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Author: Steven Sahiounie
The chief commander of the Iranian Army says the survival of the extremist cabinet led by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinges on the continuation of the regime’s devastating war on the Gaza Strip. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi contended that ending the Gaza war will lead to the downfall of Netanyahu’s regime. “The survival of Netanyahu’s right-wing and extremist regime depends on the continuation of the war, and if the war stops, this regime will fall,” he said, adding that the Gaza onslaught is the “glass urn of Netanyahu’s life.” Mousavi highlighted the failure of the Israeli…
A number of Palestinian civilians, including women and children, were Monday killed after an Israeli artillery shelling east of Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip. Medical sources in the Gaza Strip said that four citizens, including children and women, were killed and a number of others were injured, after occupation artillery targeted a number of homes in Al-Maghazi camp. A number of slain Palestinians’ bodies were also recovered from under the rubble at Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, while the bodies of eight others were recovered from the eastern areas of Khan Yunis and transferred to the Gaza…
The accused in organizing the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack named their coordinator. According to them, a man called Saifullo contacted them and promised one million rubles ($10,984) each. A video with the interrogation of terrorists by the FSB of the Russian Federation was shown on Channel One. “Saifullo told us to go to Ukraine, to Kiev. They will give us one million rubles there,” one of the accused said during interrogation. Another accused of organizing the terrorist attack said about the assistance they had been promised when crossing the Ukrainian border. “We went to Kiev, where we had to wait…
The PFLP affirms martyr Walid Daqqa’s status as one of the prominent figures leaders, and thinkers of the Palestinian Captive Movement. Palestinian Resistance factions mourned detainee Walid Daqqa who was martyred inside the Israeli Assaf Harofeh hospital on Sunday due to the policy of medical neglect after a long struggle with illness. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) described the martyr as “the revolutionary leader,” affirming his status as one of the prominent figures, leaders, and thinkers of the Palestinian Captive Movement. In a statement, the PFLP emphasized that Daqqa had a rich and distinctive intellectual and literary experience…
A Palestinian young woman was Monday morning killed after she was shot by Israeli occupation forces at Tayasir military checkpoint, east of Tubas. Local sources said that the occupation forces fired bullets at a young woman as she was passing through the checkpoint. Her identity remains unknown. The same sources added that the occupation closed the checkpoint in both directions, causing traffic. Source: WAFA
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated Sunday that the world community must respond to Ukraine’s recent drone attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station (ZNPP), which she described as “an act of nuclear terrorism.” Earlier in the day, Ukraine’s kamikaze drones targeted the ZNPP premises just after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conducted an inspection, the plant’s press department said. According to a statement, the drone strike was “recorded in the canteen sector located on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia NPP. A truck unloading food was damaged…Another strike was recorded in the cargo port.” The incident occurred 20 minutes after IAEA…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to begin two days of public hearings in a case brought by Nicaragua over Germany’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Nicaragua, which will address the court in The Hague on Monday morning, is alleging Germany, which provides a reported 30 percent of the Israeli military’s weapons, is violating its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Germany will respond on Tuesday, with a Foreign Ministry spokesperson saying Berlin rejects Nicaragua’s accusations and has not breached either the Genocide Convention or international humanitarian law. source:…
The UN Security Council will meet to consider the Palestinian request to become a UN member state today. The council will hold closed consultations in the morning before a public meeting to discuss the formal Palestinian application for full UN membership. It begins at midday New York time (16:00 GMT). The Palestinian Authority has held non-member observer status at the UN since 2012, and supporters say about 140 of the UN’s 193 member states already recognise Palestine as a state. But the application could still be vetoed by a permanent member of the Security Council, with US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller last week…
Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 TV reports Israel is preparing to evacuate Rafah within one week and the process could take several months with about 1.5 million displaced Palestinians sheltering there from incessant attacks. Military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, say a “significant force” remains in Gaza to continue targeted operations, including in southern Khan Younis, the hometown of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Israel’s military announced on Sunday it had withdrawn the bulk of its forces from the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, bringing its troop presence to one of the lowest levels since the six-month war began. But defence…
Israeli occupation forces Monday dawn stormed the city of Tulkarm and its camp, amid systematic destruction of infrastructure. WAFA correspondent said that a number of occupation vehicles, supported by two bulldozers, stormed the city from its western axis and advanced towards Courts Square. She added that the occupation bulldozers began to raze a part of Western Street in the vicinity of Al-Murabitin Mosque in the area, while drones flew at a low altitude. The occupation bulldozers also destroyed the area in Al-Alimi Street, damaging its infrastructure, especially the water network in the area, and the courtyards of the court complex.…
