Army Signs Deal to Get 1,000 Drones Rouhani, Iraqi PM Hold Phone Talks TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Defense Ministry of Iran is going TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani to furnish the Army with 1,000 military drones soon. said Monday the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq will not help The Iranian Defense Ministry and the Army on Monday restore stability and security to the country. Rouhani made the signed a “strategic agreement” on the promotion of drone remarks in a phone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister power and the equipment carried by the unmanned military Mustafa al-Kadhimi. The president questioned the U.S. mili- aircraft. Under phase one of the agreement, the Defense Min- tary presence in Iraq, saying Washington is playing a dubious istry has undertaken to equip the Army with 1,000 drones in game in its so-called fight against terrorism, and described a short time span. Army Commander Major General Abdol- U.S. activities on the Iraqi-Syrian border as “ambiguous.” rahim Mousavi highlighted the growing power of drones used Americans, he said, have always played a destructive role in by Army units, saying the UAVs have increasingly been em- the regain and their presence in Iraq will not contribute to ployed in war games for various purposes. stability and security in the country.

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Iraq’s Al-Nujaba resistance direct participation in the fight The bombing martyred at least movement has reiterated its read- against that deformed entity,” 33 civilians and left rescuers sift- iness to provide the Palestinians Shammari said. ing through the rubble of apartment with military support and to even “We have expertise and weap- buildings to find survivors. engage in the fight against the oc- ons that can reach the depth of Dr Mooein Ahmad al-Aloul, a cupying regime of Israel, noting that usurper entity.” 66-year-old psychiatric neurolo- that its weapons can hit targets Over the past weeks, tensions deep in the occupied territories. have escalated in Jerusalem Al- gist, was also martyred in his home Speaking in an interview Quds amid acts of aggression by during the Al-Wehda attacks early with Iran’s Mehr news agency, Zionist troops and settlers, and Sunday, his brother Mazen al- Nasr al-Shammari, the official the planned expulsion of dozens Aloul told Al Jazeera. spokesman of the al-Nujaba, of Palestinians from the Sheikh The UN Security Council met on reiterated his movement’s firm Jarrah neighborhood in the oc- Sunday to discuss the violence but position on supporting the Pal- cupied East Al-Quds, where il- failed to agree on even a joint state- estinian people with all possible legal Israeli settlers seek to take ment of concern. China said it was means. over the properties of Palestin- the United States that obstructed “We in the Islamic resistance ian families. the council from speaking “with of Iraq won’t spare any effort Palestinian resistance fight- one voice”. … to support our brothers in the ers have launched thousands “Regrettably, simply because of Palestinian resistance and our of rockets into the occupied people in dear Palestine; this is territories in retaliation for Is- the obstruction of one country, the our legitimate and moral duty,” raeli violations in Jerusalem Security Council hasn’t been able he said in remarks published Al-Quds and its bombardment to speak with one voice,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said dur- Monday. of the Gaza Strip, which have The Sa’ar-6-class corvette officially handed over to the occupying regime of Israel on ing the virtual meeting. “We call “We are ready to support the left about 200 Palestinians dead November 11, 2020 is seen in an undated photograph. Palestinians resistance with since May 10. upon the United States to shoulder GAZA (Dispatches) -- Palestin- for the killing of children at the building in the city of Ashdod that its due responsibilities of taking a ian resistance fighters on Monday hands of terrorists, who deprived caused injuries, the Israeli police just position.” Islamic Jihad, Hamas targeted an Israeli military vessel Palestinians of the happiness of Eid said. U.S. Secretary of State Antony off the coast of the Gaza Strip as al-Fitr, and attacked holy sites dur- Violence by Zionist settlers Blinken signaled Monday Wash- Hail Ayatollah Khamenei the occupying regime continued ing the holy month of Ramadan”. against Arabs inside Occupied ington still was not joining calls for its bombardment of the besieged Israeli air raids against civilian Palestine have also left scores of an immediate ceasefire. TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- A web,” the senior Iranian official enclave at the start of the second facilities and residential buildings, people injured. Blinken’s stand comes despite senior advisor to Leader of the said. week despite growing international it said, are a “clear proof of the Gaza City’s mayor, Yahya Sarraj, growing pressure from the United Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Velayati expressed optimism outcry. systematic terrorism by the Israeli said that the strikes had caused ex- States’ UN Security Council part- Seyyed Ali Khamenei says all about the future and said the The Ezzedine al-Qassam Bri- enemy”. tensive damage to roads and other ners, some Democrats and others Muslims across the world are du- world would one day witness gades, the military wing of the The Islamic Jihad also decried infrastructure. He said water sup- for President Joe Biden’s adminis- ty-bound to support the Palestin- the liberation of the Palestin- Hamas resistance movement, an- Washington’s stance on the Israeli plies to hundreds of households in tration and other international lead- ian people in the face of the occu- ian land and the return of the nounced in a statement that a Zion- acts of aggression against Pales- the city were disrupted. “We are ers to end the Israeli atrocities. pying regime of Israel’s barbaric oppressed Palestinian people to ist battleship was hit off the coast tinians, saying it “has provided a trying hard to provide water, but Blinken’s comments came after attacks, reiterating the Islamic their homes. of the Gaza Strip with a barrage of cover-up for Israel’s atrocities and the situation remains difficult,” he UN Security Council diplomats Republic’s support for Palestine. Nakhalah, for his part, hailed missiles. violations, and made the United said. and Muslim foreign ministers con- “The Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei’s brave The statement said the missile at- States complicit in the regime’s The UN has warned that the ter- vened emergency weekend meet- has fulfilled its duties in the past and unique stance on the Pal- tack came after the Zionist military hostilities”. ritory’s sole power station is at risk ings to demand a stop to civilian and will continue this path to estinian issue and said no other launched fresh series of air raids on Meanwhile, Hamas warned on of running out of fuel. Gaza already bloodshed, as Israeli warplanes give its all-out support under the country but Iran has adopted the Gaza Strip early on Monday. Monday that it will resume mis- experiences daily power outages carried out the deadliest single at- leadership” Ayatollah Khame- such a position. The Al-Qassam Brigades said it sile attacks on Tel Aviv if the Zion- for between eight and 12 hours, tacks Sunday. nei, Ali Akbar Velayati said in He said the Palestinian people had renewed shelling Erez kibbutz ist regime continues its airstrikes and tap water is undrinkable. Mu- a phone call with Islamic Jihad have succeeded in achieving in the southwestern part of the oc- against residential areas of Gaza. hammad Thabet, a spokesman for Seven Zionist Officers Injured head Ziyad al-Nakhalah. great victories, resisting the cupied territories, which lies just The warning was announced by the territory’s electricity distribu- in Car-Ramming Velayati, who is also secre- Israeli regime and thwarting a one kilometer north of the Gaza Hamas spokesman Abu Ubeida tion company, said it has fuel to tary general of the World As- Zionist-American plot. Strip, and Hatzerim airbase on the after Israeli warplanes targeted supply Gaza with electricity for Zionist shot dead a Palestinian in sembly of Islamic Awakening, Separately, Hamas political western outskirts of of Beersheba. a residential tower in Gaza City, two or three days. Sheikh Jarrah after a car-ramming condemned the Zionist regime’s bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh The Islamic Jihad resistance martyring two Palestinians and in- Medical workers and health orga- attack in the flashpoint Jerusalem brutal attacks on the Palestinian offered his warm gratitude to movement said the ongoing battle juring 10 others. nizations decried the killing of two Al-Quds neighborhood. people, saying that the divine Iran, saying the Islamic Repub- in the face of the Israeli aggression Tensions escalated in Jerusalem senior doctors – a neurologist and Israeli authorities said that seven promise on the liberation of all lic is one of the front-runners in against the Gaza Strip has achieved Al-Quds, the occupied West Bank the head of internal medicine at military officers were wounded Palestinian occupied lands and championing the cause of Pales- “major goals,” emphasizing that and Gaza amid the planned mis- Gaza’s largest hospital – in Israeli when a Palestinian rammed his car Jerusalem Al-Quds will finally tine and Jerusalem Al-Quds. the Palestinian resistance front “in- appropriation of dozens of Pales- attacks on the besieged Palestinian into a temporary police checkpoint come true. “Through your Excellency, I sists on achieving victory for Al- tinian homes in the Sheikh Jarrah enclave. on Nablus Road in Sheikh Jarrah The occupying regime has would like to send my regards Quds”. neighborhood. Their deaths further exacerbate a on Sunday. been relentlessly bombarding to the Leader and the people On Sunday U.S.-made Israeli At least 200 people, including 59 medical staff and expertise short- A hospital spokesperson said one the besieged Gaza Strip for the of Iran and emphasize that the F-35 warplanes pounded the Gaza children, have been martyred in the age in the Gaza Strip, the result of the wounded Israeli officers was past seven days. Islamic Republic of Iran is one Strip whilst horrified civilians Gaza Strip since the latest bout of of a 14-year-long blockade that being treated for gunshot injuries, Velayati added that the Iranian of the leading countries in sup- were sleeping in their homes. Israeli violence began a week ago. prevents freedom of movement, apparently after being shot in a nation and all those who support porting the cause of Palestine The Islamic Jihad said the strikes More than 1,300 Palestinians have causes dire supply and equipment friendly fire during the Sunday in- Palestine throughout the world and Holy al-Quds,” he said in a were conducted after Palestinian also been wounded. shortages and hinders medical ad- cident. are witnessing the Palestinians’ phone call with Velayati. resistance fighters inflicted heavy Ten Zionists, including a mili- vancement. But police later dismissed the re- bravery and Israel’s shattering Haniyeh pointed out that an losses on the occupied lands which tary officer, have been killed in the Dr Ayman Abu al-Ouf, head of port, citing medical staff as saying false grandeur. extensive battle is ongoing for took Israeli officials off guard. ongoing retaliatory rocket attacks internal medicine at Al-Shifa hos- that the soldier was not injured by “The Palestinian fighters and the liberation of Al-Quds and The Palestinian resistance move- launched from Gaza. pital, was martyred along with gunfire. people once again proved that said resistance is a symbol of ment went on to say that Operation Retaliatory rocket attacks con- members of his family in an early A video of the attack showed a the Zionist regime is a spider (Continued on Page 7) Al-Quds’ Sword “will take revenge tinued Monday, with one hitting a morning missile attack in the Al- (Continued on Page 7)