Iran has requested the exclusion of Steve Witkoff from negotiations due to his close ties with Netanyahu, Fars News Agency reports, citing sources.

The agency noted that five leaders of friendly nations and eight intelligence services have contacted Tehran to call for a ceasefire.

Witkoff and Kushner were previously accused of leaking negotiation details to the Israeli side and attempting to obstruct efforts to reach an agreement.

A Palestinian family was forced by Israeli occupation forces to demolish their own home in the Al-Bustan neighborhood, occupied Jerusalem, under threat of hefty fines and detention.

Breaking | One person was injured in a shooting targeting the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, according to Turkish reports.

Massive crowds in Al-Maghazi, central Gaza, take part in funeral of 10 Palestinians who were brutally killed yesterday by Israeli-backed militias and subsequent Israeli airstrikes in an assault on the camp.

Breaking | Fatalities and injuries reported in a shootout near the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul.

Breaking | Sirens sound in Tel Aviv and wide areas in central occupied Palestine following the arrival of missiles launched from Iran towards Israeli targets in the region.

Three people were killed and two ‌police officers were injured in a gunfire incident near the building housing the Israeli consulate in ⁠Istanbul on Tuesday, media reports said.

An elderly Palestinian woman was pronounced dead early Tuesday after sustaining severe injuries during an assault by Israeli forces on her home in the town of Jayyus, northeast of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank.

Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers stormed the home of the family of Sabriya Shamasneh in a violent raid, during which the elderly woman was severely beaten by soldiers. She was transferred to a hospital in critical condition, where doctors later announced her death as a result of her injuries and severe bruising.

The crime occurred during a wider Israeli military incursion in Jayyus, where multiple homes were stormed and searched by soldiers, property was ransacked and vandalized, and residents were subjected to intimidation and questioning.

Organizations specializing in prisoners' affairs reported that the number of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons has exceeded 9,600 as of the beginning of April 2026, based on official data issued by the Israel Prison Service.

On March 30, the Israeli occupation approved a law imposing the death penalty on Palestinian detainees, while continuing to violate their rights inside the prisons and enforcing inhumane conditions.

These arbitrary Israeli policies have led to the deaths of more than 100 Palestinian detainees in prison since the start of the genocide in Gaza.