Author: Steven Sahiounie

According to Amir-Abdollahian, West Asia has reached a worrying point with a risk of control loss. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is in New York for international consultations amid rising tension and the potential for a war escalation. Amir Saeed Iravani, Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, welcomed Amir-Abdollahian upon his arrival at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on Wednesday evening as part of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regional and international engagements. The Israeli occupation army, unable to fight the Palestinian Resistance fighters, has been relentlessly bombarding residential areas, hospitals, religious centers, and schools in…

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riad Malki today met in The Hague with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, members of his office, his deputy, and those responsible for the situation in Palestine during which Malki presented Khan evidence of the recent Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, which falls within the jurisdiction of the ICC and the open investigation into the situation in Palestine. Malki, according to a statement, informed Khan “of the extent of the destruction and killing of children, women and civilians caused by Israel, the illegal occupation…

Five Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens of others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the south of Gaza City, reported WAFA correspondent. He said the Israeli warplanes fired several missiles at Zaytoun and Tel al-Hawa neighborhoods, south of Gaza City, killing at least five people and wounding many others. Source: WAFA

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in the strongest terms the unethical and illegal attack by Israel, the occupying power, against the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as an act of political blackmail against the UN and its Secretary-General. The OIC considered the Secretary-General’s speech at the Security Council to be in line with his duties and responsibilities derived from international law, international humanitarian law, as well as from the charter and resolutions of the United Nations. The OIC also expressed its profound respect to the Secretary-General for the role of the United Nations agencies and their tireless efforts…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israel’s attacks on Gaza have “reached the level of a massacre” and the international community’s silence is a “shame for humanity”. He discussed the Israeli-Hamas war with Pope Francis on the phone, saying everyone should support efforts to deliver “uninterrupted aid to innocent civilians” in Gaza. Erdogan reiterated Turkey’s position that a permanent solution to the conflict can only be achieved through the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. On Wednesday, Erdogan described Hamas as a group fighting for “liberation” – and not a terrorist organisation as it has been designated by the West. He also…

We have more information on the ground raid carried out by the Israeli army inside Gaza, its latest brief incursion in the enclave. The Israeli army said tanks and infantry entered northern Gaza overnight, killing “many” fighters, and destroying military infrastructure and antitank positions. The operation, which took place under the control of the Givati Brigade, one of the army’s five infantry units, was done in preparation for the “next stages of combat”, the army continued, adding that its forces exited Gaza at the end of the raid. It did not mention any casualties among Israeli soldiers. source: AlJazeera

Palestinian journalist Duaa Sharaf and her child were killed in the early hours of Thursday after Israeli jets bombed her house in Gaza. The Palestinian WAFA news agency reported that multiple missiles were fired at a residence in the az-Zawayda area in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in their death. In a Telegram post, Voice of Al-Aqsa Radio confirmed the death of Sharaf, who was a presenter at the station. At least 22 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7. Source: AlJazeera

Funerals have been held for the family members of Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh who were killed in an Israeli air attack in central Gaza on Wednesday night. Al-Dahdouh was reporting from Gaza City when he was told that an air raid had targeted a building that destroyed his extended family’s house at the Nuseirat refugee camp. His wife; son Mahmoud, who was a senior in high school; and his seven-year-old daughter, Sham, were killed. Hours later, it was confirmed that his grandson Adam had died as well. Other members of his family are still missing. Al Jazeera strongly condemned “the indiscriminate targeting and…

Israel’s war on Gaza could erupt in the Middle East and “far beyond” with “extremely destructive consequences”, Russia’s president warned. Vladimir Putin said the carnage in Gaza must end and he told other world leaders in phone calls if it doesn’t the conflict could expand. “Our task today, our main task, is to stop the bloodshed and violence,” said Putin, according to a Kremlin transcript. “Otherwise, further escalation of the crisis is fraught with grave and extremely dangerous and destructive consequences. And not only for the Middle East region. It could spill over far beyond the borders of the Middle…

Fifteen Palestinian civilians were today killed and more than 60 injured in an Israeli airstrike at a residential building west of the city of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent. He said the warplanes targeted the Abu Shamaleh family house, killing and wounding mainly women, children, and the elderly. He said efforts were underway to search for survivors under the rubble of the destroyed house but that the rescue teams were having difficulty reaching those under the rubble due to the heavy destruction. Source: WAFA