TEHRAN -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has said the country's continuation of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is contingent upon the UN nuclear watchdog correcting its "double-standard behaviors" towards Tehran's nuclear program.
Pezeshkian made the remarks in a phone call with President of the European Council Antonio Costa on Wednesday night, in which the two sides discussed the latest international developments, especially the recent conflict with Israel and the future of relations between Tehran and the European Union, according to a statement published on the website his office on Thursday. (Iran-IAEA-Nuclear Program)
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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi military spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday that the group had launched a ballistic missile towards Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel, which was reportedly intercepted by Israel's defense systems earlier in the day.
The Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement broadcast by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV that the attack "has achieved its goal." (Yemen-Israel-Houthi Attacks)
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GAZA -- At least 15 children and women were killed and dozens wounded while waiting for food aid in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday in an Israeli airstrike, according to Palestinian medical sources.
Eyewitnesses said that the attack took place in an area designated by the Israeli army as "green and safe," where a queue of women and children were waiting to receive nutritional supplements for kids suffering from malnutrition and severe anemia caused by the continued Israeli restrictions on the entry of aid into the coastal enclave. (Gaza Strip-Israel-Killings)
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel is prepared to negotiate a permanent ceasefire in Gaza during a proposed 60-day truce, but only if the territory is fully demilitarized.
"At the beginning of the ceasefire, we will enter negotiations for a permanent end to the war, that is, a permanent ceasefire," Netanyahu said in a video message from Washington, where he is currently visiting.
"In order to achieve that, it must be done under the basic conditions we've set: Hamas must lay down its arms, Gaza must be demilitarized, and Hamas can no longer possess any governing or military capabilities," he said. (Israel-Hamas-Ceasefire Negotiations) Enditem
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