Gaza Strip

An official with the Palestinian group Hamas has stated the group that rules Gaza cannot release the Israeli hostages it is holding until a ceasefire is agreed in the continuing conflict, according to Russia’s Kommersant newspaper.

Both sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict could be committing war crimes, Ravina Shamdasani, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), has warned, while referring to the ongoing conflict between the two sides in Gaza.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani says the Islamic Republic has held talks with Hamas to persuade them to free citizens of some countries that were taken captive by the resistance movement during its surprise attack on Israel on October 7.

A spokesman for the Iranian president has denied claims that US President Joe Biden’s latest comments about Iran were directed at leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

A top Iranian military has warned the Israeli regime against conducting a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, saying, “If the Israelis fight on the ground, they will be swallowed.”

Palestinian resistance groups expect Israel to flood Hamas tunnels with nerve gas and chemical weapons under the surveillance of US Delta Force commandos as part of a surprise attack on the Gaza Strip, a senior Arab source familiar with the group told Middle East Eye.

Israeli troops carried out a "targeted raid" with tanks in northern Gaza on Thursday before withdrawing from the enclave, according to the Israel army. Around 7,000 people have died in Israeli relentless strikes on Gaza since October 7.

The U.S. House approved a resolution backing Israel and condemning Hamas on Wednesday, the first piece of legislation to clear the lower chamber in more than three weeks because of the extended Speaker stalemate.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked the Qatari government to change its relationship with Hamas, starting with the way the Qatari-based news network Al Jazeera reports on the Israel-Gaza conflict, Axios has reported.

Israel has agreed to delay its planned invasion of Gaza, after the US asked for time to deploy air defenses to bases around the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported.

The United States and Russia both failed to pass resolutions on the Gaza war at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday.

Iran’s foreign minister says the Iranian mission to the United Nations made a lot of efforts to torpedo the United States’ proposed resolution on the issue of Palestine at the world body.

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. Nearly 6,500 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

The Iranian foreign minister, in a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, condemned the Zionist regime’s gross and systematic violation of the Palestinians’ human rights, reiterating that Israel is committing genocide against Gazans.

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the war between Israel and Hamas is already impacting Middle East economies, and could lead to long-term economic damage.

A top Iranian military commander says the Israeli regime has lost face in its recent war with the Palestinian resistance movements amid unabated strikes on the Gaza Strip.

The leader of Hezbollah group, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, met top officials from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Wednesday, according to a statement by the resistance movement.

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the United States is a ‘definite accomplice’ in the ongoing Israeli blitz against the Gaza Strip and its crimes against Palestinians.

Iran's permanent ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has stated the US is aiding and abetting the Israeli regime's ongoing war on the besieged Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip.

American military officials are trying to steer Israel away from the type of brutal, urban combat the US engaged in against insurgents during the Iraq War, in an effort to keep the Israelis from getting bogged down in bloody, house-by-house fighting as they prepare for a ground assault on Gaza, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Intelligence shared with the United States suggests a small cell of Hamas operatives planning the surprise attack on Israel communicated via a network of hardwired phones built into the network of tunnels underneath Gaza over a period of two years, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has stated that he will refuse to meet with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres from now on in the light of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The ongoing escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could have a detrimental impact on the oil market and energy security worldwide, International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol has cautioned.

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. Nearly 6,000 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

The healthcare system in the Gaza Strip has “totally collapsed due to the Israeli war”, health ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra told a news conference in Gaza City on Tuesday.