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Here’s where things stand on Tuesday 1 July 2025:
- Israel has launched dozens of air strikes across Gaza with northern Gaza City in its crosshairs after the military issued forced evacuation threats, raising fears of an intensified ground assault.
- Israeli forces killed at least 80 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn with dozens wounded including in an attack on Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah.
- Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid urged an end to the war, saying there was “no longer any benefit” for Israel to continue.
- Egypt’s foreign minister says his country is working on a new Gaza deal that includes a 60-day ceasefire in exchange for the release of some Israeli captives.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 56,531 people and wounded 133,642, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7 attacks, and more than 200 taken captive.
Israel admits soldiers shot dead Palestinians at aid distribution sites
The Israeli army has admitted that Palestinian civilians were shot dead by soldiers at aid distribution centres in Gaza, saying it has issued new instructions to troops based on “lessons learned”.
A spokesperson said that Palestinians “have been harmed” and the incidents “are under review by the competent authorities”.
Nearly 600 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces at aid distribution sites across Gaza. A report earlier this month by Israeli media outlet Haaretz reported that Israeli soldiers were “ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present”.
UK court rejects bid to halt transfer of F-35 parts to Israel
Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government’s decision to allow the export of Lockheed Martin F-35 jet parts to Israel is lawful despite accepting that they could be used in breach of international humanitarian law.
BBC says it should’ve shut down Bob Vylan’s ‘death’ to Israel army chants
The BBC has expressed regret for failing to pull a livestream of rap duo Bob Vylan’s performance at the Glastonbury Festival as the group led crowds of music fans in chants calling for “death” to Israel’s military.
The British broadcaster called the chants “anti-Semitic” and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said there was no excuse for such “appalling hate speech”.
The Israeli Embassy to the UK said over the weekend it’s “deeply disturbed by the inflammatory and hateful rhetoric expressed on stage at the Glastonbury Festival”.
In a statement posted on social media, singer Bobby Vylan said he’s been inundated with messages of both support and hatred. “Teaching our children to speak up for the change they want and need is the only way that we make this world a better place,” he wrote.
Hamas condemns reported death of Palestinian in Israeli custody
As we reported earlier, Palestinian authorities announced that administrative detainee Loay Faisal Nasrallah, 22, died at an Israeli hospital where he was transfered to from an Israeli prison.
In a statement on Telegram, Hamas claimed that he died “due to the deterioration of his health as a result of torture and harsh conditions inside the prison”.
The group said that prisoners are kept in “catastrophic conditions”, adding that they are denied “the most basic human rights”, including medical care.
Gaza aid site attacks: ‘They fired at us indiscriminately’
Israeli forces killed at least 21 people and wounded 20 others while attempting to get desperately needed food aid in southern Gaza.
Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said it received the bodies of 11 people shot while returning from an aid site associated with the Israel-and-US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Fund in southern Gaza.
The killings are part of a deadly pattern that has killed nearly 600 Palestinians in the chaotic and controversial aid distribution programme over the past month.
Ten others were killed at a United Nations aid warehouse in northern Gaza, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Yousef Mahmoud Mokheimar was walking with dozens others when he saw troops in vehicles and tanks racing toward them. “They fired at us indiscriminately,” he said, adding he was shot in the leg, and a man was also shot while attempting to rescue him.
Israel’s opposition leader calls for end to Gaza war
Yair Lapid urged an end to more than 20 months of war in Gaza, as Netanyahu faces mounting calls to halt the fighting.
“There is no longer any benefit for the State of Israel from continuing the war in Gaza. Only damage on the security, political and economic level,” he told a meeting of MPs from his parliamentary group.
Lapid claimed that the army’s position is in line with his party.
“Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir appeared before the cabinet yesterday and said that the political echelon needs to decide on the next objective,” he said. “The meaning of this sentence is, the army has no more objectives in Gaza.”
One more Palestinian detainee dies in Israeli custody
A Palestinian administrative detainee has died at Israel’s Soroka Hospital, according to the Palestinian authorities.
Lo’ay Faisal Nasr-Allah, 22, died at the hospital where he was transfered to from from Negev Prison, Wafa news agency said in a report quoting the Civil Affairs Commission in the occupied territory.
It added that the detainee was from the occupied West Bank governorate of Jenin, adding that he was held under administrative detention since March 26 last year.
Gaza aid site attacks being monitored by German government
Germany has voiced concern over the high death toll of Palestinian civilians killed at food distribution points in the Gaza Strip.
Berlin is “very concerned about these reports, which are coming in almost daily, about incidents and violence in connection with the distribution of food”, government spokesman Stefan Kornelius said.
“People in need must not have to risk their lives to receive food.”
Asked about the Israel-and-US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has taken over aid operations from UN-led efforts, Kornelius added, “There are always deaths and injuries there and the German government is monitoring this very critically.”
A recent report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz cited Israeli soldiers confirming the killing of desperate Palestinians searching for food near the distribution centres.
Will Israel draw the US back into war with Iran?
Foreign policy expert Trita Parsi says Iran is trying to de-escalate its conflict with the US but Israel doesn’t want the fighting to end.
Iran launched missiles at a Qatari airbase used by US troops on June 23 – an attack the Qatari Foreign Ministry strongly condemned.
“There’s going to be constant, relentless pressure on Trump to get back in that war,” Parsi told Al Jazeera.
Qatar Airways to resume flights to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria
Qatar Airways says its flights to Iraq will resume today while flights to Lebanon and Jordan will restart on Tuesday after the lifting of airspace restrictions in the region imposed due to the Israel-Iran conflict.
Flights to Syria will resume on Sunday, it added.
‘Death is with us and around us every day’
Survivors of an Israeli attack on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City have described the strikes.
Hamada Abu Jaradeh said the school used to house more than 1,000 displaced families. He said at 2am [23:00 GMT on Sunday] Israel told them to immediately flee or face attack.
“The old people, the children and women got scared, and the Israelis hit the school after that. We don’t know what to do and where to go. We have been let down by the entire world for more than 630 days. Death is with us and around us every day,” Abu Jaradeh said.
Amnaa Garosha told Al Jazeera she and her family have been made homeless again.
“We were sleeping, and suddenly someone came and told us that the Israelis would target the school within five minutes. We immediately started to escape without having any of our belongings,” she said.
“A few minutes later, the catastrophe that you can see happened.”
Israel kills nearly 600 hungry Palestinians at aid centres
Since May 27, at least 583 Palestinians have been killed and 4,186 injured while waiting for food at aid distribution sites operated by the Israeli- and United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
The killings have occurred daily as famine looms over the besieged enclave. International organisations have warned for weeks that Gaza’s 2.1 million residents face catastrophic food shortages with markets emptied, clean water scarce, and aid deliveries sporadic and dangerous.
Read the full story here.
Death toll of journalists from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 228
Gaza’s Government Media Office says photojournalist Ismail Abu Hatab has been killed.
Hatab worked as a photojournalist in Gaza with several media platforms and various outlets, the office said on Telegram, adding that he also organised several photo exhibitions outside Palestine to convey the catastrophic reality of Gaza.
The office also “condemned in the strongest terms the systematic targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation”.
Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 80 people since morning
At least 80 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the besieged territory today, hospital sources told Al Jazeera.
Among those killed are 57 Palestinians in northern Gaza, and 15 aid seekers near aid distribution centres in north Rafah, in southern Gaza.
Israeli cabinet meets over ‘negotiations with Hamas’
Israeli outlet Haaretz is reporting that a cabinet meeting is taking place “to discuss negotiations with Hamas”.
We will bring you more on this as we get it.
Surge in Israeli attacks across Gaza, port area targeted
There has been a noticeable surge in attacks despite the ongoing talks and political buzz suggesting a possible end to this genocide.
In the last couple of hours, a crowd gathered in the southeastern part of Khan Younis was targeted by heavy artillery, despite being positioned far from the distribution centre and even farther from Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles.
Witnesses confirm that the crowd posed no threat. People were simply waiting for food aid. Israeli jets also struck the heart of a displacement centre near the Gaza seaport.
This area serves as a refuge for many traumatised and displaced people, offering some relief from the oppressive heat of the tents.
So far, 21 people have been killed in this attack, including women, children and the elderly. Nearly double that number are severely wounded and have been rushed to hospitals.
However, conditions in these medical facilities are beyond dire due to insufficient medical staff and supplies.
Hamas slams storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers
Hamas has again condemned the frequent incursions of settlers into the compound after another incident this morning.
Hamas said that Talmudic rituals performed by settlers under the protection of the Israeli army are “a continuation of the blatant violations of the sanctity of the mosque”.
The group also called on the Palestinians in the occupied territory to defend it.
According to the status quo dating back to 1967 at the site, the Israeli government allows the Jordan-appointed Waqf body to maintain day-to-day control of the area, and only Muslims are permitted to pray there. Israel, however, controls access.
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Let’s get you up to speed with the latest developments:
- An Israeli navy attack on a port in Gaza City has killed at least 21 Palestinians and wounded dozens.
- The Israeli army has targeted the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza.
- Israeli forces are carrying out house demolitions in Khan Younis.
- At least 60,000 children are suffering from malnutrition because of a lack of food.
- There are serious US intentions to push for a return to negotiations on Gaza, but there are complications, a Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Iran vows to continue uranium enrichment
Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, says his country will “never stop” nuclear enrichment as it is its “inalienable right”.
As a signatory to the NPT, Iran can produce peaceful nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment, as long as it remains within certain limits, Iravani told the Face the Nation programme on CBS News.
“So the enrichment is our right, and an inalienable right, and we want to implement this right. I think that enrichment will not — never stop,” he added.
Before the US and Israeli air strikes, Iran had been enriching uranium at up to 60 percent purity, and that has concerned the IAEA and critics of Tehran’s nuclear programme.
Photos: Wounded aid seekers treated at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital
European nations denounce ‘threats’ against IAEA chief
France, Germany and the UK have condemned “threats” against the head of the UN nuclear watchdog after Iran rejected its request to visit nuclear facilities bombed by Israel and the US.
Tehran has accused IAEA chief Rafael Grossi of “betrayal of his duties” for not condemning the Israeli and US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, and Iranian lawmakers this week voted to suspend cooperation with the agency.
“France, Germany and the United Kingdom condemn threats against the director general of the IAEA Rafael Grossi and reiterate our full support to the agency,” Foreign Ministers Jean-Noel Barrot, Johann Wadephul and David Lammy said in a joint statement.
“We call on Iranian authorities to refrain from any steps to cease cooperation with the IAEA,” they added.
“We urge Iran to immediately resume full cooperation in line with its legally binding obligations, and to take all necessary steps to ensure the safety and security of IAEA personnel.”
On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on X that Grossi’s insistence on visiting the bombed sites was “meaningless and possibly even malign in intent”.
Israeli attack on Gaza port kills 13 Palestinians
The Palestinian Health Ministry is reporting that an attack by the Israeli navy on a port in Gaza City has killed at least 13 Palestinians and wounded 30.
Palestinian media reported that the area that was attacked was not under a forced evacuation threat by the Israeli army.
High-profile UK figures denounce attempt to ban Palestine Action
The Labour-led UK government’s proposed ban on solidarity group Palestine Action has been condemned by critics who have called the move an “attack on democracy”.
An open letter was signed by 37 well-known figures, including actors Tilda Swinton and Steve Coogan, writers Pankaj Mishra and Kamila Shamsie, as well as poet Alice Oswald.
“Palestine Action is intervening to stop a genocide. It is acting to save life. We deplore the government’s decision to proscribe it,” it said.
“We call on the government to withdraw its proscription of Palestine Action and to stop arming Israel.”
Hearing granted for Palestine Action’s UK ‘terrorism’ legal battle
The UK’s High Court has scheduled an urgent hearing for the pro-Palestine group’s legal challenge against a decision by the British government to put it on a “terrorist” organisation list.
According to a news release from the group, Justice Martin Chamberlain granted the application and set the hearing for Friday morning.
“The court’s decision to grant an urgent hearing this week is indicative of the vital importance of what is at stake in this case, including the far-reaching implications any proscription of Palestine Action would have on fundamental freedoms of speech, expression and assembly in Britain,” co-founder Huda Ammori said.
The move by the Labour-led government came after activists from the group broke into an air force base in central England this month and claimed to have damaged two aircraft to protest against the government’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza.
“This is the first attempt in British history to criminalise direct action, political protest, as terrorism. … This would set an extremely dangerous precedent with repressive impacts right across the Palestine movement,” Ammori added.
UK court’s verdict on F-35 parts: ‘Today is not the end’
We’ve been reporting on the UK High Court’s ruling that the government can continue to transfer F-35 jet components to Israel as it continues to attack Gaza civilians with the aircraft.
Speaking outside the Royal Courts of Justice, Yasmine Ahmed, UK director of Human Rights Watch, said the judgement stood “behind the justification of national security”.
“The court today has invited parliament to now hold the executive to account, to ask questions and to ensure that the government is complying with their international obligations,” Ahmed said.
“Today is not the end. Today is the beginning of the fight we will all continue for the rights of the Palestinian people.”
Read the full story here.
Qatar outlines efforts to broker Middle East peace
A Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman has addressed the media, detailing efforts to halt Israel’s war on Gaza and keep the ceasefire with Iran intact. Here are the main news lines:
- Qatar is involved in efforts to reach an agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue, and the guarantee against a return to escalation is the commitment of all parties to a ceasefire.
- There are serious US intentions to push for a return to negotiations on Gaza, but there are complications.
- It has become difficult to accept the continued human losses in the Gaza Strip, and the continued link between the humanitarian and military aspects in Gaza cannot be accepted.
- Israeli intransigence is preventing the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip.
- There was an official apology from Iran’s president to the Qatari people in a phone call to the emir following the targeting of Al Udeid airbase.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, left, and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at Lusail Palace in Doha, Qatar
Golan to ‘remain part of’ Israel in any Syria peace deal
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar says the occupied Golan Heights “will remain part of” Israel under any potential peace deal with Syria.
The territory was seized by Israel from Syria in 1967 and later annexed in a move not recognised by the UN.
“In any peace agreement, the Golan will remain part of the State of Israel,” Saar told a news conference in West Jerusalem.
Israel is interested in establishing official diplomatic ties with Syria and Lebanon, he added.
Iran decries ‘destructive’ conduct by IAEA chief
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, that Tehran halted cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog because of what he called its Director General Rafael Grossi’s “destructive” behaviour towards Iran.
Iran’s Guardian Council has ratified a parliament-approved legislation to suspend Tehran’s cooperation with the IAEA after the war with Israel.
“The action taken by parliament members … is a natural response to the unjustified, unconstructive, and destructive conduct of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency,” Pezeshkian told Macron in a phone call, according to a presidency statement.
UK government wins court battle over supplying F-35 jet parts to Israel
The UK makes about 15 percent of each F-35 jet; however, it doesn’t make those parts specifically for Israel. They enter a global pool, and then various countries use them.
So what the UK argued is that if it stops those parts from being exported, that could have a knock-on effect on the entire international programme. It would impact the supply chain, it would impact their NATO allies, even the ability, they said, for Ukraine to defend itself from Russia’s invasion.
Now Al-Haq, a group based in the occupied West Bank, challenged that, saying that by doing so, the UK is in breach of international law, including the Geneva Convention, because those F-35s are used by the Israeli military over Gaza.
But the High Court sided with the government, rejecting that and did accept the UK’s argument that this is a strategic objective, despite acknowledging it could mean the UK is also in breach of international law.
Gaza death toll rises
Gaza’s Health Ministry says the confirmed total death toll from Israeli attacks since the start of the war in October 2023 has now risen to at least 56,531, with 133,642 people wounded.
Since Israel broke a truce agreed with Hamas on March 18, at least 6,203 Palestinians have been killed and more than 21,601 wounded.
Photos: Palestinians mourn loved ones killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City
Chaos erupts at Al-Aqsa Hospital in aftermath of Israeli attack
Videos circulating online and verified by Al Jazeera show pandemonium breaking out at the central Gaza hospital following Israeli attacks.
Footage shows people fleeing for safety while tents housing war-displaced Palestinians outside the medical facility appear damaged by the attack.
Israeli forces demolishing homes in southern Gaza
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report Israeli forces are carrying out house demolitions in Khan Younis.
The demolitions are taking place as Israeli army artillery shells also target northern Gaza City. Forced evacuation orders were issued on Sunday and again on Monday for areas of northern Gaza as a new ground invasion is expected.
Latest Israeli attack on Gaza hospital a ‘systematic crime’
We’ve been reporting on Israeli raids on Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza.
The Government Media Office condemned the attack, calling it a “systematic crime” against the Palestinian enclave’s health system.
“Its warplanes bombed a tent for the displaced inside the walls of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, resulting in injuries at the site of the bombing, material damage, and directly threatening the lives of dozens of patients,” it said.
It was the 12th time the hospital had been attacked since Israel launched its war on Gaza in 2023.
“We hold the Israeli occupation, along with the US administration and complicit countries, fully responsible for these systematic crimes, which are part of a clear policy to destroy the health infrastructure,” the office said.
At least 935 people killed in Israeli attacks on Iran
At least 935 people were killed during the recent war with Israel, Iran’s judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir has said, citing the latest forensic data.
“During the 12-day war waged by the Zionist regime against our country, 935 martyrs have been identified so far,” the official IRNA news agency quoted Jahangir as saying.
The deceased included 132 women and 38 children, he said.
Israeli politician denounces ‘Jewish terrorists’ after base attack
We’ve been reporting on the arson attack by Israeli settlers on a “security” facility in the occupied West Bank.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid told Israel’s Army Radio “the riots” were carried out by “Jewish terrorists, gangs of criminals who feel backed by the [governing] coalition”.
Footage on Israeli media showed dozens of young, religious men typically associated with “hilltop youth”, a movement of Israeli settlers who occupy West Bank hilltops and have been accused of attacking Palestinians and their property.
Videos showed Israeli forces using stun grenades as dozens of settlers gathered around the military base just north of Ramallah.
After the attack, the Israeli military released photos of burned infrastructure that it said included “systems that help thwart terrorist attacks and maintain security”.
Defence Minister Israel Katz promised to “eradicate this violence from the root” and implored settlers to remember many soldiers are exhausted reservists serving multiple rounds of duty.
Israel’s attack on northern Gaza intensifies with civilians trapped
Israel’s military action in northern Gaza is escalating after it threatened residents to flee “for your safety”.
Israeli tanks pushed into the eastern areas of the Zeitoun suburb in Gaza City and shelled several districts in the north, as aircraft bombed at least four schools after ordering thousands of Palestinians sheltering inside to leave.
“Explosions never stopped; they bombed schools and homes. It felt like earthquakes,” said Salah, 60, a father of five, from Gaza City. “In the news, we hear a ceasefire is near. On the ground, we see death and we hear explosions.”
More than 80 percent of Gaza is now an Israeli-militarised zone or under forced displacement orders, according to the UN.
Israel attacks Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza
About an hour ago, the Israeli military targeted the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Hospital. There was a huge explosion.
The army didn’t issue any warnings before it struck tents housing displaced people. Rescue operations are taking place by Civil Defence workers.
The site of the attack is about 10 metres [33ft] from our broadcast point. This is not the first time the hospital’s courtyard has been attacked. At least 10 times this facility has been squarely targeted by Israeli forces.
The hospital’s administrative office was also hit by three grenades dropped by Israeli quadcopter drones. It’s a staggering concentration of attacks on medical facilities, adding further burden on barely functioning hospitals.
Iran: Trump playing ‘psychological and media games’
Iran has criticised Trump’s shifting stance on whether to lift economic sanctions against Tehran as “games”.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said at a news conference that the US president’s comments are not aimed at solving the problems between the two countries.
“These [statements by Trump] should be viewed more in the context of psychological and media games than as a serious expression in favour of dialogue or problem-solving,” Baghaei said.
On Friday, Trump sharply criticised Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, dropped plans to lift sanctions on Iran and said he would consider bombing Iran again if Tehran enriches uranium to worrisome levels.
UK moves to ban Palestine Action under ‘antiterrorism’ laws
The UK government is moving to ban the protest group Palestine Action by branding it a “terrorist” organisation.
The ban still needs parliamentary approval, but if the bid moves forward, it would be the first time in Britain a direct-action protest group has been proscribed under “antiterrorism” laws.
At least 60,000 children suffering acute malnutrition in Gaza
A spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Khalil Al-Daqran, spoke to Al Jazeera about the ongoing hunger crisis in the besieged enclave. Here’s a summary of his translated comments:
- Israel systematically targets hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
- At least 60,000 children are suffering from malnutrition because of a lack of food.
- Israel is subjecting the children of Gaza to a policy of starvation.
- Currently, there is not a single carton of milk available for children in the Gaza Strip.
Hardline minister calls out arson attack on Israeli military base
Earlier, we reported on Israeli citizens setting fire to and vandalising an Israeli army base used for surveillance in the Ramallah area of the occupied West Bank.
Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says attacking the Israeli military is a “red line” that must be dealt with “with the utmost severity”.
A hardline supporter of illegal Israeli settlements, Ben-Gvir was previously convicted in Israel of racist incitement and support for “terrorist groups”, and has called for the deportation of all Arab citizens from Israel.
Though once widely shunned by Israel’s politicians, Ben-Gvir’s influence has grown and, alongside a shift to the right in the country’s electorate, further emboldened violence from extremist settlers in the occupied West Bank.
The incident is the latest in a series of violent attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied territory. Three Palestinians were killed last week during a raid on the town of Kafr Malek, northeast of Ramallah. Seven others were injured.
The settlers opened fire using weapons and burned vehicles and homes as Palestinian residents confronted them.
Israel has so far built more than 100 settlements across the West Bank, which are home to about 500,000 settlers – Israeli citizens living illegally on private Palestinian land in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.
Judges rule that decision for UK to provide Israel fighter jet parts ‘not for the courts’
We’ve been reporting on the verdict of a UK court to allow the transfer of components for F-35 fighter jets to Israel as it bombs the Gaza Strip.
In a 72-page ruling, judges said the case was about a “much more focused issue” than supplying Israel military hardware in its deadly 20-month attack.
“That issue is whether it is open to the court to rule that the UK must withdraw from a specific multilateral defence collaboration, which is reasonably regarded by the responsible ministers as vital to the defence of the UK and to international peace and security, because of the prospect that some UK manufactured components will or may ultimately be supplied to Israel, and may be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law in the conflict in Gaza,” the ruling said.
“Under our constitution that acutely sensitive and political issue is a matter for the executive, which is democratically accountable to Parliament and ultimately to the electorate, not for the courts.”
Usual cooperation with IAEA not possible due to lack of safety guarantees: Iran
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says Iran cannot be expected to maintain cooperation with the IAEA when nuclear sites are being attacked by the US and Israel.
He said the “security of agency inspectors cannot be guaranteed” just days after nuclear facilities were hit.
On Friday, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said on X that IAEA chief Rafael Grossi’s insistence on visiting the bombed sites is “meaningless and possibly even malign in intent”.
UK court rejects bid to halt transfer of F-35 parts to Israel
A London court has ruled the UK government’s decision to allow the export of F-35 fighter jet components to Israel during its war on Gaza is lawful.
The human rights group Al-Haq argued at a hearing last month that the decision was unlawful because it was in breach of Britain’s obligations under international law, including the Geneva Conventions. Tens of thousands of Palestinians – mostly women and children – have been killed by Israel in its bombardments of Gaza.
But the High Court dismissed the group’s challenge in a written ruling.
The United Kingdom contributes components to an international defence programme that produces and maintains the F-35s.
Defence Secretary John Healey said a suspension would impact the “whole F-35 programme” and have a “profound impact on international peace and security”.
