Middle East Experience

Gaza's civil defence agency said that Israeli forces killed at least 62 people on Friday, including 10 who were waiting for aid in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.The reported killing of people seeking aid marks the latest in a string of deadly incidents near aid sites in Gaza, where a US- and Israeli-backed foundation has largely replaced established humanitarian organisations.Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 62 Palestinians had been killed Friday by Israeli strikes or fire across the Palestinian territory.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gaza rescuers say 62 killed by Israeli forces 

The Israeli spy agency told residents that if an IRGC affiliate "suddenly receives a phone call or message on their personal phone," they should move away from them immediately. 
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel’s Mossad issues urgent safety guidelines to Iranians to avoid IRGC

Earlier this month, Stearns had traveled to Israel with 46 pastors from the United States, whose return flight departed before Israel’s preemptive attack on Iran.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: ‘Israel fights for us all’: Evangelical pastor calls IDF the shield of Western civilization

Now is not the time to rush headlong into a ceasefire with Hamas that will bring neither immediate hostage release nor long-term security to Israel, nor real relief to Palestinians.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel had a decisive victory in the war against Iran, now it's time for one in Gaza – opinion

Israel's Military Advocate General ordered a probe into possible war crimes over claims that IDF troops deliberately fired at Palestinian civilians.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF strongly rejects damning Haaretz report claiming military targets civilians at aid sites

Following its intelligence failures during the 12-day war with Israel, Iran is launching a sweeping internal clampdown with mass arrests and accelerated executions, in what critics have likened to a "wounded snake" lashing out in revenge.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: With over 700 arrests, Iran regime turns inward to thwart Israeli infiltration

President Donald Trump has escalated his longstanding assault on the mainstream media, denigrating individual reporters and threatening legal action against major outlets over their coverage this week of US military strikes on Iran.Trump has staked significant political capital on the success of last weekend's strikes, which he ordered despite criticism within his own support base for breaking his campaign promises to avoid foreign military interventions.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: 'Shooting the messengers': Trump tears into media over Iran report

US President Donald Trump said Friday he had saved Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from assassination and lashed out at the supreme leader for ingratitude, declaring he would order more bombing if the country tried to pursue nuclear weapons.In an extraordinary outburst on his Truth Social platform, Trump blasted Tehran for claiming to have won its war with Israel and said he was halting work on possible sanctions relief.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Trump says would bomb Iran again if nuclear activities start

Iran held a state funeral Saturday for some 60 scientists and commanders killed in its war with Israel, after its top diplomat condemned the latest White House tirade against supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.State television aired footage of thousands of black-clad mourners chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" as they held aloft photographs of the dead."Boom, boom, Tel Aviv," read one banner, referring to the retaliatory missile fire launched by Iran against Israel during their 12-day war.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iran holds state funeral for top brass slain in Israel war

Moroccan student Said Rifai, 15, is on a mission to help his peers pursue education in a country where an estimated 270,000 children drop out of school each year."We must help them come back," said Rifai, who goes to middle school in Tiflet, a town east of the capital Rabat, and has already helped several of his friends back to school as part of a national youth-led effort.To tackle the problem, which educators and officials warn exacerbates social inequalities and drives poverty, Moroccan authorities offer dropouts a chance back in with support from fellow students.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: 'We must help them': Morocco students get peers back in school