By Usaid Siddiqui, Mariem Bah and Priyanka Shankar
- In a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the SCO summit with India’s PM Narendra Modi, Iran’s president insisted that “Iran never welcomes war” but the US “has not fulfilled its commitments”.
- Iran says it has attacked US bases in Jordan and US military targets at the Al Minhad airbase in the UAE after US forces bombed two rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island.
Palestinian families forced out of homes in Nablus have nowhere to go
Israeli bulldozers continue to demolish Palestinian homes in Nablus, north of the occupied West Bank.
Two residential buildings, comprising six apartments, have been levelled.
The Israelis allege that these homes were built without a permit and that this area has been under the control of the Israeli forces since the start of the year.
According to the UN Humanitarian Commission, Israeli forces have demolished more than 870 buildings – commercial, industrial or residential – in the occupied West Bank. More than 534 Palestinian children are now forcibly displaced as a result of the continued policy of demolition imposed by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank.
We have spoken to some of the Palestinian families forced out of their homes. They say they have nowhere to go. This is forced displacement by Israel.
Once they leave their homes, they have no other option but to rent a flat. But as a result of the deteriorating economic conditions in the occupied West Bank, these families cannot afford the rent.
That’s why they have no option. At the end of the day, they might end up living in a tent on the ruins of their homes.
Three killed in Israeli attack on Gaza City
At least three people have been killed by a drone-fired missile strike on a vehicle in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Gaza is reporting.
Turkey working on roadmap for more countries join in Mecca defense pact
Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan says Ankara is working on a roadmap for other countries to join the Turkey–Saudi Arabia–Pakistan joint defence pact.
Trump ‘cannot dream of trying to make Strait of Hormuz’ US territory
The chief spokesperson of Iran’s army, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, says Trump “cannot dream of trying to make the Strait of Hormuz” a US territory.
According to a report by Iran’s Tasnim news agency, in an interview with Iran’s Defa press about the war, Shekarchi said: “We will not allow the presence of Americans in this region; we are determined to expel Americans from the West Asian region”.
