Israeli forces blow up family home
of slain Palestinian in West Bank
August 11, 8:59pm
by Naqaa Hamed
(Press TV)
Israeli forces have raided the village of Tel, southwest
of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, and blown up
a house there.
The house belonged to the family of a slain Palestinian
man who was involved in clashes with illegal settlers
in the village last month. Israeli forces accused him
of shooting at the settlers.
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Saudi nationals killed, injured
as Yemen strikes Riyadh-
backed mercenaries:
Military spox
August 11, 8:57pm
(PressTV)
Yemen’s Armed Forces have carried out a large-scale missile and
drone operation targeting the positions, gathering points, and
weapons depots of Saudi-backed mercenaries in the Mokha
area of Ta’izz Province and at the Tadawin camp in
Ma’rib Province.
Spokesperson, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced the
information in a statement on Tuesday, saying the operation
---- involved a large number of ballistic missiles and attack
drones, which struck the designated targets, including
command centres.
Saree added that the strikes killed
and wounded dozens, including..
Saudi nationals.
The operation came after Yemeni forces carried out
a wave of strikes against Saudi-backed forces, for
a second consecutive day.
On Monday, Yemeni military units struck Saudi-sponsored
militiamen from the so-called Shabwah Defense Forces
in the Bayhan district of southeastern Shabwah
Province, according to local media reports.
The strikes killed at least two militants
and wounded several others.
The Monday strikes ---- came only hours after Yemeni servicemen
conducted drone strikes against Mokha. No immediate reports
of casualties or damage were available following those late-
Sunday strikes.
The previous day, however, Yemeni strikes on Mokha and nearby
areas had killed seven Saudi-backed mercenaries and wounded
30 others.
At the time, Saree said the major operation was carried out as
Saudi-backed forces were engaged in a substantial military
buildup .........and preparing to launch attacks against
Yemeni servicemen.
The latest strikes come after Yemen announced a maritime
blockade against Saudi Arabia on July 20 in retaliation for
a siege imposed by Riyadh on the former ------- for 12
consecutive years.
Saudi blockade on Yemen continues
..........amid rising humanitarian toll.
The Yemeni Armed Forces subsequently announced several
operations against Saudi-linked vessels in the Red Sea.
Simultaneously with imposing the blockade, Saudi Arabia and
its allies launched a devastating war against Yemen, with
military, political, and logistical support from the US
and certain Western countries.
The war went on to claim the lives of tens of thousands of Yemenis.
Saudi Arabia, however, has failed to achieve its stated primary
objective ....of restoring a government aligned with Riyadh.
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FM spox: Iran is defending human
values amid ‘colonialism’s return
August 11, 7:25pm
(PressTV)
Iran is standing up not only to defend its sovereignty and territorial
integrity against aggression but also -- to uphold the humanitarian
values and principles shaped throughout history, Foreign Ministry
spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said.
Iran’s confrontation with the aggressors must be viewed against the
backdrop of a return to the logic of classical colonialism, in which
powerful countries sought to seize the territory and plunder the
resources of others, Baghaei told ILNA on Tuesday.
“I think the world is returning to the classic colonialism era. Back in
the day, colonizers were explicitly after seizing the land of other
countries and there were talks of plundering the resources of
others,” he said.
Baghaei said that the language and policies employed by the US
authorities today increasingly reflects such colonialist thinking.
“That is why I believe Iran’s confrontation with the aggressors today
is beyond defending the national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
It is the defense of human values,” he stated.
Turning to the United Nations, Baghaei said its role in addressing
wars and aggression around the world had deteriorated to a
“very disturbing” level.
He said the UN had increasingly become an instrument in the hands
of powerful actors, at times acting according to their interests
rather than fulfilling its responsibility to uphold peace and
international law.
“The United Nations is either reticent or passive when it
needs to take action and, unfortunately, at times.... it
stands by the aggressor,” Baghaei said.
He pointed to Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, particularly
since October 2023, as well as the regime's onslaught in
Lebanon.. saying the UN’s failure to take meaningful
action had allowed the Israeli regime to continue
its aggression -------- without facing effective
international consequences.
Baghaei also compared the UN’s response to the two recent
US-Israeli aggressions against Iran with its conduct during
the 8-year war imposed on the Islamic Republic in the '80s.
“During the recent wars of aggression against Iran, the United
Nations acted the same way it did during the imposed war of
the 1980s. There was not even one resolution from the
Security Council or the Secretary General of the UN,”
he said.
He criticized UN officials - for responding to aggression with calls
for ''restraint'' and expressions of concern, saying such appeals
unfairly place the burden on the party subjected to aggression.
“One cannot ---- expect the side that has been
attacked to exercise restraint,” Baghaei said.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman underscored Iran’s
inherent right to self-defense, noting that this
right ...is enshrined in international law.
“All countries really need to be worried about the future of the
United Nations,” he added, stressing that the United States
and Israel: are the foremost violators of the fundamental
principles of the international body.
Baghaei also addressed negotiations between Iran and the
United States, saying Washington’s approach showed that
it was not genuinely seeking peace.
“They (Americans) are not here for peace talks,” he said,
adding that the US had come to the negotiating table
“locked and loaded,” making it necessary for Iran
to stand its ground until Washington abandons
its belligerent attitude.
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US-Israeli soldier who took part in Gaza
genocide commits suicide in New York
August 11, 6:53pm
(PressTV)
A US-born Israeli soldier who took part in Israel’s genocidal war on
the Gaza Strip committed suicide after reportedly suffering severe
psychological trauma following his deployment in the besieged
Palestinian territory.
William Shakin, 25, moved to the Israeli-occupied territories - after
October 7, 2023, left university and enlisted in the Israeli military,
later serving with the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion during the
regime's ground attack in Gaza.
Friends and associates said his mental health deteriorated rapidly
after he returned from the besieged strip, with the former soldier
struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other
severe psychological traumas.
Friends said he continued to struggle psychologically after
losing fellow soldiers.... during Israel’s genocidal war
against Palestinians in Gaza.
According to figures compiled by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz,
at least 18 active-duty Israeli soldiers have died by suicide
since the beginning of 2026.
Israeli army facing ‘continuous rise’
in soldier suicides: Report
Haaretz' report -- says the Israeli army is facing a
continuous and alarming rise in soldier suicides.
Shakin’s case comes amid growing concern in the occupied
territories over the psychological impact ------- of Israel’s
prolonged aggression against Gaza.
Israeli figures indicate that reported PTSD cases among military
personnel have risen by nearly 40 percent since late 2023,
while thousands of wounded soldiers have sought
treatment for psychological trauma, linked to
their participation in the aggression.
The reported psychological trauma among Israeli soldiers comes as
Palestinians continue to endure the devastating consequences of
the genocidal war, with thousands killed and injured and vast
areas of the besieged territory, reduced to rubble.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on Monday that one Palestinian had
died from previously sustained wounds and another had been
injured during the preceding 24 hours.
The ministry said some victims remained trapped beneath rubble
or on roads because ambulance and civil-defense crews --- were
unable to reach them.
According to the ministry, 1,259 Palestinians have been killed,
4,146 injured and 807 bodies recovered from the rubble since
the so-called ceasefire took effect on October 11, 2025.
The ministry says the overall Palestinian death toll from Israel’s
genocidal military campaign in Gaza since October 7, 2023,
has reached 73,387, with 174,257 people injured.
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Deadly clash aboard US carrier
Abraham Lincoln leaves seven
dead, several injured: Report
August 11, 5:52pm
(PressTV)
Seven US Navy personnel have reportedly been killed, and
several others wounded in a violent clash aboard the USS
Abraham Lincoln, as growing unrest among the carrier’s
crew has exposed mounting pressure inside the US
military ...amid a prolonged deployment.
The incident erupted... after an adviser to US Central Command
(CENTCOM) chief, Brad Cooper, boarded the carrier to address
mounting complaints from crew members following protests
by their families over the ship’s prolonged deployment,
according to Tasnim News Agency, citing an
informed military source.
The adviser was reportedly met with boos and had water bottles
thrown at him while addressing a gathering of personnel.
The confrontation subsequently escalated into a fight
among crew members -- involving knives and other
bladed weapons, leaving seven personnel dead
and several others wounded, according to
the source.
The atmosphere aboard the carrier remains
tense and unsettled, Tasnim reported.
The Abraham Lincoln.. has been deployed for 263 days
and is currently operating in the Indian Ocean, where
its primary mission ----- is to enforce an illegal naval
blockade against Iran.
The carrier has spent 208 consecutive days at sea, the
longest continuous deployment of any US aircraft
carrier in the modern era, apart from a brief
stop in Oman - in July.
The reported violence comes - amid growing concerns over
the living and working conditions facing the roughly 5,000
sailors and Marines aboard the carrier.
Personnel have reportedly protested inadequate food supplies,
with meals reduced to as little as half a cup of rice and two
pieces of meat. The carrier’s laundry facilities have also
been out of service for two weeks, while mold in
shower areas has caused fungal infections
among crew members.
Military families have raised concerns about exhaustion, mental
health and the impact of the prolonged operational tempo on
the crew’s ability to safely perform their duties.
At a meeting in San Diego on Thursday, around 200 relatives
confronted acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao over the
conditions aboard the carrier and the lack of a clear
date .....for the crew’s return home.
The reported deaths aboard the Abraham Lincoln follow another
serious incident involving the USS Gerald R. Ford. On March 12,
2026, a fire broke out in living quarters housing around 600
crew members, leaving 200 personnel injured.
The Gerald R. Ford subsequently took the injured to a naval
facility on the Greek island of Crete before being forced
to return to the US.
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Israeli army conducts artillery strikes,
ground incursion, house burnings
in southern Lebanon
August 11, 10:58am
(PressTV)
The Israeli military has carried out artillery strikes, a ground
incursion, and house burnings in southern Lebanon despite
a ceasefire agreement that took effect on April 16.
According to Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA),
Israeli forces discharged machine gun fire towards Wadi
al-Salouqi in the Nabatieh governorate and bombarded
the town of Mansouri in southern Lebanon overnight.
The Israeli forces also conducted two
explosions in the Mansouri region.
They carried out a major explosion in the Kfar Tebnit area
of Nabatieh, while the surrounding areas of Nabatieh
al-Fawqa were subjected to intermittent artillery
shelling from Israeli positions.
Israeli forces set fire to multiple houses in Khiam
while offensives persisted inside the town.
NNA reported that Israeli forces have made advances into
the western outskirts of Mays al-Jabal, accompanied by
artillery fire aimed at a residential structure.
Israeli drones also flew at low altitude over
the Zahrani area. There were no reports
of casualties or property damage.
The assaults came just days after the conclusion of the seventh
round of Lebanese-Israeli discussions, which wrapped up
on Thursday in Rome... with the sponsorship of the US.
The talks primarily addressed issues concerning the
implementation of a so-called framework
agreement established on June 26.
During a cabinet session on Friday, Lebanese President Joseph
Aoun asserted that Lebanon had achieved “positive progress”
in the discussions held in Rome regarding border issues
and detainees.
Despite these ongoing negotiations, Israel continues its acts
of aggression in Lebanon, which commenced on March 2,
resulting in the deaths of 4,335 individuals and injuries
to 12,277, while displacing over 1 million people, as
reported by the Lebanese authorities.
Israel maintains its occupation of regions in southern Lebanon,
with some areas being held for decades and others since the
war of 2023-2024, as its military has penetrated over
10 kilometres (6.21 miles) into Lebanese land
during the current onslaught.
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The Lebanese government’s direct talks
with Israel... ‘pointless’, says top cleric
August 11, 10:20am
(PressTV)
Vice President of Lebanon’s Supreme Islamic Shia Council
(SISC), Sheikh Ali Khatib, has categorically dismissed
direct talks between the Beirut government and the
Israeli regime, stressing that the negotiations are
pointless and will not yield any benefits to the
Arab nation.
“Surrender to the Zionist regime implies heading towards
destruction. Israel is actually the enemy of Palestinian
life in Gaza and the West Bank,” Sheikh Khatib said.
“Israeli prime minister [Benjamin Netanyahu] --- has declared
that the regime will not withdraw its forces from Gaza and
implement the so-called peace agreements in Gaza....
unless Hezbollah and Hamas disarm. If, God forbid,
the resistance groups relinquish their weapons,
ordinary people will be massacred and
slaughtered,” he said.
Sheikh Khatib maintained that while the Lebanese authorities
have declared they would engage in direct negotiations with
Israel to restore security and peace so that the residents of
southern Lebanon can return to their homes, Israeli
officials have announced ----------- they will not
withdraw from occupied Lebanese areas.
The senior Lebanese cleric emphasized that Palestinians were
massacred in their own villages and vicious atrocities were
committed against them when they were forced to hand
over their weapons before 1947.
“What was the upshot of the United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1701 adopted in 2006? Israel did not comply
with it and continued its aggression, killing more than
500 people over the course of 15 months,” he said.
He went on to say that the Israeli military has destroyed and
bulldozed villages in southern Lebanon, covering a vast
swathe of land ..from the Khiam region to Naqoura.
“These villages, which were once vibrant with their residents
and buildings, have been reduced to ruins, and destroyed
due to round-the-clock explosions,” he said.
Sheikh Khatib argued that officials do not acknowledge the
fact that Israel does not intend to implement the ceasefire
agreement, and simply says one thing, but does another.
He noted that there is an internal and Arab collusion with Israel,
as certain Lebanese political factions and some Arab countries
regimes are against Hezbollah and the regional resistance
groups people, because the latter have thwarted their
''normalization'' schemes.
Sheikh Khatib finally lambasted the Lebanese government’s
efforts to distance itself from it, characterizing such
attempts as “naive and stupid.”
“The main purpose of these attempts - is to support the Israeli
occupation of southern Lebanon, help Israel, and give Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a higher chance of
winning the forthcoming election,” the senior
Lebanese cleric concludes.
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Iran won -- both war and diplomacy
in US-Israeli aggression: Araghchi
August 11, 9:42am
(PressTV)
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran has won - on both the
battlefield and the diplomatic front during the recent US-Israeli
aggression and the 12-day war - stressing: that the Iranian
resistance --------- ultimately forced the enemy to
seek negotiations.
Speaking at a Tuesday ceremony to sign a memorandum of
understanding on cooperation between diplomacy and the
health sector, to rebuild infrastructure damaged during
the recent war, Araghchi said the 12-day war, like the
eight-year Iran-Iraq war, featured “unprecedented
scenes” of courage and sacrifice by Iranians
across all sectors.
He said the efforts of Iranian men and women ensured that
people’s livelihoods and access to life, health, hygiene
and medical services, were not disrupted during
the aggression.
“Iran rendered the world’s largest conventional army incapable
and defeated it. This is not a slogan; it is a reality,” Araghchi
said, adding that the Islamic Republic demonstrated to the
world that it is ---- a resilient and formidable force.
The foreign minister said - he has repeatedly heard foreign
ministers and officials praise Iran’s performance, saying
that Iranians surprised the world --- by resisting the US,
Israel, Western regimes, and others supporting them.
“Nobody thought that Iran could resist in this way and
ultimately force the enemy to ask for negotiations,”
he said.
Araghchi noted that the same enemy that called for
“unconditional surrender” on the first day of the
war was, 20 days later, seeking negotiations.
He added that Iran also demonstrated during the
diplomatic process that it knew how to defend
its interests.
“I also heard this from various officials, in these exact
words: ‘You won both the war and the diplomacy,’”
Araghchi said.
“We brought ethics, we brought dignity, and we took
pride in it,” he added, attributing the outcome to
the sacrifices made by Iran’s medical and
resistance sectors.
The US&Israel launched unprovoked wars against the
Islamic Republic on June 13 last year and February
28, which lasted 12 and 40 days, respectively.
The Iranian Armed Forces managed to force the
aggressors into asking for a truce, during both
rounds of assaults.
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Israel --- manipulated the
2026 Slovenian election
August 11, 11:56am
(PressTV)
A European government that imposed an arms embargo
on Israel was destabilized and ultimately toppled
by a covert, dirty tricks campaign.
The Slovenian Liberal Freedom government was targeted by
a shadowy private intelligence company working on behalf
of the Zionist entity, known as Black Cube, to influence
the outcome of Slovenia's general election... earlier
this year.
However, despite Black Cube’s interference, the Liberal Freedom
Movement still secured more votes than their rivals, but
insufficient to form a government, and has now
been replaced by a right-wing coalition.
One of the new government's first retrograde steps
..........was to lift the arms embargo on Israel.
Subverting Slovenia:
Today, we will be exposing how a European government, that
imposed an arms embargo on Israel, was destabilized, and
ultimately toppled, by a covert dirty tricks campaign.
12 days before election day in Slovenia in March this year, videos
of prominent Slovenian figures during alleged business meetings
began appearing on the website www.anticorruption2026.com,
which lists no owners, no editor, or contact information.
The meetings were reportedly organized by the alleged British
investment fund, Stockard Capital, and the purpose of the
post was to expose the corruption of the government
and its president, Robert Golob.
But Stockard Capital does not exist. It was a fake entity
used to generate video material of alleged corruption.
The whole episode was a sting operation designed
to topple the incumbent pro-Palestine government.
Operatives from Black Cube, a private corporate
intelligence firm --- staffed by former Israeli
defense and intelligence personnel, ran
a hybrid election meddling operation.
In March 2026, Slovenian law enforcement, investigative
journalists, and civil society groups revealed that Black
Cube executives, including CEO Dan Zorella, & adviser
Giora Eiland, former head of Israel's National Security
Council, had made multiple covert trips to Ljubljana.
The operatives were accused of orchestration, wiretapping, and
establishing fake corporate fronts to record Slovenian figures.
These selective, edited recordings, which allegedly linked Golob's
liberal government to corruption, were leaked online --- just days
before the March 22nd, 2026 national election.
In 2025, Black Cube had met secretly with the conservative,
populist opposition leader, Janez Janša, who amplified the
leaked tapes during his campaign.
Prior to the election, Slovenia had established one of the
most vocally anti-Netanyahu, pro-Palestinian stances
in the EU.
The Golob administration had formally recognized Palestinian
statehood, imposed a complete arms embargo and transit
ban on military equipment destined for Israel ---- and
imposed an unprecedented travel ban on Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
far-right ministers.
Because of these policies, analysts and former government
ministers suggested... that the progressive leadership
in Slovenia --- had become a target for political
neutralization and external pressure
by pro-Israel actors.
The subversion campaign.... triggered a massive diplomatic crisis.
PM Golob formally requested that the EU Commission investigate
the incident, labeling the private spy operation --- a grave hybrid
threat against the EU.
Janez Janša won the elections, and his new right-wing government
immediately made a sharp U-turn in foreign policy by lifting the
Israeli arms embargo, reversing travel bans, lowering the
Palestinian flag from government buildings, and moving
Slovenia's embassy....... to Jerusalem/Al-Quds.
Slovenia had been successfully neutralized.
Black Cube is a secretive intelligence and dirty tricks firm created
in the settler colony, with offices in London and Madrid as well as
Tel Aviv. It's been implicated in subversion and covert dirty
tricks ----------- in 60 countries.
It claims not to work for Israeli clients or the
Zionist regime, but such claims --- are false.
Black Cube operates in a similar space to other Israeli tech
startups such as NSO Group, Pegasus Spyware, Celebrate,
Intelixa, and Predator spyware.
These entities leverage Israel's intelligence community's
expertise and appear to pursue the Zionist regime's
expansionist aims.