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Deccan Herald
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- Deccan Herald
Israel poised to assault last Gaza town as truce talks stall
Israel warned it would move the first time into a town in the heart of the Gaza Strip that it had earlier skirted for fear of harming hostages, as it accused Hamas of stalling at US-brokered ceasefire talks and the war's toll on Palestinian civilians Israeli Defense Forces on Sunday told Palestinians in parts of Deir al-Balah to immediately evacuate southward to a tent city for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by 21 months of fighting. The previous truce expired in early May, plunging the conflict into a deeper crisis. .Iran says it has replaced air defences damaged in war with shuttered traditional aid distribution channels in favor of a US-backed alternative, known as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which it argued would help sideline Hamas. The UN has called it discriminatory and insufficient to stave off famine for many of the enclave's residents. . In parallel, the IDF launched a set of operations with the declared aim of taking Palestinian territory — an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages from its October 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war. The Hamas government says almost 1,000 Palestinians have been killed while waiting for aid during that period. Israel has disputed the circumstances and figures. On Sunday, witnesses said Israeli tanks fired shells toward Palestinians awaiting the entry of food trucks in northern Gaza, an area that has seen intense clashes with Hamas holdouts. Sixty-seven Palestinians died, the Hamas-run health ministry said without elaborating. Chaotic aid distribution has at times led to lethal stampedes. The IDF said its troops fired warning shots in a bid to disperse thousands of Palestinians who posed a threat, and that it 'views the transfer of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip as a matter of utmost importance.'Deir al-Balah PlanWhile Israel now controls some 75% of Gaza, the Iran-backed Islamist group has stuck to its demand that any ceasefire and hostage release be tied to a full withdrawal of Israeli forces. That's been rejected by Israel. Deir al-Balah is one of a few pockets in the Gaza Strip where Israel's forces haven't maneuvered and entire buildings remain standing. That's because Israeli intelligence assessments were that hostages were held there. It's unclear if that remains the case as the new operation starts. The Hamas attack in 2023 killed 1,200 people in Israel, with another 250 abducted and taken to Gaza. Some 50 hostages remain, of whom 20 are thought to be alive. Hamas hasn't commented on the locations of hostages, whom it's threatened to execute if enemy troops approach. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, the largest advocacy group pushing for a negotiated hostage release, voiced concern at the Deir al-Balah plan. 'For the hostages, this is not a negotiating 'bargaining chip,' but a clear and present danger to their fates. Enough! A sweeping majority of the nation of Israel wants the war ended in a comprehensive deal that returns all of the hostages,' the forum said in a statement. Hamas StonewallingIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 6 sent negotiators back to Qatar, a Hamas intermediary, ahead of a White House visit during which he and US President Donald Trump voiced hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that would enable the return of 10 living and 18 deceased Gamliel, a minister in Netanyahu's security cabinet, accused Hamas of stonewalling and anticipated that Steve Witkoff, Trump's special envoy, would fly in to join the talks. 'The moment he runs things in Doha, we will see what the ramifications are,' Gamliel told Israel's Army Radio, referring to Witkoff. 'Our negotiating team is still there, in hope of coming back with good news.'Witkoff's office on Sunday said it had no travel updates at this point. Another US special envoy, Adam Boehler, said he was optimistic about a deal and credited Israel with offering army redeployments within Gaza. 'What I really want to see is Hamas take action,' Boehler said on CNN's 'State of the Union.' 'And if they don't, I will tell you something, Israel's going to have to take some kinetic action.'Hamas, which is on terrorism blacklists in much of the West, has warned that the latest deadlock endangers the hostages. 'We have sustained their survival as much as possible, until now,' Abu Obeida, Hamas armed wing spokesperson, said on Friday.'If the criminal enemy obstructs or withdraws from this round, we cannot guarantee a return to partial deals or to the proposal for the release of 10 captives,' he said. Israel says it wants to free as many hostages as possible but also wants to destroy Hamas as a military and governing institution. That would entail disarming Hamas and exiling its leaders, Israel says. Hamas has rejected those conditions. The war has killed 58,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-affiliated health ministry in Gaza, which doesn't distinguish between civilian and combatant casualties. Israel has lost more than 400 troops in Gaza combat.
News18
31 minutes ago
- News18
‘Outrage Erupts' As Iran Army Base Guards ‘Kill Four' Amid ‘Mystery Blasts' By Israel's Mossad?
Outrage has erupted in Iran following a string of mystery blasts at key military bases, which Tehran claims were the result of covert Israeli Mossad sabotage operations amid escalating tensions. Iranian state media reports that four individuals, believed to be infiltrators, were shot and killed by army base guards during one such incident, though these claims remain unverified by independent sources. The blasts are part of a broader Israeli campaign launched in mid-June 2025, involving both airstrikes and clandestine operations targeting Iran's nuclear and missile infrastructure. 00:00 INTRODUCTION03:54 'OUTRAGE' IN IRAN AFTER GUARDS 'KILL FOUR'05:12 US INSPIRED BY IRAN'S DRONE TECH?08:05 'DON'T TRY TO JUSTIFY ISRAELI, AMERICAN AGGRESSION' n18oc_crux
NDTV
38 minutes ago
- NDTV
Iran Replaces Damaged Air Defences Post-Israel Conflict
Iran has replaced air defences damaged during last month's conflict with Israel, Iran's Defah Press news agency reported on Sunday, quoting Mahmoud Mousavi, the regular army's deputy for operations. During the conflict in June, Israel's air force dominated Iran's airspace and dealt a heavy blow to the country's air defences while Iranian armed forces launched successive barrages of missiles and drones on Israeli territory. "Some of our air defences were damaged, this is not something we can hide, but our colleagues have used domestic resources and replaced them with pre-arranged systems that were stored in suitable locations in order to keep the airspace secure," Mousavi said. Prior to the war, Iran had its own domestically-made long-range air defence system, Bavar-373 in addition to the Russian-made S-300 system. The report by Defah Press did not mention any import of foreign-made air defence systems to Iran in the past weeks. Following limited Israeli strikes against Iranian missile factories last October, Iran later displayed Russian-made air defences in a military exercise to show it recovered from the attack. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
