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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expressed its strong condemnation of the terrorist bombing that targeted a mosque in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, resulting in a number of deaths and injuries. In a statement Friday the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized the Kingdom’s position rejecting targeting of places of worship, terrorizing of innocent civilians, and shedding of innocent blood. The Ministry affirmed Saudi Arabia’s solidarity with Pakistan against all forms of violence, extremism, and terrorism. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered its condolences to the families of the victims and to the government and people of Pakistan, wishing the injured a speedy recovery. Source link
Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi held separate consultations this morning with the Iranian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and the US delegation led by Presidential Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, in the context of Oman's hosting of talks on Iran's nuclear file.In a statement, Oman's Foreign Ministry said the discussions focused on creating favorable conditions for resuming diplomatic and technical negotiations, underscoring their importance in advancing security and stability. Al Busaidi reaffirmed Oman's commitment to supporting dialogue and bridging differences between the parties, while working with regional partners to reach mutually acceptable political solutions. Source link
The death toll from the Israeli occupation’s aggression on the Gaza Strip, since Oct. 7, 2023, until today, has risen to 71,851 martyrs, in addition to 171,626 wounded. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the total number of those who arrived at the sector’s hospitals during the past 24 hours was 27 martyrs and 18 injuries, while the total number of martyrs since the ceasefire on Oct. 11 reached 574, and the total number of injuries reached 1518. The ministry also noted that the operations to recover war victims from under the rubble of buildings destroyed by the Israeli war machine resulted in the recovery of 717 bodies, at a time when search operations were disrupted due to the depletion of fuel in the sector. A ceasefire agreement between Hamas and the occupation had come into effect last October following the withdrawal of the occupation forces from the sites and populated areas in the sector, but the Israeli attacks on Gaza and its people are still continuing to this day, in continuous violation of previous agreements. Source link
Palestinians mourn during the funeral of a Red Crescent member and two children who were reportedly killed in an Israeli strike on a camp housing displaced…
Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met on Tuesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoؤںan, who is visiting Saudi Arabia.During the meeting, the two sides reviewed prospects for bilateral relations between the two countries, areas of cooperation, and promising opportunities for developing them in various fields.They also discussed developments in the region and the world, and the efforts being made to address them. Source link
Gaza Rights Center warns of severe Israeli violations restricting movement through Rafah Crossing
The travel measures taken by the Israeli occupation at Rafah land crossing have laid bare grotesque violations of the freedom of movement and the fundamental rights of the civilians in the Gaza Strip, Gaza Rights Center said in a statement on Tuesday.The statement called for urgent intervention to end these tightened Israeli-imposed restrictions that marked day one of travel initiation through the crossing between the Gaza enclave and Egypt.The center stressed that these restrictions have obviously demonstrated full Israeli control over the ongoing process at this crossing, in a brazen violation of freedom of movement and fundamental rights.The Israeli occupation authorities have imposed direct control over the travelers’ rosters, most of whom are patients and caregivers, approving only the travel of five patients from a total of five individuals, notwithstanding the critical medical conditions of those patients who are sorely in need of traveling abroad, the statement warned.It noted that these actions have literally disrupted the travel of the vast majority of those patients and deprived them of their rights to treatment and healthcare under international humanitarian law and human rights law.The center further emphasized that 12 returnees were subjected to grotesque violations and had been questioned for almost three hours. It held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible legally for these abuses as the de facto occupying power controlling the crossings and individual movement.The center called on the European mission participating in the crossing arrangements to assume its legal and moral responsibility.The statement further stressed that any arrangements to administer this crossing must be purely civilian and humanitarian, totally separating the occupation’s policies and its security and demographic objectives, thereby ensuring the fundamental rights of the population, foremost among them the right to a dignified life and freedom of movement. Related Story Source link
he Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced today that it has halted operations to recover the bodies of Palestinian martyrs from beneath the rubble and destroyed homes after its vehicles stopped operating due to the fuel shortage crisis in the Strip. Mahmoud Basal, who serves as spokesperson for the Gaza Civil Defense, told Qatar News Agency (QNA) that the agency has suspended the movement of its vehicles because the minimum amount of fuel required for humanitarian interventions was unavailable, as the occupation has prevented the entry of the required fuel quantities into the Strip. He noted that the suspension includes missions to retrieve the bodies of martyrs fromunder the rubble, as well as the inability to complete tasks related to removing hazards from buildings at risk of collapse or partially destroyed as a result of Israeli shelling. He called on all international bodies, institutions, and humanitarian organizations to work toward supplying rescue teams, civil defense crews, and humanitarian workers with the fuel needed to operate vehicles and equipment, in order to ensure the continuity of humanitarian services in the required manner. In another development, Basal told QNA that civil defense crews no longer have sufficient capacity to respond to distress calls related to the weather-related emergencies that affected the Strip in recent days. Gaza is suffering from a severe fuel and energy crisis due to the Israeli occupation’s tightening of the blockade and the closure of all border crossings into the Strip. The situation has not changed even after the cessation of hostilities, as the entry of fuel, reconstruction materials, debris removal equipment, and essential humanitarian service supplies continues to be blocked. Source link
Sick and wounded Gazans began crossing into Egypt to seek medical treatment on Monday after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Palestinian territory’s Rafah border post.Around 150 people were due to leave the territory on Monday, and 50 to enter it, according to Egyptian officials, more than 20 months after Israeli forces fighting in Gaza closed the crossing.”Three ambulances have arrived so far carrying a number of the sick and injured, who were immediately screened upon arrival to determine to which hospital they will be transferred,” an Egyptian health official told AFP. The partial resumption of operations comes after Gaza’s civil defence reported dozens killed in a wave of Israeli strikes over the weekend, in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian fighters exiting a tunnel in Rafah city. The border crossing with Egypt is Gaza’s only gateway to the outside world that does not lead to Israel, and is a key access point for both people and goods.The partial resumption began on Sunday in a tightly restricted pilot phase that did not involve travel of people, and came after months of appeals from aid groups. Israeli troops still control more than half of Gaza, while the rest remains under Hamas authority. The Rafah crossing had been briefly opened in early 2025, but has been largely shut since it was seized by Israeli forces in May 2024.No aid entry The director of Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, said there were 20,000 patients in the territory in urgent need of treatment, including 4,500 children. AlQahera News, citing Egypt’s health ministry, reported that 150 hospitals and 300 ambulances had been prepared to receive Palestinian patients. It said 12,000 doctors and 30 rapid deployment teams had been allocated to work with those transferred. Source link
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) warned the Israeli entity against dropping unidentified chemical substances from its aircraft over southern Lebanon. In a statement, UNIFIL said Israel informed the mission on Sunday that it would conduct an aerial activity to release what it described as a non-toxic chemical substance over areas near the Blue Line, requesting that UNIFIL forces remain under shelter. UNIFIL added that it was unable to carry out routine operations along about one-third of the Blue Line, and could only resume normal activities after more than nine hours. The mission assisted the Lebanese Armed Forces in collecting samples to test their toxicity levels. UNIFIL stressed that this activity is unacceptable and violates UN Security Council Resolution 1701, noting that the deliberate and planned actions by Israel not only limited the peacekeepers’ ability to carry out their mandated tasks but could also potentially endanger their health and that of civilians. The dropping of chemical substances has raised concerns among residents about unknown long-term effects on local agricultural lands and the return of civilians to their homes and livelihoods. According to UNIFIL, this is not the first instance of the Israeli army releasing unidentified chemical substances from its aircraft over Lebanon. Source link
A Palestinian child was martyred on Monday in Israeli shelling targeting the southern Gaza Strip.Palestinian news agency (WAFA), citing medical sources in the Strip, reported that the three-year-old child was martyred after Israeli naval boats shelled tents housing displaced persons in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis. The total number of martyrs since the ceasefire came into effect on October 11 has risen to 523, with 1,433 wounded and 715 bodies recovered. Source link
