Revolutionary Guards-aligned Nour News blasts Israeli officials' "unexpected" meeting with Russia's envoy to Vienna talks Mikhail Ulyanov and International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi.
Long-range nuclear-capable Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bombers are also deployed to Hmeimim airbase ahead of a large exercise intended to train for action to “fend off military threats against the Russian Federation.
Yosh Zarka travels to Austria to take part in meetings with head negotiators, according to Israeli media reports that have not been corroborated by any official government source.
According to Turkish media, Ankara has informed Hamas that its "members holding military ranks will not remain" in the country and "will not receive military assistance."
Iran is "in a hurry" to strike a new nuclear accord as long as its national interests are protected," Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says. Head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council says the talks "have reached a stage where the outcome can be announced without speculation and with certainty."
Defense official say the terrorist group controlling the Gaza Strip has been stepping up its effort to breach the underground barrier Israel dug on its border with the coastal enclave.
"We put our hopes on the east, west, north, south of our country and never have any hope in Vienna and New York,” Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says in a speech commemorating the 43rd anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution.
Michel Aoun appears to admit country adopted a tougher position in negotiations in an effort to achieve original demands. Beirut, Washington, Jerusalem "in a rush" to close a deal, he says.
"Lebanon has been out of the economic waters game for a long time. The Syrians have ‘taken a bite’ from gas reserves to the north – and the maritime border between Syria and Lebanon has never been finalized," analyst says.
The men crossed a barbed wire fence inside Gaza but did not advance past the main security barrier along the frontier, the IDF says.
