<article data-history-node-id="432009" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-still-committing-genocide-gaza-despite-ceasefire-says-amnesty" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-still-committing-genocide-gaza-despite-ceasefire-says-amnesty" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel still committing genocide in Gaza despite ceasefire, says Amnesty</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Global human rights body Amnesty International on Thursday said Israel is continuing the genocide in Gaza, more than a month after a ceasefire was announced and all living Israeli captives were released.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, by continuing to deliberately inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction, without signalling any change in their intent," Amnesty International said in a statement.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal. But while Israeli authorities and forces have reduced the scale of their attacks and allowed limited amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the world must not be fooled. Israel’s genocide is not over,” said Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="431567" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-military-detain-least-four-palestinians-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-military-detain-least-four-palestinians-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli military detains at least four Palestinians in West Bank </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli forces stormed east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, raided several homes in Balata camp&nbsp;and arrested three citizens, Muhammad Hamdallah Hashash, Ahmed Salah Sabah, and&nbsp;Iyad Kayed Hashash, according to the Palestinian Information Centre.</p> <p>The military also&nbsp;arrested former detainee Muhammad Naji Sabha after storming his home in Anabta, east of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, Quds news agency reported.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="426151" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-ready-war-israel-will-continue-nuclear-programme-says-president" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-ready-war-israel-will-continue-nuclear-programme-says-president" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Iran ready for war with Israel, will continue nuclear programme, says President Pezeshkian</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that Iran is ready for any war that Israel may wage against it, Al Jazeera <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/23/iran-ready-for-war-with-israel-will-not-halt-nuclear-programme-pezeshkian">reported</a>.<br> <br> “We are fully prepared for any new Israeli military move, and our armed forces are ready to strike deep inside Israel again,” the Iranian leader said.<br> <br> Pezeshkian also said that Iran is not optimistic about the ceasefire. "That is why we have prepared ourselves for any possible scenario and any potential response. Israel has harmed us, and we have also harmed it,” the Iranian leader said.<br> <br> He rejected US President Donald Trump's claim that the Iran's nuclear programme was over and said that the country's nuclear capabilities are in the minds of its scientists and not in the facilities.<br> <br> “Trump says that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon and we accept this because we reject nuclear weapons and this is our political, religious, humanitarian and strategic position. We believe in diplomacy, so any future negotiations must be according to a win-win logic, and we will not accept threats and dictates,” he said.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (C) watches a military parade during a ceremony marking the country's annual Army Day in Tehran on April 18, 2025. Atta KENARE / AFP" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="44892ba8-e74c-4a9f-80e6-e34ac7b9a6ca" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_42QB62M.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (C) watches a military parade during a ceremony marking the country's annual Army Day in Tehran on April 18, 2025. Atta KENARE / AFP" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (C) watches a military parade during a ceremony marking the country's annual Army Day in Tehran on April 18, 2025. Atta KENARE / AFP</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

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