Israel-Palestine Relations

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’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.

Palestinian officials in the Gaza Strip say Israel has dropped more than 18,000 tons of explosives on the besieged territory in its ongoing war of aggression.

Israel has plans to force Palestinians living in the small besieged territory of the Gaza Strip to relocate to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, according to a document leaked from the Israeli Intelligence Ministry.

Israel’s relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip – facing an alarmingly dire humanitarian situation – constitutes war crimes and a flagrant violation of international law, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has announced, describing Tel Aviv’s conduct as “butchering” thousands of Palestinian people in the besieged enclave.

The Palestinian group Hamas has announced it is ready to conclude a deal on swapping prisoners with the Israeli side.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has blasted the West for the crisis in the Middle East, where Israel is bombing the Gaza Strip. He stated that the "ruling elites of the US" and their "satellites" stood behind the killing of Palestinians in the besieged enclave, and behind conflicts in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has categorically rejected the idea of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, equating any pause in hostilities to a victory by Palestinian group Hamas.

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.

The World Bank warns that an escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hamas could cause oil prices to sharply increase.

Hamas' armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, has released a video of the prisoners held by their members in Gaza. The hostages call for a prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel.

Foreign Ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Vatican have jointly called for a political solution to the ongoing crisis in Gaza.

The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the surprise operation staged by the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas three weeks ago against the Israeli regime shattered the regime’s illusion of invincibility, adding the regime will definitely lose in the ongoing battle.

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli atrocities against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, arguing that moral and humanitarian values apparently have no place whatsoever in the lexicon of the US statesmen and their European allies.

A ranking Iranian military commander says Iran’s proposal of holding a referendum for all Palestinians to decide about their future is the only solution that can put an end to the decades-long Palestinian issue.

The Israeli air strikes on Gaza have destroyed 47 mosques and seven churches, razing over 200 schools in the besieged sliver, according to the government in Gaza.

US Vice President Kamala Harris has said in an interview that the United States has “absolutely no intention” of sending American combat troops into Israel or Gaza amid fears over a wider regional conflict.

Israeli air raids have “caused extensive damage to hospital departments and exposed residents and patients to suffocation” at the Al-Quds Hospital, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society has confirmed.

More children have now been killed in Gaza in the last three weeks than the total killed in conflicts around the world in every year since 2019, the nongovernmental organisation Save the Children has reported.

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan has stated preventing access to humanitarian aid could be a crime, after visiting Egypt's Rafah crossing with Gaza, the main entry point for international aid to the strip.

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 8,000 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

The Palestinian group Hamas has warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against any plans to expand Israel's ground invasion of the Gaza Strip more than three weeks into the bombardment of the besieged enclave.

The Israeli military has scaled back its ground incursion against the Palestinian armed group Hamas in the Gaza Strip following consultations with senior White House officials, the New York Times has reported, citing sources.

Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, emphasized in an exclusive interview with CNN that while Iran supports Palestine, it played no part in the Al-Aqsa storm operation against Israel on October 7th.

The religious leader of Jews in Iran, Rabbai Youne Hamami Lalehzar emphasized that the Jewish faith does not advocate the occupation of Jerusalem.