US-Israeli Gaza genocide
Israel’s genocidal war continues to claim more Palestinian lives in Gaza, despite reports that a ceasefire deal could be reached soon. The Gaza Health Ministry says more than sixty Palestinians have been killed in the latest strikes on the blockaded territory in a matter of 24 hours. One of the deadliest attacks killed over a dozen civilians after a house was hit in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. A Palestinian fisherman was also killed by Israeli gunboats’ fire in the same area. The regime’s airstrikes on tents sheltering displaced people killed at least four civilians in Nuseirat and Shati refugee camps. Another strike on a house in the same area killed over half a dozen Palestinians. Also in central Gaza, nearly a dozen people lost their lives, including five civilians who were killed in the bombing of a civilian vehicle. To the south of Gaza, a woman and four children were killed after Israeli aircraft bombed a house in the Al-Nasr neighborhood of Rafah. The Israeli genocide, which started in October 2023, has killed more than 46-thousand-600 Palestinians so far, leaving over 110,000 others injured.
Yemen anti-Israel operations
The Yemeni army has carried out more anti-Israel operations in support of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and in response to the regime’s aggression against the Arab country. The fresh operations were the second wave of anti-Israel attacks by Yemeni Armed Forces on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the country's army targeted Israel’s ministry of military affairs in the occupied Yaffa area, near Tel Aviv, with a hypersonic ballistic missile. The missile reached its target as the enemy’s defense systems failed to intercept it. Yemen has recently escalated its retaliatory operations in response to a surge in airstrikes by the US, UK, and Israel on the country’s civilian infrastructure.
Iran-E3 talks
Iran says there will be no negotiations with the United States on the country’s peaceful nuclear program as long as Washington has not returned to the 2015 agreement, or clarified its stance regarding the deal. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the remarks in a televised interview. He said since the US withdrew from the deal, known as the JCPOA, it has not been a partner to nuclear talks and indirect negotiations have been carried out through the remaining parties. He stressed that Tehran has never walked away from negotiations, because it firmly believes in the peaceful nature of its nuclear program. The Iranian top diplomat added that Tehran will not pin all its hope on nuclear talks, but its main goal is to have sanctions removed and thwart their impact through other means. To achieve this goal, he added, Iran is actively pursuing other avenues to bolster its economy. His remarks came after a third round of talks with the three European parties to the JCPOA, known as the E3, in Geneva.