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UNRWA warns Israel’s war on Gaza has crossed ‘all lines’

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Gaza War

He said that “no words can do justice to the horrors that people in Gaza are living in since the war began six months ago”.

“This war broke all the superlatives with the highest number of children killed, aid workers, journalists and medical teams,” he wrote on X, slamming “unprecedented attacks” on hospitals as well as UN buildings in Israel’s “blatant disregard” of international humanitarian law.

“All lines – including the red lines – were crossed,”

“This war is made far worse through technologies misused by humans to harm other humans, en mass,” he continued.

He also stressed that the situation was “made worse by the famine born from an Israeli-imposed siege”.

Lazzarini concluded by calling for all captives in Gaza to be released and a ceasefire to be implemented immediately. Israel must open more land crossings and lift all restrictions on the UNRWA without further delay, he added.

Israel has repeatedly equated UNRWA staff with members of the Palestinian Hamas resistance group in efforts to discredit them, providing no proof of the claims, while lobbying hard to have UNRWA closed as it is the only UN agency to have a specific mandate to look after the basic needs of Palestinian refugees.

The Tel Aviv regime authorities argue that if the agency no longer exists, then the refugee issue must no longer exist, and the legitimate right for Palestinian refugees to return to their land will be unnecessary.

Israel launched its atrocious onslaught against the Gaza Strip, targeting hospitals, residences, and houses of worship, since Palestinian resistance movements launched a surprise attack, dubbed Operation al-Aqsa Storm, against the usurping regime on October 7.

At least 33,175 Palestinians have been killed, most of them women and children. Another 75,885 individuals have sustained injuries as well.

Iran’s atomic chief highlights strides on Nuclear Day

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Mohammad Eslami

Addressing an event on Monday to mark the National Nuclear Technology Day, the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, said Iran is among the top three countries in the world in terms of the development of radiopharmaceuticals.

Eslami said the AEOI is seeking to fulfill the objectives of a strategic document that was ratified two years ago regarding nuclear prigram, noting the organization took giant leaps last year to consolidate the infrastructure of nuclear medicine and radiation therapy.

Facilitating treatment of cancer patients through nuclear technology is among the other areas the AEOI has focused on and has made progress in, Eslami added.

He also noted that irradiation systems will be installed in 12 centers across the country to prevent 130 tons of agriculture products from rotting.

Eslami also said plans are underway to open 50 clinics in the country for the treatment of wounds by implementing plasma technology.

Meanwhile, the second and third nuclear power plants in Bushehr and other plants on the Makran coast along the coast of the Gulf of Oman are among the megaprojects that are under construction, the atomic chief said.

Israel withdrawal from part of Gaza tactical move: Iran’s army chief

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Abdulrahim Mousavi

Speaking among reporters on Monday, General Mousavi said the Israeli government lives on the continuation of war so that any halt to the conflict in Gaza will lead to the fall of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet.

Referred to the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza, General Mousavi added Netanyahu has left no stone unturned over the past six months in Gaza while enjoying full-fledged US support, but to no avail.

General Mousavi added the Israeli army was supposed to destroy Palestinian movement of Hamas and free Israeli hostages in Gaza, but they have achieved nothing.

According to Palestinian sources, more than 33,000 Palestinians have so far been killed in Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip.

Iranian scavenger returns gold, cash found in dumpster to owner

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The 52-year-old man, who did not want his identity to be revealed, told Etemad newspaper that he found the owner through the bank card among the valuables.

He said, “I collected the garbage that day and when I wanted to separate the garbage, I realized that there were gold and dollars inside the bag.”

“I kept the gold and dollars with me for a few days, but since we had grown up with halal (honestly-earned) bread, I couldn’t take the bag for myself,” the man added.

“Significant progress” in Gaza ceasefire negotiations: Senior Egyptian official

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Israel Hamas Hostages

The official confirmed the “continuation of efforts to reach a truce agreement” in Gaza, according to the state outlet.

“The round of negotiations in Cairo is witnessing great progress in bringing points of view closer together,” Al Qahera cited the source as saying, adding that there had been an agreement on “basic axes between all parties”.

The source stated the Qatari and Hamas delegations would leave Cairo and return within two days to agree to the final terms of the agreement.

The US and Israeli delegations would leave within hours, though consultations would continue over the next 48 hours, the source told Al Qahera.

Hamas announced Sunday it would like to see a “complete cessation of aggression”. The Palestinian group also reiterated its demands, including a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, the return of displaced Palestinians to their homes, reconstruction of the damage in Gaza from Israel’s military, and a “completion of a prisoner exchange deal” involving a mutual release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

Israel has repeatedly called Hamas’ demands “delusional”.

Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7, after the fighters attacked the occupied territories, killing some 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. Dozens of captives were subsequently freed as part of a series of swaps during the weeklong truce in November. Around 130 hostages are still held in Gaza, according to Israeli officials.

More than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed during Israel’s operation in Gaza since October 7, according to local authorities.

Conflicting reports continue to emerge on what happened during negotiations in Egypt between Israeli officials and the Hamas delegation.

An unnamed Palestinian official told the Lebanese Al Mayadeen news network “all attempts and efforts by mediators to reach an agreement have encountered Israeli inflexibility”.

“At present, there is no progress in negotiations. If there is any, we will announce it through official channels. Hamas adheres to its demands, which include a ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the entry of aid, the return of displaced Gazans, and a prisoner exchange.”

Hamas negotiators left Cairo to consult the group’s leaders but no progress was made in talks on Sunday, a senior Hamas source tells Al Jazeera.

The Israeli delegation failed to respond to any Hamas demands, the source said.

UN food agency warns Gaza children ‘dying’ of hunger

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain made the remarks in an interview with CNN on Sunday, as the Tel Aviv regime has been using food as a weapon of war and deliberately blocking aid deliveries to Gaza over the past six months.

Asked about the impact of food shortage in Gaza, especially for children, McCain replied, “Well, children are dying as we speak.”

“And those that are not dying or haven’t died yet are so emaciated and lacking so much in the way of important nutrients at this particular time in their life cycles, they won’t — if they do live, they will never recover from it,” she added.

She also warned that Gaza is “literally on the brink of going over the edge, over the cliff with famine and not being able to recover from it”.

The WFP chief further stressed the importance of opening Gaza’s crossings closed by Israel, saying the agency has food for 1.1 million people for three months amassed on the border and just needs to be let into the territory.

“People are desperate,” she continued, stating, “We, as humanitarians, must be able to get in with our humanitarian principles and deliver aid in such a way.”

Israel waged its brutal US-backed war on the Gaza Strip on October 7 after the Hamas resistance movement carried out its historic operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for the regime’s intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

So far, the occupying regime has killed almost 33,200 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 75,900 others.

US calls Israeli troop movement in southern Gaza ‘rest and refit’, not withdrawal

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

“The indications that we’ve been getting from them this morning is, this is really largely rest and refit for troops that have been on the ground consecutively now for four months and, they need a chance to come – to come out now,” Kirby said in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation”, when asked about reports of a troop withdrawal from the Gaza city of Khan Younis.

“What they’ll do with those troops after a rest and refit, I can’t speak to,” Kirby continued.

Kirby’s remarks come as Israel’s military announced Sunday it had withdrawn its forces from Khan Younis, wrapping up a key phase in its ground offensive against Hamas and bringing its troop presence in the territory to one of the lowest levels since the six-month war began.

Defense officials, however, maintained that troops were merely regrouping as the army prepares to move into Hamas’s last stronghold, Rafah.

“The war in Gaza continues, and we are far from stopping,” said Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, Israel’s military chief, The Associated Press reported.

In the Sunday interview, Kirby reiterated the United States’ position against any ground military operation in Rafah, which houses more than half of Gaza’s population and remains one of the last remaining targets for Israel in its effort to eradicate Hamas’s infrastructure.

Concerns about the humanitarian impact of such an operation have prompted a global outcry.

“All I can do is say what I said before,” Kirby stressed.

“We don’t support a major ground operation in Rafah. That has not changed. And we’re looking forward to having conversations with the Israelis about alternatives to those kinds of operations.”

Kirby also added in the interview that US officials were in discussions about scheduling an in-person meeting with their Israeli counterparts, after holding a virtual meeting this past week, focused on alternatives to a ground operation in Rafah.

Yemen’s Houthis say struck British, Israeli vessels, US frigates

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IFP Media Wire
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Yemen Houthi

Speaking at a televised press briefing broadcast live from the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a on Sunday, Saree said the rebels struck the British container ship HOPE ISLAND in the Red Sea.

He noted that the vessel was struck with “appropriate” naval missiles, emphasizing that the hit was direct.

Yemeni naval units also struck the Israeli general cargo ship MSC GRACE F in the Indian Ocean. In addition, they targeted Israeli-owned container ship MSC GINA in the Arabian Sea, Saree added.

The high-ranking military figure noted that the operations were carried out with several ballistic and winged missiles, stressing that the designated targets were precisely struck.

Furthermore, Yemeni naval forces launched several combat drones during two separate operations in the Red Sea, targeting several US military frigates.

Saree underscored that the missile attacks came in support of the oppressed Palestinian population in Gaza and in response to joint American-British aggression against Yemen.

He underlined that Yemeni military forces will continue their military operations, and will prevent the passage of Israeli-owned vessel and ships destined to ports in the Israeli-occupied territories until a permanent ceasefire in enforced in the Gaza Strip and the all-out siege on the coastal territory is lifted.

Yemenis have declared their open support for Palestine’s struggle against the Israeli occupation since the regime launched a devastating war on Gaza on October 7 after the territory’s Palestinian resistance movements carried out a surprise retaliatory attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity.

Yemeni Armed Forces have said that they won’t stop their attacks until unrelenting Israeli ground and aerial offensives in Gaza, which have killed at least 33,200 people and wounded another 76,000 individuals, come to an end.

The attacks have forced some of the world’s biggest shipping and oil companies to suspend transit through one of the world’s most important maritime trade routes. Tankers are instead adding thousands of miles to international shipping routes by sailing around the continent of Africa rather than going through the Suez Canal.

Israel claims can handle any Iran scenario

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An Iranian official said Sunday that Israeli embassies were not safe, and a semi-official news agency published a graphic showing weapons it said would be capable of striking Israel.

Gallant’s office issued the statement about Israel’s preparedness after he held an “operational situation assessment” with senior military officers.

“Upon completing the assessment, Gallant emphasised that the defence establishment had completed preparations for responses in the event of any scenario that may develop vis-a-vis Iran,” his office said.

Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi added Israel “knows how to deal with Iran – offensively and defensively”.

“We know how to act forcefully against Iran in both near and distant places. We are operating in cooperation with the USA and strategic partners in the region,” he stated in televised remarks.

Tal Heinrich, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has also emphasized Israel is not seeking a war with Iran but will do “whatever it takes” to defend itself.

Iran has threatened to respond to the Israeli strike in Damascus last week that killed seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members, among them a senior commander.

Brigadier General Seyed Yahya Rahim Safavi, an advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, warned on Sunday that none of Israel’s embassies were safe any more and that Tehran viewed confrontation with Israel as a “legitimate and legal right”.

ISNA news agency has also published a graphic on Sunday that it said showcased nine different types of Iranian missiles it said could hit Israel.

The United States is also on high alert and preparing for a possible attack by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region.

FSB reveals Moscow concert hall attackers’ plan to escape to Ukraine

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IFP Media Wire
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Moscow Terror Attack

On March 22, four Tajik nationals opened fire inside the Crocus City Hall music venue and then set the building on fire.

A total of 145 people were killed and more than 500 were injured in the attack.

The suspected assailants were detained the next day while trying to flee to Ukraine by car, the authorities said. More suspects were arrested in the following days, most of them of Tajik origin.

The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) has claimed responsibility for the attack. FSB chief Aleksandr Bortnikov, however, suggested that the US, UK, and Ukraine may also be linked to the attack, possibly using terrorists as proxies. Ukraine and its Western backers have denied any involvement.

In the interrogation videos aired on Russian TV, the suspects said that they were following instructions from the handler they knew as Sayfullo. The authorities are currently working to determine his identity.

The handler told the suspects to escape to Ukraine where they expected to receive 1 million rubles each ($11,000), they said.

“Sayfullo told us that guys would wait for us at the Ukrainian border and that they would help us to cross the border and arrive in Kiev,” suspect Muhammadsobir Fayzov told his interrogator.

According to investigators, the suspects took the M3 highway that leads to the border with Ukraine, but were eventually intercepted about 140 kilometers (87 miles) from Ukraine’s Sumy region.

Suspect Shamsidin Fariduni said that they were told to “abandon the car near the border” and then call their handler for further instructions on how to cross into Ukraine.

Russian officials said previously that a “window” for crossing the border had been arranged on the Ukrainian side.The FSB said on Sunday that the Ukrainians were conducting “demining activities” near the villages of Chuykovka and Sopych, which points to two possible escape routes. According to investigators, the suspects were expected to destroy their vehicle and cross the border on foot, using woodlands as cover.

Russia’s Investigative Committee said earlier this week that pro-Ukrainian images were discovered on the phone of one of the suspects.

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