JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he is determined to launch a recently approved plan to take over Gaza City, which has drawn wide international condemnation.
Israel "has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas," he told a press conference for foreign media in Jerusalem. "Our goal is not to occupy Gaza, our goal is to free Gaza." (Israel-Gaza City-Takeover Plan)
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AMMAN -- Jordan will host a trilateral meeting with Syria and the United States on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Syria, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
The meeting will discuss ways to advance Syria's reconstruction on foundations ensuring security, stability, and sovereignty, said the ministry in a statement. (Syria-US-Jordan-Trilateral Meeting)
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TEHRAN -- The deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Iran on Monday, reported the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Sunday, citing Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi.
Araghchi said the visit would be aimed at holding negotiations between Iran and the agency, noting that Iran had already provided the IAEA with the necessary explanations about a new framework for bilateral cooperation in view of a law passed in late June by the country's parliament and Constitutional Council on the suspension of collaborations. (Iran-IAEA-Visit)
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GAZA/JERUSALEM -- The Israeli army on Sunday killed four correspondents working for Qatar's Al Jazeera channel, by attacking their tent in front of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera and Gaza-based medical sources.
Al Jazeera reported that its journalists Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, along with cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal, were killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza. (Israel-Al Jazeera-Correspondents) ■
