Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the Pasdaran, claim that 25 ships have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours
Idf, two senior Hamas figures hit in northern Gaza
The Israel Defence Forces claim to have hit two ‘senior Hamas figures’ in northern Gaza. The army said more details would be provided later.
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Gaza, Hamas armed wing confirms killing of its leader
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, today confirmed the death of their leader, Mohammed Odeh, who was killed in an Israeli raid on Tuesday evening. This was reported by the France Presse news agency. “The great martyr commander Mohammed Ali Odeh, known as Abu Amr, chief of staff of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, was killed Tuesday night in a cowardly assassination operation that resulted in his martyrdom, along with that of his wife and children, and caused a number of civilian deaths and injuries,” reads a statement from the Brigades.Israel had announced last night that it had targeted Odeh in an attack and then announced his death in the morning. Hamas had confirmed the death, but did not acknowledge that Odeh had actually succeeded the leadership of the al-Qassam Brigades to Ezzedine al Haddad, who was killed in an Israeli raid in mid-May, as claimed by the Israeli authorities.
Trump, he is negotiating to the point of exhaustion. Tehran unveils draft agreement, White House denies
Iran is “negotiating to the bitter end and wants an agreement. We are not satisfied, but we will be. We may have to go back there and finish the job.” Donald Trump is back to threatening Tehran and dictating conditions for the deal that could end the war. The tycoon made it clear that Iran will not get an easing of sanctions in return for giving up highly enriched uranium. “We’re not talking about sanctions relief or money,” he said during the White House cabinet meeting. The deal, he added, “will have to be perfect. I didn’t go through all this to get a bad one’. One of the consequences of the deal negotiated in these hours, the president pointed out, is that ‘the Strait of Hormuz will reopen immediately’. And ‘it will be open to everybody, it’s international waters, nobody will control it’. Trump then issued a warning to Arab countries: if they don’t adhere to the Abrahamic Accords, ‘I’m not sure we should make the deal’ with the Islamic Republic. “I think they owe it to us. I will not say what is subordinate and what is not,” but “we are asking for it strongly,” he continued. Asked about the possibility of Tehran’s enriched uranium ending up under the control of Russia or China, Trump replied, “I wouldn’t feel comfortable with that.” Reiterating that Iran “will never have a nuclear weapon,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed that “diplomacy is always the first option and we continue to work on that,” adding that the United States has “other options” in the event of no agreement.
