Shari Redstone, the chairwoman and CEO of CBS News’s parent company Paramount Global, jumped to defend an anchor who confronted author Ta-Nehisi Coates for talking about the everyday horrors that Palestinians face in the West Bank under Israel’s rule.
Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, called out the U.S. and Europe for its unconditional support for Israel as it continues to carry out its killing spree in Gaza and expands the war into Lebanon.
Iran will not tolerate Gulf states allowing Israel to use their airspace during the expected retaliatory strikes and said it will regard any action of support as “an action taken by the entire group, and Tehran will respond accordingly.”
Yoav Gallant, the head of the Israel Defense Forces, told reporters last week that Israel’s retaliatory strike on Iran will be “deadly, pinpoint, accurate, and surprising”—while offering few other details.
Israel ordered the evacuation of northern Gaza on Sunday and reports out of the country indicated that the IDF appears to be kicking off its “general’s plan,” which was cooked up by retired generals and involves the ethnic cleansing of the region.
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor issued a dire report on the conditions in Gaza to mark the one-year anniversary of Israel’s genocide inside the enclave.
A group of 99 American healthcare workers, who served inside Gaza, penned an open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden that called for Washington to end its support of Israel’s brutal campaign inside the enclave—stating that the actual death toll is about three times the believed number.
At least 2,083 people have now been killed in Lebanon and nearly 10,000 wounded since the war began last October, according to Lebanon’s ministry of health.
The U.S.-backed IDF militants carried out several bombing campaigns last week across Syria—including one on Wednesday that targeted a neighborhood in Damascus known to house embassies and security headquarters.
French President Emmanuel Macron called for a “political solution” in Gaza and said France stopped sending weapons into Israel that could be used in the war.