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Israel destroyed 50k housing units in northern Gaza: Palestinian official

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

The figure was given by the chairman of the Emergency Committee for Northern Gaza Municipalities, during a press conference on Sunday.

“Some 50,000 housing units have been destroyed, and sewage networks and roads have been bulldozed in most municipalities of northern Gaza,” the official, whose name was not given by Palestinian media outlets, said.

The official noted that “35 water wells, schools, and UNRWA facilities have been destroyed, and an imminent famine is threatening northern Gaza.”

The official also declared “Jabalia [refugee camp] and Beit Hanoun [both in northern Gaza] as disaster areas due to the indescribable destruction” caused by Israel’s genocidal war.

The Palestinian official’s warning came a day after the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said in a post on X social media platform that as a result of the Israeli aggression, “Gaza has been reduced to rubble and Palestinian families have to survive in inhumane conditions with scarce water, food and supplies”.

UNRWA’s Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini has also described the destruction caused by Israeli forces in Jabalia refugee camp as “horrific”, adding that “thousands of displaced people have no choice but to live amid the rubble and in destroyed UNRWA facilities.”

It was about a month ago that a UN official said the destruction caused by Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip is unseen since the Second World War, estimating that the reconstruction of the Palestinian territory could take 80 years and cost up to $40 billion.

Abdallah al-Dardari, UN assistant secretary-general and director of the UN Development Program’s regional office for the Arab states, added that the Israeli aggression has completely or partially destroyed 72 percent of all residential buildings in Gaza.

According to Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, the regime’s genocide has so far claimed the lives of 36,400 civilians, mostly women and children, while leaving 82,600 others injured.

Iran’s Leader: Operation Al-Aqsa Storm put Zionist regime on path of annihilation

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Ayatollah Khamenei

The Leader made the remarks in a speech on Monday at a ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of the passing of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini, at his mausoleum in southern Tehran.

Noting that that the late Imam Khomeini had put a huge emphasis on issue of Palestine since the onset of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei said Palestine today has become the number one issue for the Muslim world.

The Leader also stated that today Imam Khomeini’s predictions regarding Palestine have materialized.

Ayatollah Khamenei cited the confessions in the West that Operation Al-Aqsa Storm has left Israel no way to get out of the current predicament, as “it has changed the questions in the ground.”

Praising the Palestinian nation for continuing to defend the resistance movements in face of occupying regime, the Leader said, “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was an irreparable blow to Zionist regime.”

On the domestic front, the Leader hailed the achievements by the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash along with his companions last month.

“The martyrdom of late President Raisi and his companions was a great loss of Iranian nation,” he said, explaining “President Raisi made Iran greater in the eyes of the world.”

Stressing that the presidential election set to be held on June 28 in Iran is of “very high significance”, the Leader called for a high turnout in the forthcoming polls.

Netanyahu aide says Biden’s Gaza plan ‘not a good deal’ but Israel accepts it

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IFP Media Wire
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Israeli Army

Ophir Falk, chief foreign policy adviser to Netanyahu, said Biden’s proposal was “a deal we agreed to – it’s not a good deal but we dearly want the hostages released, all of them”.

“There are a lot of details to be worked out,” he stated in an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times.

Falk added that Israeli conditions, including “the release of the hostages and the destruction of Hamas” have not changed.

On Friday, Biden detailed a three-phase plan submitted by the Netanyahu government to end the war on Gaza, which includes the release of captives by Hamas, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the enclave, a permanent ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners.

Hamas has provisionally welcomed the Biden initiative, saying it “included positive ideas”.

Netanyahu meanwhile insisted on Hamas’s destruction and the return of the captives before a permanent ceasefire can be put in place.

Falk reiterated Netanyahu’s position that “there will not be a permanent ceasefire until all our objectives are met”.

Netanyahu is under pressure to keep his coalition government intact.

While many Israelis are urging the prime minister to embrace the deal, his far-right allies, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, are threatening to topple his government if he does.

Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition holds a slim majority in parliament and is dependent on his far-right allies.

If the ultra-nationalist parties quit, it could expose Netanyahu to new elections and prosecution on longstanding corruption charges, in addition to scrutiny over security failures that led to the war.

But on Saturday, opposition leader Yair Lapid, who last week accused Netanyahu of prioritising his political survival, was quick to offer his support to the prime minister if he adopted the new ceasefire proposal.

Lapid, whose party holds 24 seats in parliament, stated on Saturday that Netanyahu could rely on his party’s votes to secure a deal.

“The Israeli government cannot ignore” Biden, Lapid continued, adding, “There is a deal on the table, and it needs to be done. I remind Netanyahu that he has a safety net from us for the hostage deal if Ben Gvir and Smotrich leave the government.”

A huge demonstration in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, led by families of the captives, called on Netanyahu to strike a ceasefire agreement.

On Sunday, an Israeli official told US news outlet CBS that Netanyahu and his war cabinet have approved Biden’s ceasefire proposal and are awaiting Hamas’s response.

The official maintained that Netanyahu would not agree to a permanent ceasefire without fulfilling Israel’s war goals, including returning all Israeli captives held in Gaza and the “destruction” of Hamas and its capabilities.

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby has stated if Hamas agrees to President Joe Biden’s ceasefire proposal to end the war, the US expects Israel to also accept the plan.

“This was an Israeli proposal. We have every expectation that if Hamas agrees to the proposal – as was transmitted to them, an Israeli proposal – then Israel would say yes,” Kirby said in an interview on the ABC News programme This Week.

Netanyahu stressed a day earlier that its military goal had remained unchanged and that the end of the war would not occur until Hamas had been “destroyed”.

Iran summons China’s ambassador over islands dispute statement

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IFP Media Wire
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Persian Gulf

Citing the special and privileged relations between Iran and China, the Director General of the Persian Gulf Department of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Mohammad Alibak, stressed that Tehran expects Beijing to respect its national sovereignty over the trio islands and correct its stance.

Iran’s protest came after China renewed its support for the UAE’s claim over the three Iranian islands of the Lesser Tunb, the Greater Tunb and Abu Musa in a final statement of a joint meeting.

The Chinese envoy said he would inform Beijing of Iran’s protest.

Former Iran President Ahmadinejad registers for presidential elections

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Ahmadinejad has joined the pool of main contenders, including the principlist candidate Saeed Jalili, for the elections set to take place on June 28.

The former president’s fans gathered outside the interior ministry in downtown Tehran to express their support for his candidacy.

Ahmadinejad, who served two four-year terms from 2005 to 2013, was disqualified by Iran’s vetting body, the Guardian Council in 2017.

People will go to the polls later this month to choose a successor to the late President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash along with his eight companions.

 

Relatively Strong quake jolts Iran’s Semnan

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Earthquake

The northern areas of the city of Shahroud was the epicenter of the quake at the depth of 7 kilometers to the surface, the University of Tehran’s Institute of Geophysics reported.

There are no reports of casualties are material damage.

Abu-Taleb Jalali, the governor of Shahroud, said several teams have been deployed to the region to assess the situation on the ground.

Yemen’s Houthis announce fresh military operations against US carrier, other vessels

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IFP Media Wire
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Yemen Houthi

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announced the military operations in a video statement on Saturday.

He specified the American carrier in question as USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, saying the vessel was hit in the Red Sea “with number of ballistic missiles and drones”.

On Friday too, the Yemeni troops had announced targeting the same vessel “with a number of winged and ballistic missiles”.

Another operation, Saree added, struck “an American destroyer” in the Red Sea with ballistic missiles and drones.

The retaliation came after American and British warplanes and US warships targeted the western Yemeni provinces of Sana’a, al-Hudaydah, and Ta’izz, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 40 others.

The spokesman proceeded with announcing four other strikes against commercial ships that had violated a ban imposed by Sana’a on Israeli vessels or those that are bound for the ports of the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Yemeni forces have been enforcing the ban since last October, when the Israeli regime brought Gaza under the war that has so far killed more than 36,000 Gazans, most of them women and children.

Saree identified one of the ships that was struck in the pro-Palestinian operations as Maina, stating the vessel “was targeted with two military operations in the Arabian Sea and the Red sea”.

Two other vessels, Aloraiq and Abliani, were hit respectively in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, he noted.

All the six operations hit their targets “accurately and directly”, the spokesman continued.

He, meanwhile, vowed that the Armed Forces would keep up their pro-Palestinian strikes as long as the Israeli regime sustained the war and a siege that the regime has been simultaneously enforcing against Gaza.

Turkey urges maximum efforts to end Gaza war

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

Iranian Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri spoke with Fidan and exchanged views on the latest developments in Palestine and the Zionist regime’s crimes in the Gaza Strip and Rafah.

On behalf of the Iranian government and people, Bagheri appreciated the sympathy and messages of condolences from top Turkish officials, especially the declaration of the national mourning in Turkey over the martyrdom of the Iranian president and foreign minister.

Bagheri also praised the participation of the Turkish vice president and foreign minister in a commemoration ceremony for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s martyred president and foreign minister.

Referring to an upcoming meeting of foreign ministers of the D-8 group of eight developing Islamic countries in Istanbul, the acting Iranian foreign minister also expressed hope that the two countries will hold talks on issues of mutual interest on the sidelines of the event.

Bagheri also touched on the latest developments in Palestine and the incessant crimes by the Zionist regime against women, children and innocent people in Gaza and Rafah.

He stressed, “The aggression on Rafah, sealing the crossing in the region, and preventing the movement of cars and trucks carrying humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza are another manifestation of the crimes by the brutal and bloodthirsty Zionist regime.”

“The cooperation and synergy between Islamic countries create an important and effective capacity in supporting the oppressed people of Gaza,” Bagheri noted, calling on Muslim states not to spare any opportunity or capacity to back the people in Palestine.

For his part, the Turkish foreign minister once again expressed his condolences for the martyrdom of the Iranian president and foreign minister and prayed to God for their forgiveness.

Fidan also stressed on the necessity for coordination between Muslim states and welcomed the proposal by the Islamic Republic of Iran for an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as very valuable.

The Turkish foreign minister said the Zionist regime has imposed a blockade on Gaza in order to exterminate the Palestinian people and added all capacities should be implemented to stop the ongoing crimes and genocide by the Zionists against humanity.

He also added continuing talks between Tehran and Ankara on the issue and other important bilateral and regional issues is very important and productive.

Iran’s Zafar 2 satellite ready for launch this year

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Iran Satellite

Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reporoted, the remote-sensing satellite, built by Iran’s University of Science and Technology, is fitted with various capabilities.

Zafar 2, made as a measurement satellite, is the fourth achievement by the university’s researchers in the field of satellite technology since 2011.

This satellite has been designed for imaging the globe and monitoring natural resources.

Zafar 2 has the same capabilities of Zafar 1, but its camera has a higher resolution and has an accuracy of 16 meters.

The satellite is expected to be launched into the low-earth orbit (LEO) with the Simorgh satellite carrier, just like the Zafar 1 satellite.

Iran started its research activities in the field of aerospace in mid-90s and has taken giant strides ever since by building and launching various indigenous satellites.

Swedish chargés d’affaires summoned to Iran foreign ministry

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IFP Media Wire
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The Iranian Foreign Ministry

The Swedish diplomat was summoned by the Foreign Ministry’s assistant director-general for Western Europe on Saturday, and was notified of Tehran’s protest at the remarks that had been made “based on wrong information”, the ministry said in a statement.

“Propagation of [such] baseless claims points to some parties’ intention to afflict damage on the countries’ time-honored relations,” the Iranian official told the diplomat.

“Accordingly, the Swedish authorities are expected to be vigilant about suspicious developments more than before.”

For his part, the Swedish official said he would immediately notify relevant authorities about Tehran’s protest.

The developments came a day after some Western news agencies said Daniel Stenling, head of counter-espionage for the Swedish intelligence, had alleged that Iran was “recruiting members of Swedish gangs to target the Israeli regime’s interests” in the European country.

Last year, the Foreign Ministry had similarly summoned Sweden’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran in protest at desecration of the Holy Qur’an in the European country, a development that had taken place amid the approval of Swedish authorities and in the name of “freedom of speech”.

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