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China opposes escalation of Palestinian-Israeli war

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“China is deeply concerned over the current escalation of tensions and violence between Palestine and Israel. We call on relevant parties to remain calm, exercise restraint and immediately end the hostilities to protect civilians and avoid further deterioration of the situation,” the Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said in her regular press conference.

“The recurrence of the conflict shows once again that the protracted standstill of the peace process cannot go on. The fundamental way out of the conflict lies in implementing the two-state solution and establishing an independent State of Palestine. The international community needs to act with greater urgency, step up input into the Palestine question, facilitate the early resumption of peace talks between Palestine and Israel, and find a way to bring about enduring peace,” she added.

According to the spokeswoman, China will continue to work relentlessly with the international community toward reaching a solution to the conflict and achieving enduring peace.

Meanwhile, according to an announcement of the Chinese Embassy in Israel, Chinese citizens should not travel to the occupied territories. Moreover, Hanan Airlines has canceled all its flights to Tel Aviv.

This company has two weekly flights to Tel Aviv from Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai.

Also, Chinese tourism companies have canceled all their tours to the occupied territories for the next two months. And the Chinese tourists who were in Tel Aviv have all returned to China safely.

As many as 1,000 Zionists have been killed in the Palestinian Resistance groups operation Al-Aqsa Storm which was launched on Saturday from Gaza.

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Iran vows ‘crushing’ response to any foolish move

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The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the country will not hesitate to deliver a crushing response to enemies in case they make any foolish move against it.

Nasser Kan’ani made the remarks during a press conference in the capital Tehran in response to the latest anti-Iran comments by US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on X, formerly known as Twitter, the previous evening.

Graham accused Tehran of being behind the large-scale surprise attack by members of Hamas and other Gaza-based resistance fighters against Israel, writing that “Iran should pay dearly for any escalation directed at Israel.”

“An attack by Hezbollah, and other Iranian proxies, would be devastating to Israeli defense systems. If such an attack occurs, Israel and the United States should go after the Iranian oil refineries and oil infrastructure – which is the lifeblood of the Iranian economy,” the American lawyer added.

Reacting to those comments, Kan’ani said such accusations come in the wake of Israel’s humiliating defeat and are meant to justify Washington’s and its Western allies’ support for the misadventures of the Tel Aviv regime.

He underscored that the hostile claims against Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement will not reduce the accountability of the United Kingdom and the United Sates for the 75-year-old-long crimes that Israel has been perpetrating against Palestinians and other nations in the West Asia region.

He warned of attempts by Israel’s supporters, chief among them the United States, to change the place of the oppressor and the oppressed through their propaganda war.

They are turning a blind eye to the crimes of the occupying regime while leveling accusations against the innocent people of Palestine, he said.

He added that the inalienable rights of Palestinians have been violated by the occupying Israeli regime for decades, as Western countries stood by the regime and against the Palestinian nation.

The Iranian diplomat also highlighted the Islamic Republic’s position regarding the Palestinian cause, reiterating that the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Israeli-occupied holy city of al-Quds are of paramount importance to all Muslims around the world.

“Iran has always had a clear and firm position on the Palestinian nation, and the president and the foreign minister have clearly and transparently declared their stances at the highest level and shared their views with foreign officials,” Kan’ani said.

“A growing number of world countries, including Muslim states, are throwing their support behind the Palestinian nation and resistance front. The international community is also massively supporting the honorable resistance of the Palestinian nation,” the top Iranian diplomat said.

The Gaza Health Ministry reported on Monday that 510 Palestinians were killed, including 91 children and 61 women, and 2751 others injured amid intensified Israeli strikes.

The ministry also urged the international community to exert pressure on Israel to resume electricity supply to the besieged strip as a power outage has left hospitals and medical facilities in a tight spot, amid a shortage of medicines and medical equipment.

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Death toll tops 1,200 as fighting rages in occupied territories

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The death toll from the battle between Palestinian resistance fighters and the Israeli regime that rages on for a third day has topped 1,200, with the US sending a carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean in support of Tel Aviv.

The Gaza Health Ministry reported on Monday that 510 Palestinians were killed, including 91 children and 61 women, and 2751 others injured amid intensified Israeli strikes.

The ministry also urged the international community to exert pressure on Israel to resume electricity supply to the besieged strip as a power outage has left hospitals and medical facilities in a tight spot, amid a shortage of medicines and medical equipment.

According to rights groups, Israel killed multiple members of several families in Gaza when it pounded their homes.

The Israeli strikes have also led to the displacement of more than 123,000 people in the Gaza Strip, according to the United Nations.

“Over 123,538 people have been internally displaced in Gaza, mostly due to fear, protection concerns and the destruction of their homes,” the UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA, said on Monday.

According to the report, more than 73,000 are sheltering in schools, some of which have been designated emergency shelters.

Adnan Abu Hasna, a spokesman for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), said he expected the numbers to increase further.

Gaza, home to over two million Palestinians, has been under Israeli siege since June 2007. The tight blockade has caused a decline in the standards of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military said more than 700 Israelis have been killed since the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Storm on Saturday, but the news outlet Yediot Ahronot said early Monday that it estimated there were 1,000 deaths at present.

Hamas said the surprise, unprecedented operation came in response to Israel’s crimes against Palestinians in the occupied territories, its 16-year-old blockade of Gaza and the regime’s violations at al-Aqsa Mosque.

The group fired thousands of missiles toward Israel and managed to take control of a vast area near Gaza, where Israeli troops are fighting with resistance fighters in an attempt to seize it.

The secretary general of the Islamic Jihad resistance movement, Ziad al-Nakhala, has said the number of Israeli forces and settlers that have been captured by the resistance fighters and taken into Gaza amounts to “dozens and more.”

In support of Israel, the United States announced that it was sending additional weapons and munitions to Israel and moving an aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean closer to the occupied territories.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Sunday he has ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist the occupying regime.

Hamas slammed the US aid as an “aggression” against Palestinians.

A senior official with Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, Hashem Safieddine, also warned that the move will lead to a regional escalation.

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Arab states normalizing with Israel should learn lesson

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Ali Akbar Velayati made the remarks during a telephone conversation with Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Faisal Mekdad on Sunday night.

“Those who believe they can tackle their problems through so-called normalization of ties with Zionists and severance of relations with Muslim nations of the region should learn a lesson from the events and realize they are seriously endangering the security of the region and fighting nations with groundless and immature schemes like the formation of corridors in the volatile West Asia region,” Velayati said.

He added, “We warn certain governments in the region to learn a lesson from the fate of the countries that have followed the path [of normalization] and now cannot respond to the Resistance front.”

Palestinian medical authorities say more than 400 people have been killed and many more injured as a result of Israeli bombardment across the Gaza Strip.

Hospital officials in the strip have recorded the death of 493 civilians and injury of 2,751 others. A large number of buildings, homes and public facilities have also been badly damaged due to heavy Israeli bombardments.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Velayati strongly condemned the recent terrorist drone attack on a military college in Syria’s Homs province, which killed at least 100 people and wounded 240 more, stressing that the Islamic Republic of Iran will stand by Syria.

“This barbaric act exposed that animosity toward the fighting Muslims of the region and the Resistance front still persists, and the occupiers have no divine logic and morality.”

“There’s no doubt that the response to such actions is the same as what Palestinian Resistance groups have proven once again,” he said, adding that what Western colonialism has built as a safe house for Zionists is much weaker than a spider’s web.

“The vicious Israeli onslaught on one hand and the determined resistance of Palestinians on the other showed that the Resistance front is an important matter and is the only way to stand up against and win over Zionists and their advocates,” he continued.

Velayati further noted that the solidarity of Palestinians with Syria, coupled with the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance movement, represents the growing power of the Axis of Resistance in regional equations, and substantiates the fact that Resistance will continue to be the sole way to achieve victory.

Mekdad, for his part, hailed Iran’s support for the Syrian government and nation, emphasizing that terrorism is condemned all over the world and those who killed innocent people in Homs are the same individuals who are now murdering Palestinians and committing crimes in Palestine.

“We also appreciate the Islamic Republic of Iran’s constant support for and positive role in the establishment of peace and stability across the region. We are grateful for your support for the Syrian government, nation and President Bashar al-Assad. We are sure that the Resistance front is fairly sensitive to the interests of Muslim countries and will defend them whenever need be,” the senior Syrian diplomat said.

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Over 123,000 displaced in Gaza amid Zionists, Hamas conflict

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As of late Sunday, Israeli airstrikes had destroyed 159 housing units across Gaza and severely damaged 1,210 others, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs TRT World reports.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said a school sheltering more than 225 people took a direct hit.

The Zionist death toll from the Hamas’ surprise attack is estimated to top 1,000, Anadolu Agency quoted Zionist media as saying on Monday, adding that there has been no official confirmation so far by the Israeli regime’s officials of the new toll.

The reports added that over 150 Zionists are also believed to be held captive by Hamas.

Palestine Red Crescent Society announced on Monday that 456 Palestinians were martyred following the brutal attacks of the Zionist regime.

78 children and 46 women are among the martyrs, according to the reports.

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Russia strikes terrorists' positions in Syria's Idlib

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“The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out five airstrikes on warehouses and terrorist training camps in Idlib province,” deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit said.

He added that as a result of a strike by an unmanned aerial vehicle launched by militants from the vicinity of the village of Halluba in Latakia province on the positions of Syrian troops in the Sheikh Mohammed area, one Syrian soldier was killed and two more were injured.

The deputy chief of the center added that over the past 24 hours, they recorded several violations of deconfliction protocols by the pro-American coalition.

“In the Al-Tanf area, five violations were recorded per day by a pair of Rafale fighters, an MQ-1C multi-role unmanned aerial vehicle and two modular reconnaissance and attack unmanned aerial vehicles MQ-9 of the coalition,” TASS quoted him as saying.

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Palestinians, Zionists continue to fight as death tolls rise

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On Saturday, Palestinian Resistance group Hamas launched a large-scale operation with a heavy barrage of rockets in response to the Israeli regime’s desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and increased settler violence. The Israeli regime’s military forces also announced it was launching Operation ‘Iron Swords’ in retaliation for the attack.

On Sunday night, Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted to put the regime officially at war.

The death toll from the Palestinian side and the Zionist side both increased dramatically as the conflict between them continues.

The following are the latest updates:

Palestinian death toll from Israeli regime attack increases to 493

The Palestinian health ministry announced that 493 people were killed during the Israeli regime’s attacks so far and 2751 others were injured.

100 of the martyred Palestinians are children who were brutally killed during the Zionists’ invasion.

Since the beginning of the clashes, the Israeli regime has demolished 4 mosques in the Gaza Strip, the reports added.

UN says more than 123,000 displaced in Gaza

More than 123,000 people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the conflict between Palestinian fighters and the Israeli regime, according to the United Nations.

“Over 123,538 people, have been internally displaced in Gaza, mostly due to fear, protection concerns and the destruction of their homes,” said the UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA.

Tel Aviv calls 100,000 military reservists into active service

According to the most recent estimates, the Israeli regime has an estimated 465,000 reservists, who can be called up to serve for up to as many as 60 days annually.

Following a formal declaration of war by the Israeli regime’s cabinet against Hamas, tens of thousands of reservists are being called into active service, while an estimated 100,000 troops amass at the occupied Palestine’s southern border with Gaza, Aljazeera reported.

Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv comes under attack

On Monday morning, the reporter of the Tehran-based PressTV reported that Hamas fired rockets toward the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv.

People in San Francisco hold pro-Palestine protests

Pro-Palestine activists took to the streets in San Francisco to protest the Israeli regime’s crimes against the Palestinians.

Tel Aviv says 2,382 people wounded so far

Citing the Israeli regime’s health ministry, Aljazeera reported the number of Zionists wounded in the ongoing war has reached 2,382.

Twenty-two of them are in critical condition and 345 are seriously injured, according to the ministry.

Later on Monday, the Israeli regime’s military said that 16 more soldiers were killed in the Hamas operation.

Zionists’ death toll from Hamas attack estimated to top 1,000: report

The Zionist death toll from the Hamas’ surprise attack is estimated to top 1,000, Anadolu Agency quoted Zionist media as saying on Monday, adding that there has been no official confirmation so far by the Israeli regime’s officials of the new toll.

The reports added that over 150 Zionists are also believed to be held captive by Hamas.

Palestinian death toll from Israeli regime attack increases to 456

Palestine Red Crescent Society announced on Monday that 456 Palestinians were martyred following the brutal attacks of the Zionist regime.

78 children and 46 women are among the martyrs, according to the reports.

UN Security Council fails to agree on statement on Israeli regime-Hamas war

The UN Security Council has met behind closed doors in an emergency session amid the war between the Israeli regime and Hamas but failed to achieve the unanimity needed for a joint statement, according to Aljazeera.

The council met for about 90 minutes and heard a briefing from the UN Middle East peace envoy Tor Wennesland.

Hamas says detained over 100 Zionists, including military officers

A member of Hamas’ Political Bureau said that more than 100 Zionists, including high-ranking military officials, were captured and moved to the Gaza Strip.

“More than a hundred. Among them are high-ranking officers,” the member of the Political Bureau told Al-Ghad broadcaster when asked about the number of detained Zionists, Sputnik reported.

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