A senior Iranian diplomat has blasted ICJ Vice President Julia Sebutinde’s open support for Zionist regime as a “shocking breach of judicial ethics” amid the regime’s ongoing genocidal campaign in Gaza.

At least 60 UK rights activists face prosecution for supporting Palestine Action, a group recently designated as a “terrorist organization” following protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, raising concerns over the criminalization of pro-Palestine activism and freedom of expression.

The secretary-general of the Iraqi anti-terror group Kata’ib Hezbollah has dismissed calls for the disarmament of resistance groups in Iraq and Lebanon, stressing that weapons play a principal role in guaranteeing nations’ security against aggressors.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reports that more than 20 percent of children in Gaza are malnourished, with cases of dehydration on the rise amid Israel’s genocidal war and siege.

Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) speaker has warned the West Asia region’s Arab countries against the Zionist regime’s expansionist ambitions concerning their territories.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that the failure to impose sanctions on Zionist regime for its actions undermines international law and human rights standards.

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi has declared that the Palestinian resistance will not lay down its arms until it achieves its full national objectives, vowing to continue both armed and popular struggle in the face of Israeli expansionism and ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The secretary general of Lebanon's Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem, has stressed that the resistance movement will not lay down its weapons until the Zionist regime’s occupation ends, warning that the Beirut government’s decision on disarmament could create civil strife.

Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General, reported that more than 40,000 children in the Gaza Strip have been martyred or injured due to aerial bombardments and shelling since the start of the Zionist regime’s genocidal war.

The Hamas Movement has issued a call for global “marches of anger” against the Zionist regime’s occupation and its supporters to be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (August 15–17).