Tehran [Iran], July 27 (ANI): Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Sunday commended Hezbollah for its steadfast stance against Israel, characterising the Lebanese movement's perseverance as a beacon of liberation for oppressed communities globally. In an official statement released by his office and reported by Press TV, Khamenei responded to a letter of allegiance from Hezbollah fighters.
Trump shares AI-generated images targeting Iran, Kharg Island US President Donald Trump on Sunday shared a series of AI-generated images on his social media platform Truth Social, depicting the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker and a strike on Iran's Kharg oil export terminal.
The latest attacks come two days after a clash between settlers and Palestinians near the village of Tal, which left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead.
Neither the US nor Iran have launched attacks in the last two nights, after almost two weeks of tit-for-tat strikes risked derailing talks to permanently end the war.
For the first time in nearly two weeks, Iran passed two nights without new US strikes, creating the first real pause in a campaign that appears to have evolved well beyond protecting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Israeli forces raid Qalandiya refugee camp, injure Palestinian Israeli forces raided the Qalandiya refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem, and injured a Palestinian, the Wafa news agency reported. A large number of soldiers entered the camp and fired live ammunition, local sources told Wafa. The forces also stopped several cars and fired stun grenades and tear gas, according to the report.
Israeli settlers establish three new outposts in West Bank Israeli settlers established three new outposts on Palestinian-owned land in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the Wafa news agency reported. Dozens of settlers erected a tent and brought water tanks and storage containers to Tel al-Asur, between the towns of al-Mughayyir and Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah, local sources told Wafa. The sources said the area had faced escalating violent settler attacks, land seizures and settlement expansion.
Israeli security cabinet approves allowing international force into Gaza beyond Israeli-occupied areas Israel's security cabinet has approved allowing a proposed international force for Gaza enter parts of the enclave that are not under Israeli occupation, according to an Israeli official. The proposed International Security Force is part of the US-backed plan for Gaza proposed in October.
Iran has warned countries in the region and beyond against providing support for US aggression Iran has urged countries worldwide against aiding the US in the war against the country, warning that any support for the aggression will make them legitimate targets for retaliation.
Iran has warned countries in the region and beyond against providing support for US aggression Iran has urged countries worldwide against aiding the US in the war against the country, warning that any support for the aggression will make them legitimate targets for retaliation.
Iran foreign minister says Ukraine's attack on Iranian vessel 'cannot go unanswered' Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel "cannot go unanswered". His comments came in calls with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Araqchi posted on X. Zelenskyy has attacked an Iranian commercial vessel, killing a sailor.
Thousands of US troops could storm Irans nuclear sites to seize enriched uranium, according to New York Post The Pentagon is contemplating what could become "the most sophisticated operation in military history" to seize Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium, the New York Post reported on Saturday, citing sources.
Thousands of US troops could storm Iran's nuclear sites to seize enriched uranium, according to New York Post The Pentagon is contemplating what could become "the most sophisticated operation in military history" to seize Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium, the New York Post reported on Saturday,
Tehran [Iran], July 26 (ANI): Iranian media on Sunday reported that an oil tanker exploded after allegedly striking a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz after deviating from a shipping route designated by Tehran. According to Iran's Tasnim News Agency, the incident involved a 'rogue' oil tanker that had reportedly departed from the route specified by Iranian authorities before colliding with a sea mine.
Pope Leo calls to ‘suspend the attacks’ and return to dialogue Pope Leo XIV called for an end to escalating violence across the Middle East, urging those involved to “suspend the attacks” and urgently reopen channels of dialogue and diplomacy. “The intensification of military operations has again wreaked violence and destruction, endangering the lives of countless civilians and further aggravating the shortages of drinking water and electricity,” he said on X on Sunday. The pope also expressed “deep concern” over civilian casualties in Gaza and the occupied West Bank and appealed for a return to negotiations aimed at achieving a just political solution based on equal rights and dignity.
Tehran says it will halt attacks as long as US maintains pause Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its latest pause on air strikes, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday, after President Donald Trump abruptly called off his two-week-old bombing campaign. After 13 nights of intensifying US air strikes on Iran, the Pentagon abruptly suspended the campaign late on Friday, with no attacks reported on either Saturday or Sunday. Iran, which had been following each night of US attacks with its own strikes on neighbouring countries that host American bases, has also so far held fire for two days.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) stressed that the Iranian armed forces made the most of the ceasefire period to enhance their defense capabilities.
Oil tanker explodes after hitting naval mine in Hormuz, Iranian media reports An oil tanker exploded after colliding with a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media is reporting. Tasnim news agency said the vesell struck the mine after exiting a route in the waterway approved by Tehran.
Waves of settler attacks target mosques, homes and businesses across West Bank Submitted by Fayha Shalash on Sun, 07/26/2026 - 11:59 Attacks stretched from Nablus to Hebron, with Palestinian authorities calling for international action against large-scale settler violence Residents inspect the fire-damaged al-Rahma mosque in Qusra, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, after an alleged settler arson attack (Muhammed Ateeq/Middle East Eye) Off Israeli settlers on Sunday launched a series of widespread attacks across the West Bank , setting on fire two mosques in Nablus and Tulkarm and damaging heavy equipment at an industrial facility near Ramallah. Eyewitnesses told Middle East Eye that settlers also raided several towns and villages, attacked homes, destroyed vehicles and fired live ammunition to terrorise residents. The attacks targeted communities in the governorates of Nablus, Tulkarm, Ramallah, Hebron, Salfit, Qalqilya, Jericho and Jerusalem, according to Palestinian officials who said settlers were acting under the protection of Israeli forces.
