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Iran’s parliament stated the nation shouldn’t resume nuclear negotiations with the United States till preconditions are met, in a press release reported on Wednesday by Iranian state media, Reuters studies.
The assertion stated:
When the U.S. use negotiations as a instrument to deceive Iran and canopy up a sudden navy assault by the Zionist regime (Israel), talks can’t be carried out as earlier than. Preconditions have to be set and no new negotiations can happen till they’re totally met,
The assertion didn’t outline the preconditions, however Iran’s overseas minister Abbas Araqchi has beforehand stated there needs to be ensures there will probably be no additional assaults towards Tehran.
Final week, Araqchi reiterated Tehran’s place that it will not conform to a nuclear deal that stops it from enriching uranium and would refuse to debate extra-nuclear matters akin to its ballistic missile programme.
US president Donald Trump stated on Tuesday he was in
no rush to barter with Iran as its nuclear websites have been now “obliterated”, however the US, in coordination with three European
international locations, has agreed to set the tip of August because the deadline for a deal.
French overseas minister Jean-Noel Barrot stated on Tuesday that Paris, London and Berlin would set off the UN sanctions snapback mechanism, which might reimpose worldwide sanctions on Iran, by the tip of August if there isn’t any concrete progress relating to an settlement.
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GHF claims 20 folks killed in Khan Younis close to support distribution web site
At the least 20 folks have been killed in an incident in Gaza’s Khan Younis on Wednesday, the Gaza Humanitarian Basis has claimed.
The Israeli-backed logistics group, which makes use of personal US safety and logistics corporations to get support provides into Gaza, claimed that 19 victims have been trampled and one was stabbed throughout what it described as a “chaotic and harmful surge, pushed by agitators within the crowd”.
Palestinian heath officers instructed Reuters a minimum of 20 folks had died of suffocation on the web site. One medic stated a lot of folks had been crammed right into a small area and had been crushed.
This comes as Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed 22 others, together with 11 kids, based on hospital officers, the Related Press (AP) studies.
The GHF, which started distributing meals packages in late Could after Israel lifted an 11-week blockade on humanitarian provides, has beforehand rejected UN criticism, accusing it of spreading misinformation.
The UN has referred to as the GHF’s mannequin “inherently unsafe” and a breach of humanitarian impartiality requirements.
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The Gaza Humanitarian Basis has claimed a minimum of 20 folks have been killed in an incident in Gaza’s Khan Younis on Wednesday.
The Israeli-backed logistics group, which makes use of personal US safety and logistics corporations to get support provides into Gaza, claimed that 19 victims have been trampled and one was stabbed throughout what it described as a “chaotic and harmful surge, pushed by agitators within the crowd”.
Palestinian heath officers instructed Reuters a minimum of 20 folks had died of suffocation on the web site. One medic stated a lot of folks had been crammed right into a small area and had been crushed.
The UN rights workplace stated on Tuesday it had recorded a minimum of 875 killings throughout the previous six weeks at support factors in Gaza run by the GHF and convoys run by different reduction teams, together with the UN.
The vast majority of these killed have been within the neighborhood of GHF websites, whereas the remaining 201 have been killed on the routes of different support convoys.
Malnutrition charges amongst kids within the Gaza Strip have doubled since Israel sharply restricted the entry of meals in March, the UN stated on Tuesday. New Israeli strikes killed greater than 90 Palestinians, together with dozens of ladies and youngsters, based on well being officers.
Palestinian mom Israa Abu Haleeb takes care of her five-month-old daughter, Zainab, who’s recognized with malnutrition, based on medics, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, within the southern Gaza Strip on 15 July 2025. {Photograph}: Hussam Al-Masri/Reuters
Starvation has been rising amongst Gaza’s greater than 2 million Palestinians since Israel broke a ceasefire in March to renew the struggle and banned all meals and different provides from coming into Gaza, saying it aimed to strain Hamas to launch hostages. It barely eased the blockade in late Could, permitting in a trickle of support.
Unrwa, the principle UN company caring for Palestinians in Gaza, stated it had screened almost 16,000 kids below age 5 at its clinics in June and located 10.2% of them have been acutely malnourished. By comparability, in March, 5.5% of the almost 15,000 kids it screened have been malnourished.
In different developments:
US president Donald Trump will meet with Qatar’s prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Wednesday to debate negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire deal. Israeli and Hamas negotiators have been collaborating within the newest spherical of ceasefire talks in Doha since 6 July, discussing a US-backed proposal for a 60-day ceasefire that envisages a phased launch of hostages, Israeli troop withdrawals from elements of Gaza and discussions on ending the battle.
Gaza’s Well being Ministry stated in a every day report Tuesday afternoon that the our bodies of 93 folks killed by Israeli strikes had been dropped at hospitals in Gaza over the previous 24 hours, together with 278 wounded. It didn’t specify the whole variety of girls and youngsters among the many useless.
Israel has launched bombing raids towards two of its neighbours, hitting authorities forces in southern Syria and what it stated have been Hezbollah targets in japanese Lebanon. In Syria, the strikes hit forces loyal to the transitional authorities that had been despatched south to the province of Sweida, which is close to Israel. Syrian state media additionally reported Israeli strikes on Tuesday within the close by province of Deraa.
The EU will begin the method of reinstating UN sanctions on Iran from 29 August if Tehran has made no progress by then on containing its nuclear programme, the bloc has introduced. Talking at a gathering of his EU counterparts, the French overseas minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, stated: “France and its companions are … justified in reapplying world embargos on arms, banks and nuclear gear that have been lifted 10 years in the past. With out a agency, tangible and verifiable dedication from Iran, we’ll accomplish that by the tip of August on the newest.”
Arms sellers affiliated with Houthi militants in Yemen are utilizing X and Meta platforms to site visitors weapons – some US-made – in obvious violation of the social media companies’ insurance policies, a report has revealed. The report by the Washington DC-based Tech Transparency Challenge (TTP), which focuses on accountability for giant tech, discovered Houthi-affiliated arms sellers have been overtly working industrial weapon shops for months, and in some instances years, on each platforms.
US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee stated on Tuesday he had requested Israel to “aggressively examine” the killing of US citizen Sayfollah Musallet who was crushed to demise by Israeli settlers within the occupied West Financial institution, describing it as a “legal and terrorist act.” Family members of Musallet are calling for the Trump administration to arrest and prosecute these accountable for his killing. The 20-year-old from Tampa was visiting his household in an space close to Ramallah, and died final week making an attempt to guard their farm from invaders, they stated at an emotional press convention in Florida on Monday afternoon.
Heavy Israeli airstrikes killed 12 folks, together with 5 Hezbollah fighters, in japanese Lebanon on Tuesday, a safety supply in Lebanon stated, in what Israel stated was a warning to the Iran-backed group towards making an attempt to re-establish itself. The Israeli navy stated the airstrikes focused coaching camps utilized by elite Hezbollah fighters and warehouses it used to retailer weapons within the Bekaa valley area.
Explosive-laden drones hit three oilfields in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdistan area early Wednesday, Kurdish forces stated, a day after an analogous assault shut operations at a US-run discipline. Previously few weeks, Iraq and notably the Kurdistan area have seen a spate of unclaimed drone and rocket assaults. Wednesday’s assaults have raised the variety of oilfield hit in Kurdistan to 5 inside per week.
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