By Edna Mohamed
- Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says negotiations on a final deal will not begin if threats continue, after US President Donald Trump warned that Washington will reach an agreement with Tehran or “finish the job”.
- The UK’s maritime agency says an “unknown projectile” has hit a tanker off the coast of Oman, causing a fire. No casualties have been reported.
Israel’s far-right national security minister boasts about “starving Palestinians”
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has boasted about starving Palestinian in Israeli detention facilities.
In a video released from a seminar held in Israel, Ben-Gvir said, “They wanted me to hand sandwiches to those terrorists. They used to come out fat; today they come in fat and leave thin. That’s how terrorists should come out.”
The far-right settler has been accused of abusing Palestinians held captive by Israel as well as foreigners who were detained by Israeli forces aboard international flotillas that were attempting to break the Israeli siege of Gaza.
In a post on X on Tuesday, Ben Gvir said the Israeli government had approved a budget of 500 million shekels or $1.6m for the country’s internal security agency, Shin Bet to establish a dedicated department to “fight against crime in Arab society”.
