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Russian Foreign Ministry: Moscow has lodged a protest with Israeli authorities over the attack on a vehicle belonging to the Representative office of the Russian Federation to Palestinian National Authority

Lebanese Ministry of Health: One person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a car in the town of Brital, Baalbek

Al Mayadeen's correspondent: An Israeli drone launched three missiles on the Baalbek-Rayak international road in eastern Lebanon

Salam: The army has been tasked with developing a plan for "state weapons monopoly" by the end of this year and presenting it to the ministerial council before the 31st of this month

Salam: Discussion of the US document paper will be pursued in a government session next Thursday

Salam: We affirm Lebanon's right to self-defense in the event of any aggression.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, in a statement after the government session that discussed the "state weapons monopoly" clause: Based on the ministerial statement, the Lebanese state is committed to implementing international resolution 1701

Sheikh Qassem: Lebanon is a country where sacrifices and blood have been made, and we will discuss any matter related to it in Lebanon; no one think of imposing any diktats on us

Sheikh Qassem: We must beware of the advocates of sedition whose hands are stained with blood and who serve the Israeli project

Sheikh Qassem: We are a fundamental component of Lebanon, so how the resistance is approached must be reconsidered

UN expert accuses 'Israel' of systematic starvation in Gaza

As Gaza death toll rises, UN warns 'Israel' using starvation as weapon

UN expert Michael Fakhri says the Gaza starvation crisis is a deliberate act by "Israel," calling it a war crime and urging immediate international action to end the blockade and protect civilians.

5 Aug

More than 40 arrested at protest against Gaza war at Trump hotel in NY

More than 40 protesters were arrested outside the Trump International Hotel in New York during a Jewish-led demonstration organized by IfNotNow against the war on Gaza.

5 Aug

Yemenis shout slogans during an anti-US and anti-Israeli weekly rally as they raise a Palestinian flag in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, July 4, 2025 (AP)

Yemeni missile fired at Israeli target; sirens sound in central cities

Sirens have sounded in multiple Israeli city settlements after a missile was launched from Yemen.

5 Aug

Two Resistance fighters detonating an Israeli Merkava at point-blank (Al-Qassam Brigades Military Media)

Palestinian Resistance destroys Israeli military vehicles across Gaza

The al-Quds and Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades destroy Israeli military vehicles in Khan Younis and Gaza City using explosive devices, inflicting casualties amid continued resistance.

4 Aug

Israeli soldiers drive on their armored personnel carrier back from inside the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP)

Full occupation of Gaza on the table despite military's opposition

Sources say Netanyahu seeks full occupation of Gaza, while "Israel's" chief of staff warns against long-term presence, citing risks to troops and advantages for Hamas.

4 Aug

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the audience at a conference in occupied al-Quds, occupied Palestine, Sunday, July 27, 2025 (AP)

Netanyahu blamed for sabotaging Gaza captives deal, say their families

The families of Israeli captives say Netanyahu deliberately blocked the Gaza deal to save captives, prioritizing war over diplomacy to protect his political survival.

4 Aug

Netanyahu blamed for sabotaging Gaza captives deal, say their families

The families of Israeli captives say Netanyahu deliberately blocked the Gaza deal to save captives, prioritizing war over diplomacy to protect his political survival.

4 Aug

Aid allowed by 'Israel' covers only 14% of Gaza's needs: Media Office

Only 14% of essential humanitarian aid is reaching the besieged population.

4 Aug

A Palestinian carries the body of a man killed while trying to receive aid near a distribution center operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in Netzarim, in the Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP)

Gaza war 'could have ended long ago', ex-IOF admit, urging ceasefire

Nineteen former Israeli security officials, including Ehud Barak and ex-Mossad and Shin Bet heads, urge a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, saying the war is politically driven and warn of deep national and strategic losses.