Iran’s highest operational command unit says the Islamic Republic will respond to continued American aggression with “heavier, broader, and more devastating” retaliation.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has welcomed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) unanimous condemnation of US-Israeli aggression against Iran, saying the bloc had reaffirmed its commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its members.

Iran has formally demanded that the UN Security Council act after a US military strike on Larak Island in the Persian Gulf, calling the assault a blatant act of aggression, a war crime and a direct assault on the country’s sovereignty.

The Hamas Movement said the Zionist regime’s occupation army’s intensified attacks and crimes across the Gaza Strip since Monday morning represent a systematic escalation by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, confirming Zionist regime's continued genocidal war against the Palestinian people and its disregard for obligations under the ceasefire agreement.

Mustafa Fetouri

Five Palestinian civilians have been martyred and several others wounded in Zionist regime’s attacks across the Gaza Strip as shooting, artillery shelling, drone activity, and demolitions were reported in different parts of the coastal area.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned Israeli so-called national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s latest incursion into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has reiterated his strong opposition to a US-mediated framework agreement between the Beirut government and Israel, warning about the fallout of direct negotiations with the Tel Aviv regime under relentless Israeli assaults targeting southern Lebanon.

Yemeni cartoonist Kamal Sharaf

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran does not seek war but will respond firmly to any act of aggression.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says its air defense forces have shot down a US MQ-9 long-range unmanned aerial vehicle over the Strait of Hormuz.