According to the English section of webangah News Agency,citing Mehr News agency and Masrawy,Syrian sources reported that Israeli drones targeted forces linked to the Syrian Ministry of Defense and their gathering points.
Local sources in As-Suwayda stated that southern Syria still witnesses extensive Israeli helicopter flights, while unmanned reconnaissance aircraft have been continuously flying for several hours.
These sources emphasized that despite a ceasefire agreement reached a few days ago in As-Suwayda under international supervision,sporadic military operations continue in the area.
The sources further noted that on July 22, Israeli drones attacked a convoy of tribal forces near Shayba city, located north of As-Suwayda.
Security tensions persist across As-Suwayda province amid ongoing clashes between local Druze groups and armed tribes from the desert region. Israeli helicopters and aircraft monitor tribal movements closely and target them around this province.
Recently, violent confrontations erupted between desert tribesmen and Druze factions in As-Suwayda. Government forces intervened to resolve the conflict but withdrew following an initial agreement.
Simultaneously occurring, Israel has conducted widespread airstrikes across various parts of Syria, citing defense of Druze communities and protection of its own security as justification for these operations.
Russian Foreign ministry Spokesperson Describes Ongoing Threats of New Attacks on Iran’s nuclear Facilities as Concerning.
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing mehr News Agency and TASS, Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated that the persistent threats of new attacks against Iran’s nuclear sites are highly alarming.
Zakharova emphasized: “The ongoing threats of missile strikes and renewed bombings targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities are deeply concerning.”
She added that the fact these threats are made under the pretext of hypothetical concerns about nuclear non-proliferation only increases their suspicious nature.
The senior Russian diplomat referred to Iran’s nuclear program as peaceful and said: “I would like to remind everyone that we are discussing nuclear weapons. Bombing nuclear facilities should not become a common occurrence or an accepted international practice. The catastrophic risks involved cannot be ignored or justified.”
Cairo praised London’s decision to move toward recognizing the State of Palestine.
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and the Egyptian Presidency’s official website, Egyptian President abdel Fattah el-Sisi expressed gratitude for UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to take steps toward recognizing the State of Palestine.
El-Sisi described London’s announcement as a correct move toward restoring the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. He added that Egypt awaits Britain to take this historic step without any conditions at the earliest prospect.
The Egyptian president emphasized Egypt’s consistent position, stating that a just and extensive resolution of the Palestinian issue remains the only path to achieving lasting peace in the Middle East.
notably, on Tuesday, Starmer declared that if Israel does not take action to end the dire situation in Gaza, britain will recognize Palestine as a state by September. He described this measure as a step supporting a two-state solution.
health sources in Gaza report more deaths, including a child, from starvation in the region.
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency via Shehab News Agency, the palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that seven deaths due to hunger and malnutrition were recorded in Gaza hospitals within the past 24 hours. Among the deceased is a child who died from severe starvation.
This brings the total number of famine and malnutrition victims in Gaza to 154, including 89 children.
This humanitarian crisis persists amid a complete siege on Gaza and Israeli military restrictions blocking food and medicine supplies. these measures have caused the collapse of public health systems and worsened the humanitarian emergency.
Israeli media report that while airlifting aid to Gaza, Israel has banned the publication of images showing Gaza’s devastation.
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and Shehab News Agency, Israeli media announced that Israel has prohibited publishing images of Gaza’s destruction.
The hebrew newspaper Haaretz revealed that the Israeli military instructed air force personnel involved in delivering humanitarian aid by air to prevent journalists from capturing or releasing images of the extensive devastation in the area.
Israeli officials reportedly warned that if videos documenting catastrophic damage in the Gaza Strip are released, they will halt aerial aid operations.
Meanwhile, Al Arabi network released footage showing aid being airlifted into Gaza.
Palestinian sources and United Nations-affiliated agencies have stated that aerial aid alone is insufficient and cannot meet the urgent needs for food and medicine among Gaza residents. They called for opening crossings to allow ground deliveries of assistance at scale.
China’s Ministry of Defense announced a joint military exercise with Russia scheduled for August.
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and AFP, China’s Ministry of Defense confirmed it will conduct a joint military exercise with Russia in August.
Zhang Xiaogang,spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Defense,stated that the exercise will include naval and air drills near Vladivostok and also joint maritime patrols in the Pacific Ocean.
He added that this drill, named “Joint Sea-2025,” is part of regular bilateral cooperation between the two countries and is not aimed at any third party.
Moscow and Beijing have expanded and deepened their military cooperation alongside growing economic and political ties in recent years, seeking to balance power against the US-led global order.
The joint exercise is set to take place ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s planned visit to China in late August. During this trip, Putin will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and participate in events marking the 80th anniversary of China’s resistance against Japanese aggression during World War II.
Putin is also expected to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The relationship between China and russia has intensified since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Before the current war began, the Zionists conducted precise calculations to determine the allowable calorie intake for Gaza. The calorie limit imposed by the zionists only permitted Palestinians to survive.
Mehr News Agency, International Desk, Elnaz Rahmat Nejad: Recent images from Gaza reveal that death wears many faces; one person is killed by direct shelling at locations distributing American-Zionist “humanitarian aid”; another dies holding a piece of bread. Someone else trying to reach a can of tuna is torn apart. Many are trampled beneath those fleeing from Israeli flames. The most merciless form of death manifests as weak ribs, decayed bones, and the sound of hundreds of thousands of empty stomachs.
The Israeli occupation regime uses a policy of “starvation” as an essential tool to break a nation’s will-from blocking seeds from entering Gaza to targeting fishing boats at sea and turning bakeries into military targets. employing hunger as a weapon is not new but continues a colonial pattern deeply rooted in history.Contemporary research on biocolonialism shows control over vital resources-water, food, seeds, soil-has been central to colonial domination across eras.
While tables around the world overflow with food, Gaza only knows hunger on its land and fire falling from its sky. gaza’s children-the most vulnerable-are primary victims of this starvation policy. The people here share not resilience or endurance but ongoing death and famine even within makeshift shelters.
Calorie Counting in Gaza
Hunger has long plagued Gaza’s 365-square-kilometer strip under siege since 2007 by Israel. Leaked documents reveal that before this latest conflict started,Israeli occupiers meticulously calculated the permissible calorie allotment for Gazans-a level allowing Palestinians merely enough sustenance to stay alive.
This nutritional equation recalls similar past calculations where colonial authorities persistent minimum food rations just enough for laborers’ productivity: Caribbean sugar plantation owners precisely measured slaves’ diets merely to keep them working alive. Today’s racist formula persists using more complex tools masked by humanitarian rhetoric.
This raises an crucial question: why does Israel limit itself not just to restricting food entry into Gaza but systematically target food production infrastructure-farms, food factories, bakeries-even olive trees?
The destruction wrought by Israeli forces aims not only at halting current production but also ensures future recovery remains unachievable-a strategy reminiscent of historic colonial wars where crippling local populations’ ability to feed themselves was considered more effective than extermination.
The Legacy of British Mandate Rule in Palestine
The persistence of colonial patterns governing food in Palestinian history is evident. From British Mandate times through Israeli occupation, fundamental changes were imposed on agricultural and food systems-each serving different yet complementary imperial projects.
The British Mandate laid foundations that redefined land ownership while instituting complex regulations transforming traditional Palestinian agriculture into a centrally administered system. Studies show that animal disease laws granting authorities control over movement ruled directly inherited from British mandate legislation later absorbed into Israel’s 1962 laws reflecting clear legal continuity with colonial governance processes.
These laws were more than bureaucratic texts-thay reshaped Palestinians’ relationship with their land through mandatory permits controlling livestock movement and agricultural products while dictating permissible crops-all designed to dismantle traditional farming economies subordinated under colonial authority.
Israeli control over Palestinian food systems extends beyond wartime blockade; it encompasses domination over every production stage-from seeds allowed for use by farmers and irrigation methods employed through transport routes and marketing channels down to Palestinian tables themselves-all monitored under strict regimes claiming public health protection against “contamination.” Yet multiple studies expose these claims as excuses rooted in long histories where medical justifications buttressed economic exploitation aimed at suppressing indigenous peoples deemed potential sources of infection or disruption justified tight controls on their movements. This system creates utter dependency among Palestinians who face restricted production capacity yet must rely wholly on Israeli goods for basic needs-including vegetables, fruits, meat, and dairy products-all funneled through checkpoints controlled by occupying forces. Each meal thus becomes daily evidence reiterating occupation realities. This model echoes African colonial experiences when diverse subsistence farming gave way entirely toward monoculture cash crops like cotton or cocoa produced predominantly for export rather than local nourishment.
Famine: A Historical Lesson
The use of hunger today as a weapon of war, vividly seen in Gaza’s siege corresponds with ugly historic precedents revealing entrenched imperial methods.The Irish Potato Famine (1845-1852),stands out dramatically illustrating how starvation served genocidal aims: while Irish staples were exported profitably to Britain millions starved or fled emigration en masse. The English government played active roles exacerbating suffering via economic policies forbidding cheap imports even amid widespread destitution enforcing humiliating relief conditions requiring labor jobs barely compensated beyond minimal rations. In India during British Raj rule famine struck repeatedly across greater scales with deadly precision:Bengal famine (1943), which claimed estimated three million lives proceeded despite grain exports continuing supporting World war II efforts externally.-Winston Churchill famously rejected Indian appeals mockingly blaming famine victims’ high birthrate comparing them disdainfully “to rabbits.” These racist remarks unveiled outright imperial ideology viewing colonized peoples dispensable servants sacrificing uniquely “for empire interests.”
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Iraqi sources report a car catching fire in the eastern province due to extreme heat.
The English section of webangah News Agency quoting Al-Furat News via Mehr News agency reported that the intense heat in Iraq has severely impacted daily life, especially for those working outdoors.
Iraqi sources confirmed that a car caught fire in Maysan province in eastern Iraq consequently of the extreme temperatures.
Following the United Kingdom and France, Malta has announced its intention to recognize the State of Palestine.
The Prime Minister of Malta declared plans to recognize Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September, according to webangah News Agency,citing Mehr News Agency and Sky News.
This announcement came just hours after similar remarks by the British Prime Minister and days after French officials expressed their support for recognizing Palestine.
The Maltese Prime Minister emphasized his country’s commitment to efforts aimed at achieving a lasting peace in the Middle East.
Earlier, opposition groups in Malta had called for an immediate recognition of Palestine by mid-July.
Ireland, Norway, and Spain also officially recognized Palestine last May.
The President of the United States, a key supporter of the Zionist regime’s crimes, referred too his wife’s reaction upon seeing images of starving children in the Gaza Strip.
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency adn Russia al-Youm, nearly two years after the brutal attacks by the Zionist regime on the Gaza Strip-which have resulted in over 60,000 Palestinians being massacred by Israeli occupiers-U.S. President Donald Trump, returning from Scotland to Washington, said that photos published from Gaza upset Melania.
He added: “Melania believes that conditions in Gaza are terrible. there is no other way to describe it but terrible.”
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza,since October 7,2023,Israeli military attacks have killed 60,034 people.
The Palestinian medical authority also reported that total injuries caused by Israeli army offensives in Gaza since the war’s onset have reached 145,870.
