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A Palestinian child was martyred after succumbing to wounds sustained from a targeted Israeli occupation drone in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.WAFA news agency cited medical sources as saying that a drone dropped a bomb on a group of Palestinian citizens in the Qizan Abu Rashwan area south of Khan Younis, resulting in the child being hit and killed by shrapnel instantly before reaching the hospital, as well as wounding others.Meanwhile, medical sources in Gaza reported a worsening shortage of laboratory testing materials in laboratories and blood banks. The deficit reached 86% of the needs, while the stock of many of these materials have depleted.The same sources explained that blood gas testing materials have completely run out in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital laboratory, while the remaining quantities in other hospitals are sufficient for only a few days.The sources warned that the continuation of this shortage threatens medical follow-up procedures for patients, hinders surgical operations, and directly affects emergency and intensive care cases. Source link
US President Donald Trump announced that he intends to review an Iranian proposal aimed at ending the war, while expressing doubts about the likelihood of accepting it.In a post on the Truth Social platform, Trump said he would soon examine the plan submitted by Iran, but voiced reservations about its viability, noting that Tehran had not yet paid a sufficient price for its actions.And at a press conference in West Palm Beach, he said he had reviewed the broad outlines of Iran’s response to the US proposal and expected to receive the final version later. Regarding military options, Trump did not rule out resuming operations against Iran, saying that such a move could happen, and suggesting that Tehran would need a long time to rebuild its capabilities if the confrontation continued.He also referred to what he described as a lack of clarity in Iran’s leadership structure, noting that the new supreme leader had not appeared since the outbreak of the war.On the domestic front, Trump called on the Democratic Party not to obstruct US actions toward Iran, describing current blockade measures as relatively moderate. This comes as Trump continues to reject Iranian offers to advance stalled negotiations, maintaining his position of imposing a tight blockade on Iranian ports. At the same time, Iran has responded by closing the Strait of Hormuz.The Iranian Fars News Agency reported Saturday that Tehran had submitted a 14-point response to the U.S. proposal to end the war, outlining its framework for ending the conflict and conveying it to the Pakistani side. According to sources cited by Fars, the response to Washington’s nine-point proposal included a clear roadmap for ending the war, along with an emphasis on Iran’s red lines. It added that the message was delivered through a mediator after passing through the usual decision-making processes within Iran’s relevant institutions and obtaining the necessary approvals.Meanwhile, the Tasnim News Agency reported, citing its sources, that Tehran responded to a US proposal that included a request for a two-month ceasefire, stressing that issues should be resolved within 30 days and that the focus should be on ending the war rather than extending the truce.Two days ago, Trump said he did not intend to seek approval from the United States Congress to continue any military action against Iran after the expiration of the 60 days allowed under the Constitution for military operations without legislative authorization. Source link
US President Donald Trump met with his top security advisers yesterday to discuss an Iranian proposal that would reportedly re-open the Strait of Hormuz as broader negotiations over the war continue, the White House said. When asked about the reported plan — which would see both Iran and the US lift their blockades ahead of further talks on the thorny issue of Tehran’s nuclear programme — spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told a White House briefing that “the proposal was being discussed.” “Only because it’s been reported, I will confirm the president has met with his national security team this morning,” she said, refusing to say if Trump would accept the proposal.Secretary of State Marco Rubio meanwhile said Iran’s stance on the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which a fifth of global oil and liquid natural gas normally transits, did not meet US demands. “If what they mean by opening the straits is, ‘yes, the straits are open as long as you co-ordinate with Iran, get our permission or we’ll blow you up and you pay us,’ that’s not opening the straits,” Rubio said in a Fox News interview. “They cannot normalise — nor can we tolerate them trying to normalise — a system in which the Iranians decide who gets to use an international waterway, and how much you have to pay them to use it,” he said. US outlet Axios had earlier reported that Trump would meet with his national security team to discuss an offer by Iran on re-opening the strait and postponing nuclear negotiations to a later stage.ABC News, citing two anonymous US officials, meanwhile reported that the deal fell short of Washington’s red lines.Leavitt told reporters that “the president’s red lines with respect to Iran have been made very, very clear, not just to the American public, but also to them as well.” Source link
Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of 69 people over what the country described as sympathy with Iran’s hostile acts and collaboration with foreign entities, the kingdom’s interior ministry said in a statement. The ministry said that the 69 people including family members of accused individuals were all of non-Bahraini origin.“The Bahraini nationality has been revoked from those individuals for glorifying or sympathising with the hostile Iranian acts, or engaging in contacts with external parties,” the ministry said. It said the revocations had been carried out in accordance with royal directives from King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa and were based on Article 10/3 of the Bahraini Nationality Law. The article provides for the revocation of citizenship in cases of “causing harm to the interests of the kingdom or acting in a manner that contradicts the duty of loyalty to it.”The interior ministry said the competent authorities were “continuing to study and review” who deserves Bahraini citizenship. Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, Advocacy Director at the Britain-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), condemned the move, calling it “the beginning of a dangerous era of repression” and saying the decisions were “imposed without legal safeguards or any right of appeal.” BIRD said it was the first such revocation of citizenship in Bahrain since 2019. Between 2012 and 2019, Bahrain revoked the citizenship of at least 990 nationals, the group said. Iran fired at targets in Bahrain and other Gulf Arab states where the US has military bases after it was attacked on February 28. Bahrain’s National Communication Centre did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reuters) Source link
Amazon announced the successful launch of 29 new satellites as part of its satellite internet provider, Amazon Leo- formerly Project Kuiper- from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida, using the ULA Atlas 5 rocket.The company explained that this step aims to enhance its satellite network in low Earth orbit. Through these intensive launches, Amazon seeks to accelerate the schedule for operating its high-speed Internet service and fulfill its legal obligations to operate half of its planned network before mid-2026.The project aims to deploy a constellation of 3,236 satellites to provide broadband Internet coverage globally. Related Story Source link
Smoke rises following explosions in southern Lebanon, near the Israel-Lebanon border, as seen from northern Israel, yesterday. (Reuters)…
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