Says it will trade captives for thousands of Palestinians held by Israel
Israeli continued its bombardment of Gaza Strip on Monday. Pic/AP
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that Hamas potentially was ready to release the nearly 200 hostages it is holding if Israel stops its campaign of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. The militant group hasn’t acknowledged making such an offer.
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani spoke at a news conference in Tehran. Iran’s theocracy is a main sponsor of Hamas in its fight against Israel, Tehran’s regional archenemy. Hamas officials “stated that they are ready to take necessary measures to release the citizens and civilians held by resistant groups, but their point was that such measures require preparations that are impossible under daily bombardment by the Zionists against various parts of Gaza,” Kanaani said.
Hamas has said it will trade the captives for thousands of Palestinians held by Israel in the kind of lopsided exchange deals that have been reached in the past. Iran has warned it could enter the war as well.
Israel orders people near Lebanon border to evacuate
An Israeli artillery shell explodes over a house in a Lebanese border village. Pic/AP
The Israeli military has ordered people living in 28 communities near the Lebanese border to evacuate. The order on Monday comes as there’s been increasing cross-border fire between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite militia, Hezbollah. The military order affects communities that are within 2 km of the border. Hezbollah has said the increased strikes were a warning.
Hezbollah takes out Israeli cameras
Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has started destroying surveillance cameras on Israeli army posts along the border with Lebanon. Hezbollah’s military media arm released a video showing snipers destroying surveillance cameras placed on five points along the Lebanon-Israel border. Hezbollah’s aim appears to be to prevent the Israeli army from monitoring movements.
30 Americans killed; 13 missing
The US State Department says the number of Americans killed since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas has risen to 30. “At this time, we can confirm the deaths of 30 US citizens. We extend our deepest condolences to the victims and to the families of all those affected,” the State Department said.
Man kills Muslim boy in hate crime
A 71-year-old Illinois man was charged on Sunday with a hate crime, accused of fatally stabbing a young boy and seriously wounding a woman because of their Islamic faith and the Israel-Hamas war, authorities said. Officers found the 32-year-old woman and 6-year-old boy late on Saturday morning at a home in an unincorporated area.
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