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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the elites of the Muslim world shoulder a heavy responsibility vis-à-vis the ongoing developments in Gaza and should create a public demand to cut relations with the Israeli regime. Leader Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with a group of commanders and personnel of the Iranian Air Force and Army’s Air Defense Force in Tehran on Monday. The meeting was held on the anniversary of a historic development that came days before the 1979 victory of Iran’s Islamic Revolution that overthrew the former US-backed Pahlavi regime. The event…

The United States and the UK have continued their acts of aggression against Yemen, conducting more airstrikes on Hudaydah and Sa’ada provinces. According to a Yemeni military source, American and British aircraft carried out as many as 15 strikes against the western province of Hudaydah as well as Sa’ada province in the country’s northwest, Yemen’s al-Masirah television network reported Sunday evening. According to the military source, the attacks included eight raids on Ras Issa district and three strikes on al-Zaydiyah district in al-Hudaydah province. Four more raids were also conducted by American and British aircraft in the eastern part of Sa’ada province. Over…

A French delegation that visited the Rafah border crossing on Saturday has called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, Jordan News Agency reported on Sunday.The delegation inspected the land crossing and humanitarian aid held up at the Egyptian border. French MP Eric Coquerel stressed the need to release both Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, starting with those detained administratively. The delegation also expressed its support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees and its indispensable humanitarian work.The French delegation underlined that the negotiations should quickly include Israel withdrawing its forces from Gaza, ending its blockade…

The mother of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief has died at a hospital in Gaza due to illness. Dahdouh, who has become a symbol of the perseverance of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, had lost his wife Amna, son Mahmoud, daughter Sham and grandson Adam , and now his mother to an Israeli air raid in October. Dahdouh was later wounded in an Israeli drone attack that killed his colleague, Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abudaqa. Last month, his eldest son, Hamza – a journalist who worked with Al Jazeera – was also killed in an Israeli attack alongside fellow journalist Mustafa Thuraya. Read more: Brown University…

Saudi Islamic Minister Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Asheikh on Sunday received Ambassador of Syria to the Kingdom Ayman Soussan at the ministry’s headquarters. During the meeting, Al-Asheikh stressed that the Kingdom works to strengthen the bonds between Muslims and protect the Islamic identity from extremist ideas that oppose Islam’s message of tolerance. Meanwhile, the Syrian ambassador commended the leadership’s efforts to serve Hajj and Umrah pilgrims, along with the significant development of services to help them perform their pilgrimages with ease and comfort. Source: Arab News

From the onset of the Israeli aggression, Cairo has been working to push for a ceasefire and for humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip.  Egyptian presidential spokesman Ahmed Fahmy on Sunday told Sputnik that “the events in the Gaza Strip” may not only result in long-term repercussions but could also lead to adverse and lasting effects for Egypt and the broader Middle East. “Egypt has viewed the events in the Gaza Strip as a very dangerous development that could have long-term consequences in addition to serious and direct negative consequences for the national security of Egypt and the region,” Fahmy said.…

President Mahmoud Abbas received today the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah. During the meeting, President Abbas conveyed a verbal message to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, commending his efforts and emphasizing the need to continue his personal efforts and the UN’s endeavors to bring about an end to the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. President Abbas also called for the complete withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from the entire Gaza Strip, ensuring no annexation of land by Israel in Gaza, and boosting humanitarian and relief aid…

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