The Arab Group at the United Nations warned on Thursday of escalating Zionist regime’s measures in the occupied West Bank and efforts to undermine international attempts to implement the roadmap for the Gaza Strip, reaffirming its rejection of any steps aimed at entrenching the occupation or imposing Israeli sovereignty over Palestinian territory.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) intensified raids across several areas of the West Bank on Friday, storming homes, arresting Palestinians and firing tear gas, while Jewish settlers carried out further attacks against Palestinians.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization says the US, Zionist regime and their allies have revised their strategy toward Iran after failing to achieve their objectives through direct military confrontation.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has hit back at US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after the American official accused Iran of funding proxies, saying the United States should instead spend its money on its own people.

President Masoud Pezeshkian says all the legal rights of the Iranian people must be recognized within the framework of international law, stressing that Tehran seeks nothing beyond its legitimate rights and will not surrender to pressure or bullying.

Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Major General Mohsen Rezaei has said the Islamic Republic will send Zionist regime’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu “to hell” and prove that his “great mistakes” have brought the Zionist regime closer to its end.

The Hamas Movement has condemned Zionist regime’s decision to expand settlements’ influence areas in the occupied West Bank, calling it a deliberate effort to seize more Palestinian land and accelerate the displacement of Palestinians.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for a new understanding of Islamic unity based on truth, justice, mutual responsibility, and practical cooperation, stressing that unity does not mean eliminating religious, political or national differences.

The 40th International Islamic Unity Conference began in Tehran’s Summit Hall on Thursday in the presence of President Masoud Pezeshkian and a number of prominent scholars from the Islamic world.

Israeli occupation authorities have approved 18 new and amended settlement jurisdiction areas in the occupied West Bank, paving the way for settlement expansion and the establishment of additional outposts, the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission revealed on Tuesday.

The martyr toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,438 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Wednesday morning.

Three Palestinian families in the Jabel Ras al-Ain area of Qusra town, south of Nablus, have entered their 18th consecutive day under siege by extremist Jewish settlers, while Israeli forces continue to block access roads and enforce severe movement restrictions, keeping the residents confined to their homes

Iran has called on governments to reject and condemn the extraterritorial application of US unilateral coercive measures, warning that Washington is seeking to force other states to subordinate their sovereign rights and lawful policies to its demands.

Iranian missile and drone strikes during the US-Israeli aggression caused unprecedented damage to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) facilities and equipment across West Asia, a report says.

President Masoud Pezeshkian says the United States will not be able to achieve anything through economic pressure, stressing that Iran will continue to stand firm.

President of the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq says Iraq's sovereignty and people stand in full solidarity with Iran against the "criminal aggression" by the United States and Israel.

Illegal Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank

Several areas across the West Bank witnessed raids by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) early Tuesday, involving home searches, arrests and the establishment of military checkpoints, alongside confrontations and settler attacks in several areas.

The Islamic Christian Authority for Patronizing Al-Quds and Holy Sites has warned of an unprecedented rise in Jewish settler break-ins and violations at the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Al-Quds.

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi has denounced the escalating settler attacks against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank and Al-Quds, highlighting recent demolitions in the Jordan Valley and the torching of a factory in northern Ramallah.

Iran’s top security official says Tehran remains distrustful of the United States and urges Washington to change its behavior.

Senior Yemeni military commanders warn Saudi Arabia that the balance of power has shifted in the region, saying the country has “destructive weapons” at its disposal and that any hostile adventurism would provoke an immediate and decisive response.

Iran says countries should have no concerns about the Islamic Republic unless they make their bases, facilities, or equipment available to parties carrying out acts of aggression against the country.

Fareed Taamallah