals by the mediating nations, who have warned of a regional conflagration if the 10-month assault on Gaza continues.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Wednesday that CIA director Bill Burns and US Middle East envoy Brett McGurk will represent the US at the ceasefire talks.

Jean-Pierre added the US expects the talks to go ahead as planned even if Hamas does not attend.

Iran police rescue four kidnapped foreign nationals

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Police

Tehran Intelligence Police Chief, General Ali Valipour Goodarzi, said on Thursday that the four foreigners had entered Iran through legal channels, but were planning to continue their journey illegally to Europe through human smugglers.

However, the smugglers held them hostage in order to ask their families for ransoms.

General Goudazri said, “The police identified the hideout of the smugglers and the location of the kidnapped people in the vicinity of Tehran at 19:00 (local time, 15:30 GMT) on Wednesday, during a surprise operation.”

The security forces had to shoot and injure one of the kidnappers after he threatened to hurt the hostages with a knife, the police chief said.

He said the hostages were rescued unhurt, adding the five human smugglers of foreign nationals were arrested.

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