Middle East

She cited the organization's "strict insistence on neutrality" as having been vital in the eventual return of many of the Gaza hostages to Israel.

Additionally, the IRGC said on Saturday that an oil tanker had exploded and caught fire after hitting a naval mine while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media reported.

The dead included four Saudis, two people from Bangladesh and one person each from the US, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the Saudi civil aviation authority said.

Two US officials and one Israeli official denied the report, telling Channel 12 Washington correspondent Barak Ravid that the US did not ask Israel to strike Iran prior to elections.

Israeli military attacks, settlement expansion, settler violence, restrictions on freedom of movement, and the withholding of Palestinian revenues were cited as reasons for the election postponement.

Hamas "sells paid solutions in Gaza and is the main employment factor," she said, adding that it "determines who in the population will receive what, and creates dependency."

Western intelligence assessments suggest Iran has preserved key weapons factories and can replenish its missile arsenal despite months of US-Israeli attacks.

More than 1,000 drones have been fired against Kurdish forces in Iraq, while Kurds in both Iran and Iraq fear that the strikes will reach their homes.

Kushner marks a year of Trump's Gaza peace plan, citing hostage returns and increased aid while warning that Hamas disarmament remains unfinished.

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.