US lawmakers push bill to halt $3. 3bn in military aid to Israel Palestinian-American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib says she will support a bill seeking to block about $3. 3bn in US military aid to Israel, before a vote expected later this week.
Israel's 'kill first' strategy is now aimed at Turkey. Will the region respond? he US administration has signed two mutually contradictory deals to end its war on Iran .
Iran says it is pursuing diplomacy but remains ready for war Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf says Tehran is prioritising diplomacy with the US, but remains prepared for war. "We are pursuing dialogue, but if the dialogue is not implemented, we are also prepared for war and will respond accordingly," Qalibaf said in an interview on state television. His comments came as Iranian and US delegations were due to hold separate discussions in Doha.
IRGC says it killed six separatists in northwestern Iran Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it foiled a cell of separatists attempting to enter the country's northwest to carry out "acts of sabotage and terrorism". The IRGC said it launched the operation after learning that the group had entered Iran's northwestern border areas, according to a statement cited by the semi-official Tasnim news agency. All six members of the separatist cell were ambushed and killed, it said.
Vance says oil traffic through Strait of Hormuz has returned to pre-war levels US Vice President JD Vance says oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has "reached its pre-war height". "The Strait is open in the sense that we're seeing more oil come out," Vance said. "Some days there's actually more oil coming out of the Strait than before the war even started, so there's this element that the world economy is coming back into gear.
Trump-backed Gaza security force says tactical vehicles have arrived near Strip Trump's so-called Board of Peace says the first "tactical vehicles" have arrived at the base of the International Security Force near Gaza, as logistical preparations continue for the deployment of a multinational force in the enclave. "Tactical vehicles arrive at Logistics Support Area: Endurance," the board wrote on X, alongside photographs showing the arrival. Hazem Qassem, a Hamas spokesperson, said the group hoped the move would mark "the beginning of implementing the tasks assigned to them", including separating Palestinians in Gaza from Israeli forces and working to halt Israeli violations.
Israel delays withdrawal from two southern Lebanon villages, report says Israeli officials say the planned withdrawal of Israeli forces from two villages in southern Lebanon will be delayed pending agreement on a US oversight mechanism, Israel's public broadcaster Kan News reports. "There are currently no timelines. The withdrawal will take place but it must be done properly," Israeli security officials told Kan News.
Syria's president condemns Israeli attacks near Golan Heights Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa says Syria "is neither a testing ground for foreign conspiracies nor a venue for carrying out the ambitions of others", according to Al Mayadeen. He also condemned Israeli attacks as incursions continue in southern parts of the country. On Monday, residents near the occupied Golan Heights were forced to flee their homes, while Syria's Foreign Ministry condemned "the Israeli aggressions", calling them "a flagrant violation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity".
Israeli drone attack kills two north of Khan Younis Two people have been killed and several others wounded in an Israeli drone attack north of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to the Wafa news agency. In the past 24 hours, at least eight people have been killed and 24 wounded in Israeli attacks.
Israel's 'kill first' strategy is now aimed at Turkey. Will the region respond? Submitted by David Hearst on Tue, 06/30/2026 - 18:10 Hard power is needed to halt Tel Aviv's reckless quest to redraw the borders of the Middle East A protester holds a placard outside the Israeli embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, during a demonstration against a previous Israeli war on Gaza in July 2014 (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP) Off The US administration has signed two mutually contradictory deals to end its war on Iran .
Israel always knew southern Lebanon Shia villages ‘had to disappear’, minister says Submitted by Ayse Betul on Tue, 06/30/2026 - 15:08 Israel’s Operation Silver Plow has served as a cover for the systematic destruction and depopulation of residential border villages Destruction seen after Israeli military strikes on a neighbourhood in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre, 23 June 2026 (Joseph Eid/AFP) Off The destruction of villages in southern Lebanon was inevitable from the beginning of Israel ’s invasion, an Israeli minister openly admitted on Monday. Defence Minister Israel Katz said during a briefing with military correspondents that “it was clear during Operation Silver Plow that the Shia villages along the contact line had to disappear”. He hinted that the Israeli military sought the total destruction of border towns along the "Yellow Line" , the buffer zone south of the Litani River.
How the UAE continued supporting Sudan's RSF through Haftar and Libya Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Tue, 06/30/2026 - 12:10 Sudanese paramilitary fighters are being trained in Libya, new investigation finds, as UAE continues to deny involvement Libyan army vehicles take part in the "Dara’ al-Karama 2" military exercises, conducted by the Libyan National Army, under the command of Khalifa Haftar, in the Ras al-Alba region in southeastern Libya on 16 May 2026 (AFP) Off Sudanese , Egyptian and Libyan sources have revealed the shifting nature of the United Arab Emirates ’ support for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) through Libya, as a new investigation has uncovered the presence of military camps training RSF fighters there. Despite the pressure brought on Abu Dhabi by the war on Iran and an Egyptian bombing campaign targeting RSF weapons convoys that originate in Libya, the UAE and Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) are still supporting the Sudanese paramilitary group, which has been widely accused of genocide. Fighters from the RSF are also being trained to use weapons supplied by the UAE at military camps across Libya, a joint investigation from Lighthouse Reports, Sudan War Monitor and Evident revealed on Monday.
Assassination of Al-Arabiya journalist highlights tensions in southern Yemen Submitted by Carolina Pedrazzi on Tue, 06/30/2026 - 10:08 Analysts point to both the Houthis and UAE-backed STC as possible culprits in the killing of Mohammed Aydah Mohammed Aydah delivers a piece to camera from Yemen (CPJ) Off On the evening of 24 June, Al Arabiya and Al Hadath correspondent Mohammed Aydah started his car outside his family's home in Mukalla, the capital of Yemen's eastern Hadramaut governorate, when an IED planted under his driver's seat detonated. He had just dropped his family off at home and was on his way to meet a friend. The blast set his vehicle ablaze on Sitteen Street, near the Pakistani School in central Mukalla.
Israeli army raids Palestinian charity in Nablus, orders year-long closure Israeli military forces raided the headquarters of the Solidarity Charity Association in the occupied West Bank’s Nablus on Tuesday, declaring the organisation closed for a year, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. According to local residents, military vehicles and trucks stormed the Balata and Askar refugee camps east of Nablus before troops broke into the charity's offices and vandalised the building for more than two hours. Israeli troops eventually sealed the entrance to the building and posted a military order declaring the association, also known as the Al-Tadamon Charitable Society, shut down on allegations of "supporting terrorism.
Israeli drones, warplanes target southern Lebanon towns An Israeli drone dropped a stun grenade on a house in the southern Lebanese town of Haddatha in the Nabatieh district of southern Lebanon , the Lebanese National News Agency reported on Tuesday. A second stun grenade was dropped near the eastern side of nearby Braachit, located in the Bint Jbeil district of Nabatieh. Israeli warplanes also carried out a pre-dawn air strike on the town of Deir Seryan, the agency added.
Eight Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza over past 24 hours One Palestinian was killed on Tuesday morning in an attack by Israeli forces on Salah al-Din Street in southern Gaza City, according to sources at al-Ahli Arab Hospital. A separate drone strike targeting a house in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City the same day wounded two people, including one who is in critical condition. Over the past 24 hours, eight people were killed, and 26 were wounded in Israeli attacks across Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Iran war has cost average American household $1,000: Moody's economist Citing an estimate by Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi, CBS reported that the biggest driver of the increase has been gasoline prices, which climbed to a peak of $4. 56 a gallon in May before dropping below $4 earlier this month. Zandi estimates that Americans have spent about $300 more on regular gasoline since the US and Israel started the war on 28 February.
Hamas denounces international silence after Gaza attack A young Palestinian girl was killed after Israeli warplanes bombed tents sheltering displaced families in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Hamas. Hazem Qassem, a spokesman for the group, said the child was the latest victim among thousands of Palestinian children killed during the war. “The crimes continue while the world watches and hears everything but does nothing,” Qassem said, condemning what he described as international silence over the conflict.
Turkiye, Arab nations condemn Israeli incursions into Syria Turkiye and several Arab nations and organisations have condemned Israel's latest incursions and attacks in Syria's southern provinces of Quneitra and Deraa. Türkiye said the Israeli actions violated Syria's "territorial integrity, unity and sovereignty", harmed civilians and made conditions in the region increasingly difficult. Saudi Arabia expressed its "total rejection" of what it described as the intimidation of civilians by Israeli forces and condemned violations of international law.
Video: Far-right Israeli minister Smotrich calls for Jewish settlements in Gaza Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the establishment of Jewish settlements within Gaza, claiming that the Israeli military controls nearly 70 per cent of the strip. He stated that preparations are already in place to build three settlements in the northern perimeter of Gaza, adding that the initiative is awaiting only a "green light" from the prime minister and the defence minister. “We must complete the conquest of the remaining 30 per cent.
