In yet another contentious move, the Israeli far-right minister, Bezalel Smotrich, advocats for the regime’s complete control over the occupied West Bank by 2025.

A senior Hamas official has warned of Israel’s plans to annex the West Bank and drive Palestinians out of their villages.

The Iranian Embassy in London strongly condemns the Israeli prime minister over obliterating the West Bank during an address to the media about the importance of the Philadelphi Corridor between Gaza and Egypt.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made an unannounced visit to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula's declared independence from Ukraine.

An Israeli legislator from the right-wing Likud political party is preparing a bill on the annexation of the strategic Jordan Valley, which comprises a third of the occupied West Bank.

Palestinians welcome a vote by the UN General Assembly requesting that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) provide an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has formalized the rejoining process of the regions which are now part of Russian territory.