"Iran is not at a stage to talk about finalizing the deal ... We have given our preliminary considerations to the proposals made by the EU," Iranian Foreign Ministry official tells IRNA news site.
Revolutionary Guards Commander Gen. Hossein Salami slams the IDF's counterterrorism campaign against the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad in Gaza, says Israel "once again showed its occupying and aggressive nature."
Palestinian official, speaking to Israel Hayom, shares some insights about why Hamas opted not to join the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's campaign against Israel.
Fuel trucks can now supply the only power plant in Gaza, which was down to producing about eight hours of electricity a day.
The latest clashes have echoed preludes to previous Gaza wars, though they have been relatively contained as Hamas, the governing Islamist terrorist group in the Gaza Strip and a more powerful force than Iranian-backed PIJ, has so far stayed out.
“We believe that the resistance will have the upper hand in this battle,” says Hassan Nasrallah, noting that “it is clear that the enemy always miscalculates."
Iran's Intelligence Ministry announces the arrest of 10 suspects with links to the Islamic State group who had planned attacks during Ashoura rallies next week: "The Zionist criminal regime... this time around, tried to carry out its terrorist operations through takfiri ISIS teams."
Time isn't on our side. Settlements continue to expand, Israel is signing accords and normalizing relations with counties in the region as if the Palestinian issue doesn't exist," says Ahmad al-Deek, a senior political adviser to the PA's foreign minister.
The IRGC identified the five deceased fighters, providing few details about their deaths with the exception of Gen. Abdollah Eskandari – a decorated commander who became known as the “headless general” after his capture and beheading by Syrian rebels in May 2014.
Enrique Mora, the European Union official who chairs the talks, says negotiations will focus on the most recent draft on restoring the agreement. It is unclear whether other parties to the accord would attend the surprise summit, nor if there had any progress after a monthslong stalemate and fruitless round of indirect talks between Iran and the US,
