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US-Israeli genocide in Gaza

Gaza is witnessing more deaths and destruction as Israeli forces press ahead with their relentless air and artillery strikes across the blockaded territory. In one of the latest attacks, at least five Palestinians were killed, and several others wounded after a residential building was bombed in Safina, northwest of Gaza City. In the central Gaza City of Deir al-Balah, an Israeli airstrike targeted a Palestinian home, leaving at least NINE civilians dead and several others injured. Other parts of Deir al-Balah were also targeted by multiple air and artillery attacks, causing over a dozen fatalities. The southern parts of Gaza, including Rafah and Khan Yunis, were not spared from the regime's attacks, which killed over two dozen people on Monday. The new fatalities increased the overall toll from the regime’s genocide since October 2023 to over 50,750, with nearly 115,480 others injured. According to the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, the regime has also killed nearly 210 journalists since the onset of its aggression against Gaza.

Gaza humanitarian crisis

The heads of six UN agencies have issued a grave warning on the situation in Gaza. They called for the immediate resumption of the ceasefire in the territory, amid a deepening humanitarian crisis. The agencies warned of severe aid shortages and hunger since Israel resumed its all-out aggression on March the 18th. They said for over a month, no commercial or humanitarian supplies have entered Gaza, after Israel blocked the entry of aid trucks. The agencies noted that more than two-point-one million people are trapped, bombed and starved again, while food, medicine, fuel and other supplies are piling up behind Gaza’s closed crossings. The agencies added that at least one-thousand children were killed or injured during the first week after the Israeli genocide resumed, which is the highest one-week children death toll in the past year. Describing the humanitarian situation as unprecedented, the UN agencies said the territory is witnessing acts of war in Gaza that show an utter disregard for human life.

Iran-US negotiations

The Iranian foreign minister has rejected US President Donald Trump's claim that Tehran and Washington will hold direct talks on Iran's nuclear program. Trump made the allegation on the sidelines of his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington. In response, Abbas Araghchi reaffirmed in a social media post that the Saturday meeting between Iran and the United States in Oman will be high-level, but indirect. He added that negotiations in Oman will be both an opportunity and a test, concluding that the ball is now in America's court. His remarks came after, earlier on Monday, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran favors negotiations, but not at any cost. He added that the United States needs to prove that it truly intends to negotiate. Noting that the U-S cannot threaten Iran every day while calling for negotiations, Pezeshkian stressed that the Islamic Republic will not submit to any humiliation.

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