Official emphasizes role of public opinion in preventing Israel’s crimes in Gaza

TEHRAN – In a notable address during the “International Congress on the Occupation of Palestine in Light of International Law, and the Violation of Human Rights in Gaza," Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, a member of the Guardian Council's legal committee and the head of the congress, underscored the crucial role of public opinion in preventing Zionists’ crimes in Gaza.

Iran issues condemnation of Israel’s mass killing of Palestinian women on IWD

TEHRAN - On the occasion of March 8 and the International Women's Day, the spokesperson for Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called out the mass killing of women in Gaza by the Israeli forces.

UN: Gaza war may ‘slide deeper into the abyss’

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has raised the alarm about the consequences of an anticipated Israeli ground invasion of Rafah. 

UN rights chief: Israeli settlements expand by record amount

Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories have expanded by a record amount and risk eliminating any practical possibility of a Palestinian state, the UN human rights chief said on Friday.

UN expert on torture to examine mistreatment of Palestinian detainees

The UN’s expert on torture said on Friday she was investigating allegations of torture and mistreatment of Palestinian detainees in Israel, Reuters reported.

WFP: Israel turned back 14-truck food convoy

According to the UN World Food Programmed (WFP), a 14-truck food convoy – the first by the WFP since it paused deliveries to northern Gaza on 20 February – was turned back by the Israeli army after a three-hour wait at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint.

Raisi highlights impending wave of global youth anger over Israeli crimes

TEHRAN- Ebrahim Raisi, the President of Iran, has cautioned about an imminent surge of "indignation" among global youth due to the ongoing Israeli offenses against Palestinians.

Israel uproots 400 olive seedlings in Palestinian village near Bethlehem

Israeli forces have bulldozed agricultural fields and uprooted 400 olive seedlings in the village of Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem.

Palestinian Canadians sue Foreign Minister Joly over arms exports to Israel

Palestinian Canadians and human rights lawyers are suing Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly over exports of military equipment to Israel, which they argue violate Canada’s obligations under domestic and international law.

Hezbollah strikes Israeli forces

Lebanon’s Hezbollah said Tuesday that it had struck Israeli soldiers near the border with southern Lebanon.

Only 25% of international aid reaches Gaza: IRCS

TEHRAN – The president of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has warned that Israel’s continued obstruction of aid into Gaza is poised to create a devastating humanitarian disaster in the enclave. 

By Ali Karbalaei

Yemen hits Israeli vessel, U.S. warships

U.S. officials acknowledge intelligence failures

The spokesperson for the Sanaa government’s armed forces has announced that Ansarullah has carried out more operations in support of Gaza, targeting an Israeli container ship and U.S. warships.

Tehran calls on Islamic nations to intensify efforts against Israel

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister on Tuesday said Muslim countries should take more decisive and concrete steps to pressure Israel to cease its genocidal attacks on Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Hezbollah: Israeli attack on Lebanon will ignite new version of 2006 war

The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has warned that any Israeli act of aggression against the country would ignite an advanced version of the 33-day war fought back in the summer of 2006, when the occupying regime suffered a humiliating defeat.

Israeli captives in Gaza call for help before being killed by the regime’s army

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority (KAN) aired audio late Sunday of two of three Israeli captives in Gaza who were accidentally killed by the Israeli army in December last year as they pleaded to be rescued.

Hezbollah targets Israeli military base with heavy-caliber Burkan missile

Fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement have targeted an Israeli military base in the north of 1948 Israeli-occupied territories, amid exchanges of near-daily fire between the two sides since the occupying regime attacked Gaza, Press TV reported.

Hamas: Israel’s targeting of Deir el-Balah aid truck is ‘insistence on genocide’

Hamas says Israel’s targeting of relief convoys, the latest of which was an aid truck in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, is “an affirmation and insistence on its part to continue the war of genocide”, Al Jazeera reported.

By Ali Karbalaei

Calls for global energy embargo on Tel Aviv

Palestinian groups say the ban will pressure Tel Aviv to a ceasefire

TEHRAN- Palestinian organizations have called on the international community to enforce an energy embargo on the Israeli regime to pressure Tel Aviv to end its genocidal campaign against the people of Gaza.

Christiane Amanpour confronts CNN brass about “double standards” on Israel coverage

Other CNN staffers describe a climate that is hostile to Arab journalists

CNN employees, including the renowned international news anchor Christiane Amanpour, confronted network executives over what the staffers described as myriad leadership failings in coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to a leaked recording of a recent all-hands meeting obtained by The Intercept.

By Ali Karbalaei

Israeli bombings kill 7 more captives in Gaza

Number of captives killed by Israeli airstrikes “may have exceeded 70”

TEHRAN- Hamas has said seven more captives have been killed by Israeli airstrikes after contact was lost with the group responsible for safeguarding them.