CAIRO 26 April 2024; AP: Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, two officials said. At the same time, it warned that a possible Israeli offensive focused on Gaza’s city of Rafah — on the border with Egypt — could have catastrophic consequences for regional stability.
Birjand, IRNA - Six border guards who had been arrested by Taliban near the southeastern borders were released by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Following the necessary measures taken by Iran, six Iranian border guards who were arrested by Taliban forces an hour earlier in the southeast of the country were released.
It should be noted that this evening Taliban forces arrested 6 Iranian border guards on the pretext of illegal entry into Afghanistan.
Moscow, IRNA – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri has underscored the need for BRICS member states to make efforts to help put an end to the Zionist brutalities in the Gaza Strip.
Bagheri made the remarks during a meeting of BRICS deputy foreign ministers in Moscow on Thursday where they discussed the latest developments in the Middle East and North Africa.
MOSCOW, April 25. /TASS/. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s current visit to China is meant to shatter Russian-Chinese ties, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said.
TEL AVIV, April 26. /TASS/. Israel is ready to reduce its demand for Hamas to release 40 hostages in exchange for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza after the Palestinian movement refused an offer prepared by Qatari, Egyptian and US negotiators, The Times of Israel newspaper writes.
26 April 2024; MEMO: Israel’s Nahal Brigade has withdrawn from the Gaza Strip and has been replaced by the 679th Armored Brigade and the 2nd Infantry Brigade.
Hebrew sources reported that over the last three months, the Nahal Brigade was assigned to secure the corridor separating the Gaza Strip.
The occupation army claimed that the brigade’s soldiers killed around 1,000 resistance fighters in the corridor and destroyed 20 kilometres of tunnels.
26 April 2024; MEMO: The military wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said, Thursday, it targeted an Israeli surveillance site with mortar shells in the central Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports.
It said it targeted a newly established Israeli site for surveillance and espionage east of the Juhur Al-Deek area with mortar shells.
There has been no comment by the Israeli army.
26 April 2024; MEMO: Turkiye is making preparations for its upcoming and largest-ever domestic aircraft carrier, in the latest expansion of the country’s defence capabilities.
According to Turkish media outlets, the Turkish Naval Forces Command’s Directorate of Design Project Office (DPO) is leading a project to design and develop the largest aircraft carrier possessed by Turkiye, to date.
25 April 2024; MEMO: Children are living amid rubble in streets of total devastation in Khan Yunis, the second largest city in Gaza, according to Save the Children staff returning to the city for the first time since the war started over six months ago.
Prior to 7 October, the city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip had a population of more than 200,000 people, including about 100,000 children.
25 April 2024; MEMO: The UK has asked Israel to allow foreign observers to visit Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, according to Israeli media on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports.
The British request was about to be approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but strong opposition from far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir prevented this from happening, Maariv newspaper said.
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