Middle East, news on the war. Tajani: "Israel must guarantee Pizzaballa's safety in Gaza."
"I am in contact with Cardinal Pizzaballa, who, together with Patriarch Theophilus, is entering Gaza with a cargo of 500 tons of aid for the civilian population. The Italian government calls on Israel to cease military action and to fully guarantee the safety of the two envoys on their important mission." This was written in X by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
New Israeli raids on Gaza, at least 14 dead
A new wave of raids this morning in the Gaza Strip. According to Palestinian authorities, at least 14 people were killed. The areas affected were Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Strip, while the Jabalia area in the north was targeted.
Tajani: "Israel must guarantee Pizzaballa's safety in Gaza."
"I am in contact with Cardinal Pizzaballa, who, together with Patriarch Theophilus, is entering Gaza with a cargo of 500 tons of aid for the civilian population. The Italian government calls on Israel to cease military action and to fully guarantee the safety of the two envoys on their important mission." This was written in X by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
Pizzaballa in Gaza after the raid on his parish. The Greek Orthodox Patriarch was also with him.
Damascus: "The army is preparing to return to Sweida."
Syrian security forces are preparing to redeploy in the southern town of Sweida—from where they had just withdrawn—to quell clashes between Druze and Bedouin that have caused hundreds of deaths since last Sunday. This was stated by a spokesperson for the Damascus Interior Ministry, cited by the Times of Israel. The announcement comes after the Syrian presidency accused Druze fighters of violating the ceasefire that led to the withdrawal of government forces.
Hamas denounces Israel's blockade of humanitarian aid: "Stop the genocide."
Hamas has reiterated its call for "urgent action" from Arab countries and the UN, as the famine in Gaza has reached "dangerous levels" due to Israel's blockade of humanitarian aid. "The occupation government's exploitation of hunger and deprivation of basic necessities in the Gaza Strip as a tool of genocide, which has lasted for over twenty-one months, represents a persistence in committing the most heinous crimes of modern times against children and innocent civilians," Hamas said in a statement shared on Telegram and reported by Al Jazeera. "We call on Arab and Islamic countries and the United Nations to act urgently and apply pressure to lift the blockade, allow food and humanitarian aid into the Strip, and end this brutal cycle of killing, genocide, and starvation in the Gaza Strip."
France, Germany, and the UK threaten Iran with Kallas: "A nuclear deal or we'll reinstate sanctions."
France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the head of European diplomacy have communicated to Iran their "determination" to reinstate UN sanctions if there is no progress towards an agreement on Tehran's nuclear program in the coming weeks, according to the French Foreign Ministry. The foreign ministers of the three countries and Kaja Kallas communicated to their Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi "their determination to resort to the so-called 'snapback' mechanism—which allows for the reinstatement of all international sanctions against Iran—in the absence of concrete progress" towards an agreement on Iran's nuclear program "by the end of the summer."
Syrian presidency accuses Druze of violating ceasefire
The Syrian presidency has accused Druze fighters in Sweida of violating the ceasefire that led to the withdrawal of government forces from the southern province on Thursday. In a statement, the presidency accused the "outlawed forces"—the government's term for Druze factions in Sweida—of violating the agreement with "horrific violence" against civilians, including "crimes that completely violate mediation obligations, directly threaten civil peace, and lead to chaos and a collapse of security." The presidency also warned against "the continued and blatant Israeli interference in Syria's internal affairs, which only leads to further chaos and destruction and further complicates the regional situation."
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