Iranian state television has broadcast a segment describing efforts to reach President Donald Trump’s son Barron and referring to a $10 million reward, an unusually explicit threat against a member of the US president’s immediate family.
Israeli drone strike kills two in central Gaza An Israeli drone strike targeting displaced Palestinians in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah killed two early on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported citing medical sources. The two killed were identified as Mohammed Nasser Abu Assad and Ibrahim Nasser Abu Assad. Israeli warplanes also carried out two strikes near the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital hospital, which was located near the tents targeted.
Israeli forces storm Syria’s Quneitra, detain a civilian Israeli troops raided southern Syria’s Quneitra province on Sunday and detained a shepherd in the area, the Alikhbariah channel reported.
Tehran [Iran], August 24 (ANI): Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei on Monday warned that Tehran could halt all oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz and elsewhere in the Persian Gulf if the United States' 'economic war' against Iran continues.
Yemeni army claims attacks on Houthis The Yemeni army said it launched drone strikes on several Houthi positions, targeting gatherings, movements and barracks. While the army published footage of the alleged strikes, it did not specify where the attacks took place nor did it give figures on casualties.
Washington DC [US], August 24 (ANI): US forces have redirected 70 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two since enforcing a naval blockade against Iran, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. In a post on X, CENTCOM said, 'A U. S.
Watch: Iranians express mixed opinions over war recovery Iranians in Tehran expressed divided opinions over how the country should move forward in the face of increased US sanctions threats and recovering from damage from US and Israeli strikes. On Saturday, Iran warned that any country participating in the US's "economic war" against it would be "considered an enemy" after US President Donald Trump announced a campaign to isolate Iran economically and encouraged allies to support the move. Iranians in Tehran expressed divided opinions over how the country should move forward in the face of increased US sanctions threats and recovering from damage from US and Israeli strikes.
Yemen, US officials meet to discuss ‘countering Houthi propaganda’ Yemen's Minister of Information Moammar al-Eryani and the US Embassy's chargé d'affaires in Yemen, Neal H. Opdahl, met on Sunday, according to a post on X by the US Embassy in Yemen. The discussion between the two included “how countering Houthi lies and propaganda with timely, accurate facts is an important part of the battle," the US diplomat said.
Syria confirms US-mediated talks with Israel in Jordan to ease tensions Syria's state news agency SANA confirmed that Syria and Israel held high-level, US -mediated talks in Jordan on Sunday aimed at easing tensions following recent Israeli strikes on Syria's Abu al-Duhur airbase, citing a diplomatic source at the foreign ministry. The talks also addressed keeping Syria out of Israel- Turkey tensions, AFP reported. The meeting, the first negotiations between the two countries in several months, was held between Syrian delegation led by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and an Israeli delegation that included Mossad chief Roman Gofman.
Israel is using children’s kites as pretext to strike Gaza: Hamas Hamas said Israel is fabricating a pretext to intensify attacks on Gaza, after Israel threatened broad evacuations and air assaults if paper kites from the Strip continued to be launched. Earlier on Sunday, a statement by Netanyahu's office said Israel gave Hamas a three-day deadline to halt the kite launches. Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem responded with a statement on the group's website later on Sunday that this move amounts to "threatening children.
Washington enters ‘new phase’ in Iran war, US House speaker says The speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, said on Sunday that the United States is entering “a new phase” in the war with Iran. “I think we’re going to get into a new phase here very soon. I believe our allied nations are going to assist in the next phase, and we’ll get this finished,” Johnson said in an interview on Fox News.
Israel warns of strikes, evacuations over kites launched by Palestinian children in Gaza Submitted by Ayse Betul Aytekin on Sun, 08/23/2026 - 19:51 Israeli officials hold a special security meeting over Gaza's paper kites, warning they would be treated as drones. Boys fly a kite against the backdrop of smoke rising from a shelter that houses displaced Palestinians, after an Israeli air strike in the west of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, 31 January 2026 (Bashar Taleb / AFP) Off Kites flown by Palestinian children in Gaza are now being cited by the Israeli military as justification for further strikes and displacement across the Strip. Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Sunday that Israel gave Hamas a three-day deadline to halt the kite launches, threatening a broad air assault if they continued, and said it would evacuate areas of Gaza from which balloons, drones and paper kites are launched.
Israel threatens to intensify Gaza strikes, displace more Palestinians over kite launches Israel warned Hamas it would intensify strikes in Gaza if drones, balloons and kites continue to be launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israeli settlements, Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Sunday. Over the weekend, Israeli media reported that several kites, believed to be launched from Gaza, had landed near Israeli settlements adjacent to the Strip, noting that they were not carrying explosives and posed no danger. Netanyahu and defence minister Israel Katz held a meeting on Sunday with the Israeli military chief of staff, the head of the National Security Council and other officials, according to Haaretz.
Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians across West Bank in separate incidents The Israeli army said it apprehended a 16-year-old Palestinian suspected of stabbing an Israeli on Sunday in Al-Auja in the occupied West Bank. Hani Najum, the head of the Al-Auja village council, told AFP that "the Israeli army raided the village, deployed in its streets," and imposed a curfew. The same day, the Israeli army opened fire at a Palestinian man whom it said attempted "to steal a weapon from an IDF soldier" near the Palestinian town of Taybeh, northeast of Ramallah, saying he was "neutralised.
Mossad chief met Syrian foreign minister to ease tensions, Haaretz reports Mossad chief Roman Gofman met with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Haaretz reported on Sunday, citing a source with knowledge of the meeting. The source said the talks were part of an effort to ease tensions following the Israeli airstrike on Syria's Abu al-Duhur airbase earlier this week.
New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): As tensions continue to escalate between the United States and Iran in wake of the crisis in West Asia, Foreign Affairs Expert Waiel Awwad on Sunday opined that President Donald Trump's latest claims on the Strait of Hormuz exposes Washington DC's true intentions.
Israeli drone strike north of Khan Younis wounds six At least six Palestinians have been wounded in an Israeli drone strike north of Khan Younis, Wafa news agency reports. According to the report, two missiles struck a tent near the Albanian mosque. It added that earlier, another four civilians were wounded in a separate Israeli attack targeting an area outside the Israeli-controlled areas north of Khan Younis.
Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Gaza, shoot child dead in Nablus Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 08/23/2026 - 14:35 The child was shot in the chest during a raid on Askar refugee camp in the occupied West Bank A fireball rises during an Israeli strike in Maghazi, central Gaza, 23 August 2026 (Eyad Baba/AFP) Off A 14-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces during a raid on a refugee camp east of Nablus on Sunday, as Israeli military operations and settler attacks continued across the occupied West Bank and air strikes killed at least three Palestinians in central Gaza. The Palestinian child was shot in the chest during an Israeli raid on the Askar refugee camp, Al Jazeera reported, quoting a medical source. In central Gaza, two Palestinians were killed and seven others wounded in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp and the town of az-Zawayda, Al Jazeera reported, quoting a source at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
Four-year-old Palestinian killed in Israeli attack in Gaza Al Jazeera reported earlier today that at least two had been killed in two separate Israeli attacks on Nuseirat refugee camp and Zawayda in central Gaza. Reuters is reporting, citing Palestinian health officials, that a four-year-old was killed in a strike on a building in Zawayda. The child, Mohammad Abdel-Salam Taha, was wounded- along with six others- by flying debris and shrapnel, and later prounounced dead at hospital.
Israeli attack in central Gaza kills two, wounds seven Two Palestinians have been killed and seven others wounded in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp and the town of az-Zawayda in central Gaza, Al Jazeera reports, citing a source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
