Jul. 2 at 3:57 PM
Iran’s military HQ warns any US interference in the Strait of Hormuz will be met with a “decisive & swift response”
US & Oman are looking for ways to break Iran's insistence on charging tolls for ships to pass thru the Strait of Hormuz
Tehran says a “communication channel” will be established w/ Washington to report & discuss breaches of the interim deal
Iran has lodged a protest at the UN over Israel’s latest death threat against its Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei describing it as “state terrorism”
Iran has criticised a US-led regional security meeting hosted by Bahrain, after senior military officials from 12 Middle Eastern countries met w/ US Central Command (CENTCOM) to discuss regional defence cooperation and maritime security
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei accused Washington of seeking to conceal the US’s “destabilising policies and lawless behavior in the region” and urged regional states to “remain vigilant & draw clear lessons from the most recent US & Israeli military aggressions”
Israel's Defence Forces said it continued operations within southern Lebanon's security zone
Lebanese President said we will not give up an inch of Lebanese territory to Israel
Lebanon’s health ministry says at least 4,298 people killed & 12,196 wounded by Israeli attacks since March 2
More than 80% of Gaza’s buildings have been destroyed since Oct 2023, leaving an estimated 68M tonnes of rubble — the equivalent of 11 Great Pyramids of Giza. Israeli forces are in control of 80% of the territory. Gaza’s Govet Media Office said that at least 73,066 Palestinians have been killed in the enclave. More than 21,500 of those killed in Gaza were children, including 1,022 babies, it added. A further 9,500 people are missing, many believed to be buried under rubble, while 173,514 have been wounded. 223,000 tonnes of explosives have been dropped by Israel on Gaza during the war – 16 times more than what the US dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945 with the atomic bomb. Gaza’s entire population is at extreme risk of famine with nearly 400,000 people surviving on one meal a day and 62 percent of primary healthcare medications out of stock. The UN said human development in Gaza has been set back 77 years with life expectancy falling to 40.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: “We need to complete the conquest of the remaining area, defeat Hamas & establish a belt of Jewish settlements that will serve as a security buffer for Sderot and the Gaza border communities”
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