Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says the Zionist regime’s systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists has been enabled by the unwavering support of its Western backers, particularly the United States.

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The Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip affirmed that journalists in the Strip are marking World Press Freedom Day, observed annually on May 3rd, “in the language of blood, hunger, tears, and ashes, being slaughtered live on air by Israeli occupation weapons.”

Senior Hamas official Ezzat al-Resheq has responded to the Israeli occupation government and its army following their threats to expand the war in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas official Abdul-Rahman Shadeed said Gaza has entered a phase of “total famine” and “acute malnutrition,” accusing Israel of intentionally using starvation as a “weapon of war” to subjugate Palestinians.

Palestinian groups and other regional factions and organizations have strongly condemned the Zionist regime's earlier attack on the al-Dameer (Conscience) ship, part of the Freedom Flotilla, which was targeted while trying to break Tel Aviv’s ongoing suffocating siege on the Gaza Strip.

Local journalists reported that Zionist regime’s warplanes carried out at least 20 airstrikes across the countryside of Damascus, Dara’a, and Hama, targeting military sites and warehouses on Friday night.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi says any progress in indirect talks with the US hinges on Washington demonstrating serious intent and adopting a realistic approach to the negotiations.