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Pezeshkian visits Iraq 

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has arrived in Iraq on his first foreign trip since taking office in July. Upon arrival, Pezeshkian paid his respects to martyrs Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and senior Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at the site of their assassination by the US. Iran’s president is leading a high-ranking delegation to Baghdad at the invitation of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. The three-day visit is expected to focus on strengthening bilateral ties and will include the signing of key documents on cooperation and security. Before the visit, he called Iraq a brotherly country, highlighting its role as an important economic, political, and social partner of Iran. Pezeshkian is scheduled to visit the holy shrines in the cities of Najaf and Karbala. His trip also includes stopovers in Basra as well as the Kurdish cities of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah.

Israel West Bank raids

The Israeli regime has killed five more Palestinians in pre-dawn aerial raids on the occupied West Bank city of Tubas. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, the missiles fired from a drone hit the vicinity of a mosque. The crews were able to retrieve the bodies of five people from the site. The Israeli military confirmed the attack on Tubas but did not provide details about the death toll. Since the beginning of the genocidal war on Gaza 11 months ago, Israeli forces and settlers have killed around 700 Palestinians and injured over 5,700 others in the West Bank. Israel also launched a large-scale offensive across the occupied territories late last month and continued for 10 days. 

US-Israeli genocide in Gaza

More than 11 months into the Israeli genocide in Gaza, the regime keeps pounding the besieged territory indiscriminately, killing more Palestinians. In the latest, Israeli strikes have killed over 30 civilians. Regime’s airstrikes targeted Jabalia, in the north, the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the center, and the southern city of Khan Yunis. Gaza City was targeted bombed, as well. The death toll from the US-Israeli genocidal war on Gaza has gone past 41-thousand. Nearly 95 thousand others have also been injured. The majority of those killed and injured are women and children. Meanwhile, Israel announced the death of two more of its soldiers and injury of another seven in a military helicopter crash in Rafah, the south of the strip. Israel has so far confirmed the death of over 700 its troopers since the regime launched the war on the besieged territory. 

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