President Raisi vows Iran will punish Israel

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has vowed to punish Israel for a strike that killed five Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Syria on Saturday, state media said.

“The Islamic Republic will not leave the Zionist regime’s crimes unanswered,” Mr Raisi said in a statement condemning the strike, state broadcaster IRIB said on its website. 

Netanyahu: ‘I will not compromise on security control’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he “will not compromise” on Israeli security control of territory.

In a post on X he said: “I will not compromise on full Israeli security control over the entire area west of Jordan – and this is contrary to a Palestinian state.”

It comes as his position against a two-state solution has been criticized by foreign leaders. 

Father of US teenager killed by Israeli fire rails against American support

The father of an American teenager killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank has railed against US military support for Israel.

Hundreds of mourners gathered on Saturday for the funeral of 17-year-old Tawfiq Ajaq after his death on Friday.

It was the latest fatal shooting in the West Bank, where nearly 370 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza more than three months ago. 

“They are killer machines,” the teen’s father said of Israeli forces. 

“They are using our tax dollars in the US to support the weapons to kill our own children.”

Tawfiq Ajaq was born and raised in Gretna, Louisiana, near New Orleans, relatives said. 

His parents brought him and his four siblings to the village of Al-Mazra’a Ash-Sharqiya last year so they could reconnect with Palestinian culture.