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Israel to cut “all contact” with Gaza, send workers back to besieged enclave

Israel will return Gazans working in the occupied territories back to the besieged Palestinian enclave, Israel’s Security Cabinet has announced, adding that it would also sever contact with Gaza.

Intl. lawyer slams world’s inaction against Israel’s use of banned weapons in Gaza

A US-based international lawyer has criticized the global community for failing to make Israel abide by international law as Tel Aviv presses ahead with its brutal war on Gaza.

Iran’s Leader: Israel becoming helpless and confused amid war with Hamas

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Friday stated that the Zionist regime is becoming “helpless and confused” as it maintains its military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Over 400 children are killed or injured each day in Gaza during Israeli bombardment: UNICEF

Children are being killed or injured at a rate of more than 400 a day in Israel's ongoing bombardment and siege of the Gaza Strip, the United Nations children's agency has confirmed, calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.

Biden doubts Netanyahu will last long as Israeli PM amid Gaza war: Report

US President Joe Biden and his top aides have discussed the likelihood that Benjamin Netanyahu’s political days are numbered — and the US president has conveyed that sentiment to the Israeli prime minister in a recent conversation, according to Politico.

Nearly half of Gaza’s hospitals out of service: Health ministry

Sixteen out of 35 hospitals in Gaza are out of service due to the Israeli bombardment and a fuel shortage, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah.

Hamas: Israel committed ‘barbaric massacres’ after Gaza refugee camp bombings

Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh says Israel  has carried out “massacres” in the besieged Gaza Strip to conceal its own “defeats”. He warned that the hundreds of Israeli and foreign hostages being held captive in Gaza faced the same risk of “death and destruction” from the Israeli attacks on the territory as Palestinian residents.

UN says Israeli bombing of Gaza refugee camp ‘an atrocity’

Israel’s attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza is just “the latest atrocity” to befall the Palestinian people living in the besieged enclave, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths has stated.

US rules out sending troops to Gaza Strip during or after war

American soldiers will not be deployed to the Gaza Strip during or after the current conflict with Israel, the White House has announced, dismissing reports suggesting US forces could be sent on a peacekeeping mission.

Russia slams France’s initiative to create coalition to fight Hamas

Paris’ idea to create a coalition against Palestinian movement Hamas is fraught with further escalation in the Middle East, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated.

Iran urges Muslim nations to take ‘immediate, effective’ action against Israel

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian called on Muslim countries to take “immediate and effective” action to put an end to Israel's war crimes in the Gaza Strip and its blockade on the coastal territory.

Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE: Health ministry says Gaza death toll topped 9,000 with 32k injuries

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 8,800 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

Iran’s Leader calls for halting exports of oil, goods to Israel

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged Muslim counties to press for an end to the ongoing Israeli atrocities against the Gaza Strip, impose sanctions on the Tel Aviv regime and stop oil and goods exports to the occupied territories.

Iranian FM: Resistance axis has another element of surprise in store for the Zionists

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahain has demanded the Israeli regime immediately stop the war on Gaza. Otherwise, Amirabdollahian warned, Zionist regime and the US will be responsible if the war expands and the situation spirals out of control.

Rafah crossing opens for first time since start of Gaza war

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has opened for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on October 7.

Iranian commander: Millions ready across world to rush to Palestinians’ rescue

Millions of people from all over the world are ready to help Palestinians against the Israeli regime’s unabated weeks-long bombardment if Palestine’s neighboring countries allow them to get into the occupied territories, the chairman of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says.

US, Israel weighing peacekeepers for Gaza Strip: Report

US and Israeli officials are seeking an international peacekeeping force for Gaza should Israel successfully remove Hamas from power, Bloomberg has reported, suggesting that American forces could take part in the deployment.

Iran asks UN to stop Israeli ‘killing machine’ in Gaza following refugee camp carnage

Tehran has condemned in the strongest terms Israel's deadly raid on the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip which has killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians.

Israeli army says making ‘significant’ achievements in Gaza, but ‘paying a heavy price’

Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has stated the Israel Defense Force is making “significant” achievements during the ground operation in the Gaza Strip, but that it is also “paying a heavy price".

Israel claims killed top Hamas commander in strike on Gaza refugee camp; Palestinians deny

The Israeli military has claimed that it had taken out a top Hamas commander — who was one of the leaders of the October 7 attack on Israel — in a raid on the Jabalya refugee camp. But the group stressed that Israel’s claims that Hamas’ leaders were present in the refugee camp is “baseless and a lie”.

Pentagon: US personnel attacked 27 times in Iraq and Syria in recent days

Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Patrick Ryder says there have been 27 attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria in October, blaming the strikes on bases housing US forces in the Middle East on Iran-backed proxies. Tehran Denies directing armed groups in such attacks but has warned Israel's crimes against the people of Gaza and US support for Tel Aviv could “ricochet far-reaching consequences".

Hamas says to free some foreign hostages within days

The armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas has announced that it will release some foreign hostages from the Gaza Strip in the coming days, without offering more specifics.

Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE: Gaza Strip under total communications blackout

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 8,500 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

Israel has crumbled: Iran’s foreign minister

Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hossein Amirabdollahian, met Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of Hamas, in Qatar on Tuesday, and said the definitive result of the battle between the resistance front and Israel is the decisive victory of the Palestinian nation and resistance.

Iran calls for seizing “last political opportunities” to stop Israel’s war on Gaza

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian met with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha on Tuesday, urging the world leaders and global organization to snatch the “last political opportunities” to put an end to the Israeli regime’s act of aggression against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

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