Report: US conducting strikes in Iran The US army is reportedly conducting air strikes and attacking targets in Iran, according to Axios citing a senior American official. US President Donald Trump said earlier that the US would hit Iran "very hard" after an attack on the US military in Jordan.
How Israeli settler terrorism threatens the basics of Palestinian survival Submitted by Ghada Majadli on Tue, 07/28/2026 - 20:49 The healthcare infrastructure that sustains West Bank communities is collapsing amid accelerated settlement expansion and violent attacks A Palestinian ambulance drives past Israeli forces in Kafr Aqab, south of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on 27 January 2026 (Zain Jaafar/AFP) On In less than 24 hours last week, four Palestinians were killed and several were injured across the occupied West Bank, as settler attacks spread to multiple villages, leaving homes, vehicles and other property damaged and burned. In the village of Tell, southwest of Nablus, the four Palestinians were killed on Friday in a settler attack, which also resulted in the deaths of two settlers. Hours later, Israeli forces raided a Nablus hospital to arrest two Palestinians, one of whom was being treated for a gunshot wound, while military closures and checkpoints sealed off large parts of the city and surrounding villages.
Amnesty: India sent 2,596 arms shipments to Israel during genocide in Gaza Submitted by Azad Essa on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 15:05 Amnesty said its 'conservative' methodology meant it was likely underestimating the true extent of India's contribution to Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, attend a press conference in Jerusalem, on 26 February 2026 (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP) Off Indian state-owned and private companies shipped at least 2,596 consignments comprising hundreds of thousands of arms, ammunition and military components to Israel during the genocide in Gaza, a new Amnesty International report has revealed. The shipments, sent between 7 October 2023 and 30 November 2025, included machine-gun components, 155 mm high-explosive artillery shells supplied to Elbit Systems, explosive warheads for the SkyStriker "kamikaze" drones - similar to those discovered amid the ruins in Khan Younis - and armoured vehicle components destined for major suppliers to the Israeli military. According to Amnesty, these amounted to 564,970 parts of explosive ordnance (drone warheads, artillery shell casings and others); 390,516 small arms parts for military-grade weapons; and 298 components of military vehicles to large Israeli companies that supplied the Israeli armed forces.
Iraq demands evidence that attacks on Saudi Arabia originated from its territor Iraq said US-Saudi “aggression” had hampered efforts to investigate allegations that attacks on Saudi Arabia originated from Iraqi territory. “We demand evidence and proof that attacks were launched from Iraq, but no party has provided any,” the spokesperson for the commander-in-chief of Iraq’s armed forces told the Iraqi News Agency. The spokesperson added that security leaders were developing a plan to prevent attacks and protect Iraq’s sovereignty.
Iranian sources confirm US-Saudi attack killed several IRGC members Iranian sources have confirmed that at least four people affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have been killed in a joint attack by the US and Saudi Arabia, according to Al Jazeera.
Saudi Arabia seeks international coalition to protect Red Sea shipping from Houthis, two sources say Saudi Arabia is seeking to build an international coalition to protect shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks, two people familiar with the deliberations said on Wednesday. The composition of the coalition has yet to be finalised and remains under discussion with dozens of countries, the sources said.
Trump says will hit Iran hard after attack, was briefed on Egypt tankers US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the US would hit Iran very hard after an attack on the US military in Jordan. "So it's our turn," Trump told reporters at the White House. He said Washington would see if there was an agreement at some point, "but we're going to hit them very hard.
Trump and Netanyahu explored all Iran options including attack, Israeli official says US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explored all paths to curb Iran's nuclear project in their meeting, including diplomacy, economic pressure and force, a senior Israeli official said on Wednesday. Netanyahu did not tell Trump that Israel's preference was for an attack on Iran, the official said in a briefing with reporters on Tuesday. "In the end, it's his decision," the official said of Trump.
Israeli strikes kill two Palestinians in Gaza Israeli drone strikes killed two Palestinians in Gaza City and Khan Younis on Wednesday evening, Wafa news agency reported, citing medical sources. An Israeli combat drone struck people near the junction of Ahmed Abdel Aziz Street and Abdel Qader al-Husseini Street in Gaza City's Rimal neighbourhood, killing one civilian and wounding several others, medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital said. In western Khan Younis, an Israeli combat drone targeted a group of civilians in the al-Mawasi area, killing one civilian and injuring several others, medical sources at Nasser Hospital said.
Drone hits gas storage tanker in Egypt, maritime security firm says A drone has hit a US-owned gas storage tanker at Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta, Al Jazeera reported, citing maritime security firm Ambrey. Two gas tankers caught fire at Damietta, said port services firm Inchcape.
Four Iranian military advisers killed in Iraq in US-Saudi strikes, report says Four Iranian Revolutionary Guards military advisers were killed in overnight US-Saudi strikes on Iraq, Iran's Hamshahri newspaper reported on Wednesday. Iranian authorities did not confirm the losses.
Iraq vows to defend sovereignty, prevent threats to neighbours Iraq vowed on Wednesday to defend its sovereignty and to prevent its territory from being used against neighbouring countries following deadly US-Saudi strikes on the country.
Netanyahu and Lindsey Graham conspired to use sex claims against Khan to delay warrants Submitted by Imran Mulla on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 11:12 2024 recordings raise new questions about intimidation campaign targeting Khan, who was removed as ICC chief prosecutor last week Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the White House on 28 July to meet Donald Trump about the ongoing war in Iran (Andrew Harnik/AFP) Off US Senator Lindsey Graham and Benjamin Netanyahu conspired to use sexual misconduct allegations against the International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor to try and delay the court's arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister, it has emerged. The revelation raises further questions about an intensifying intimidation campaign, documented by Middle East Eye last year, which targeted Karim Khan and the ICC over his office's efforts to bring Gaza war crimes prosecutions against Israeli ministers. It comes following Graham's death earlier this month - and after Khan was removed from his role as ICC chief prosecutor last Friday in a vote by the court's member states.
Trump says US-Saudi strikes in Iraq were 'coordinated' with Baghdad US-Saudi strikes against Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq were "coordinated" with the Iraqi government, Donald Trump told Fox News. The US president "said that these strikes were coordinated with the Iraqi government," a journalist from the network stated, citing an interview with Trump.
US prosecutor who helped ICC's Karim Khan seek Israeli arrest warrants breaks her silence Submitted by Sondos Asem on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 10:05 Brenda Hollis, who supervised the team that built war crimes cases against Israeli and Hamas leaders, defends Khan's handling of the Palestine file Brenda Hollis (left) appears during the announcement by Karim Khan that he was seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, in May 2024 (ICC) Off Brenda Hollis, the US prosecutor who supervised the International Criminal Court (ICC) team that built the war crimes cases against Israeli and Hamas leaders, has defended Karim Khan's handling of the Palestine investigation, rejecting the Israeli claim that the arrest warrant applications were rushed to distract from misconduct allegations. Following Khan’s removal by the court’s Assembly of States Parties (ASP) last Friday, Hollis said that "regardless how you assess the removal of Karim, it should not be allowed to be conflated with the requests for arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders". "Let it be clear to all that he dealt with the situation in Palestine in accordance with his mandate," she wrote in a post on LinkedIn.
Iraqi group threatens US and Saudi interests after deadly attacks Iraq’s Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba has warned that US and Saudi interests will face consequences after the two countries jointly attacked armed groups across Iraq. The Iran-aligned group issued the threat on Wednesday, raising fears of further regional escalation and retaliatory attacks against Washington and Riyadh. The Popular Mobilisation Forces, an Iraqi state-sanctioned umbrella organisation comprising mostly Shia armed groups, said the overnight attacks killed at least 20 of its fighters and wounded 32 others.
‘The war caused this’: Miscarriages soar in Gaza amid Israeli bombing and siege Submitted by Nada Nabil on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 11:02 Doctors say miscarriage rates have more than tripled since October 2023 as pregnant women continue to face hunger, displacement and distress The mother of an infant who died due to malnourishment mourns as she holds his body at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on 20 July 2025 (AFP) Off A month after learning she was pregnant, Sahar al-Majdalawi began suffering agonising abdominal pain that left her screaming in distress. It was her first pregnancy after seven years of trying to conceive, and the 34-year-old displaced Palestinian feared for her unborn baby. With roads in Gaza destroyed and transport brought to a standstill by Israeli bombing, she was forced to walk for hours to the nearest hospital.
US missile strikes uninhabited area in northwestern Iran: Report A US missile has struck an uninhabited location near Iran’s northwestern border city of Piranshahr, Iranian media reported. “An American enemy missile hit an uninhabited area in the province causing no casualties,” the Fars news agency cited a local official as saying. Authorities reported no deaths or injuries.
Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr condemns attacks by pro-Iranian factions on Saudi Arabia Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 11:05 Influential Shia leader denounces firing of projectiles by 'rogue' militias and says Iraq should remain neutral Muqtada al-Sadr commands a large political bloc in Iraq with its own military wing (AFP) Off Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has urged Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and allied armed groups to stop launching attacks from Iraq. Sadr warned the groups against pulling the country into another conflict and called on Baghdad to assert state control. “Rogue militias must not give our brothers in the Gulf states a pretext to target our sacred land,” he wrote on X.
Houthis weigh fees on commercial ships crossing Bab al-Mandeb Yemen’s Houthis are considering charging commercial vessels to pass through Bab al-Mandeb, regional officials familiar with the discussions told the Reuters news agency. The proposal emerged a week after the group announced a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia on 20 July, extending the regional war beyond the Gulf and placing another crucial energy and trade route under pressure. The narrow Bab al-Mandeb Strait connects the Gulf of Aden with the southern Red Sea, providing access to the Suez Canal and Mediterranean.
