Hamas said that the return of Israeli soldier Edan Alexander is the result of “serious communications with the US administration and mediation efforts, not because of the Zionist aggression or the illusion of military pressure.”

The Zionist regime’s occupation army assassinated Palestinian journalist Hasan Eslih at dawn Tuesday after targeting him while he was receiving treatment in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.

More than 550 former Israeli security officials have called on former US President Donald Trump to intervene and help bring an end to the ongoing war in Gaza, as well as to secure the release of Israeli captives held by Hamas.

The Hamas Movement has called for a mass mobilization to protect the Aqsa Mosque following a dangerous escalation — an attempt by Israeli settlers to smuggle and slaughter a sacrificial animal within the mosque compound.

Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has warned the Zionist regime and its supporters that the resistance will not surrender to any threat or pressure.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei condemned Zionist regime’s deadly airstrikes on Palestinian refugee tents in Jabalia and Khan Younis, calling them blatant violations of international law.