US, EU working to expand Iran sanctions after Israel attack
Brussels was starting work on expanding sanctions against Iran after Tehran's attack on Israel, said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also warned of further sanctions targeting Iran following its unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, saying she expects Washington will take added action "in the coming days".ย Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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ย Summary:
- Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday said he was urging countries to place sanctions on Iran's missile programme and proscribe its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.ย Israel's armed forces chiefย Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi had on Mondayย vowed a military response to Iran's weekend attack.
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has warned Israel it will face a "painful response" if it takes the "slightest action" in response to Tehran's weekend attack on Israel. Iran says its first-ever direct attack on Israel was a response to the strike on its consulate in Damascus, Syria, which killed seven Revolutionary Guardsย including two generals.ย
- US House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing towards action this week on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, unveiling an elaborate plan to break a package into separate votes to squeeze through the House's political divides on foreign policy.
- At least 33,843ย Palestinians have been killed and an estimated 76,575 have beenย injuredย in Israelโs military offensive in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.ย Some 1,170 people were killedย in theย Hamas-led October 7 attacks that sparked the war and 250 people were taken hostage, accordingย to Israeli figures,ย with 132 still missing.
Yesterday's key developments:
- Israeli settlers killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Monday, Palestinian officials said.ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
- Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge on Monday, with aerial footage showing the entire span packed with traffic in one direction while lanes in the other direction were empty. The protest appeared to be part of a coordinated day of direct action taking place in various cities around the world calling for a ceasefire in Israel's war in Gaza.ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
- French Presidentย Emmanuel Macronย on Monday said France wouldย do all it canย toย avoid a further escalationย in the conflict in the Middle East.ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
- The Israeli army confirmed Monday that four Israeli soldiers were wounded in an explosionย hundreds of metres inside Lebanese territoryย after earlier sayingย theย soldiers had beenย injuredย in an explosion fromย an unknown source during activity along the northern border.ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
Gazaโs health ministry collects data from the enclaveโs hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of โIsraeli aggressionโ.
The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.ย
Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministryโs death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.
In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published final death tolls based on its own research into medical records. The UN's counts have largely been consistent with the Gaza health ministryโs, with small discrepancies.ย
For more on the Gaza health ministryโs tolls, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AP)ย
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP & Reuters)
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