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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that after an agreement with the United States lifted oil and petrochemical sanctions, $6 billion out of $12 billion of assets frozen in Qatar would be released and returned to Iran, Iranian state media reported.
Medics in the Gaza Strip reported that an IDF strike in Deir al-Balah killed three, including an eight-year-old child.
Azerbaijan has expressed "serious concern" over Israel's official recognition of the Armenian genocide by Turkey on Sunday, warning that such decisions "undermine efforts to achieve lasting peace and stability in the region."
In a statement released early on Monday, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called on Israel "to reconsider this decision."
"The distortion of the historical facts surrounding the events of 1915, and the reduction of a complex historical issue to a political decision without a sound legal or scholarly basis, are unacceptable," the ministry said in a statement.
Iran and Oman have conducted the first meeting of a joint committee on the Strait of Hormuz in Muscat, an Iranian deputy foreign minister said on his X account on Monday.
Kazem Gharibabadi said they had exchanged views on Gulf coastal states' sovereign rights as well as on the strait's future management based on the interim deal signed this month by Tehran and Washington.
An adviser to Iran's supreme leader issued what he called a "serious warning" to Bahrain overnight Monday, threatening that Tehran would respond with greater force if provoked following its strikes on a U.S. Navy base in the Gulf kingdom.
"A serious warning is being given to the Bahrainis to know their limits and not play such games with their own fate, and not force Iran to adopt harsh decisions," Ali Akbar Velayati, top adviser to Iran's supreme leader, was quoted as saying by the semi-official Tasnim News agency.
Iran said its strikes on the U.S. base in Bahrain on Friday and Saturday were retaliation for U.S. attacks on its territory. Tehran has accused Washington of using military bases in Gulf states to launch operations against Iran, a claim Gulf countries deny.
Bahrain condemned the Iranian strikes, saying they violated its sovereignty and undermined "opportunities for de-escalation and stability in the region."
The kingdom, which has a Shi'ite majority population, has arrested dozens of people in recent months on accusations of maintaining military ties with Tehran.
The Lebanese Health Ministry reported overnight Monday that the death toll in Lebanon has risen to 4,247 killed by Israeli fire, with 12,195 wounded since the current round of fighting began on March 2.
Syria's Foreign Ministry condemned Israeli incursions into the southern provinces of Quneitra and Deraa and artillery shelling in the area, saying the attacks "terrorized civilians" and constituted a "flagrant violation" of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
"The continued attacks undermine efforts to promote security and stability, increase the suffering of civilians in the affected areas, and risk further escalation and tension across the region," the ministry said in a statement shared by the SANA news agency.
The Iran-backed terror group is using the current "calm" period to improve both the range and the accuracy of their missiles, the sources told the Post.
Hamas, which monitored the campaign and prepared for the protests, stepped up its deterrence efforts, including by publicizing the executions of people suspected of collaborating with Israel.
The Poland trips are intended to give Shin Bet employees a first-hand look at concentration camps, and appreciate the magnitude and intensity of the Holocaust.
The panel, headed by Judges Rivka Friedman-Feldman, Moshe Bar-Am, and Oded Shaham, ruled on Wednesday that proceedings would return to Jerusalem after Netanyahu completed his testimony.