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WATCH: What is Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain?

Donald Trump has threatened to strike Pickaxe Mountain, near Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility.

Al Jazeera’s Ava Warriner explains what we know about the site.

Watch the report below:

https://aje.news/gcmk7h?update=4793984

Graph of confidence of 10 high income countries between Xi and US presidents from 2017 to 2025

2017 Trump 22%, Xi 17%
2018 Trump 29%, Xi 21%
2019 Trump 26%, Xi 26%
2020 Trump 20%, Xi 17%
2021 Biden 75%, Xi 18%
2022 Biden 62%, Xi 18%
2023 Biden 59%, Xi 14%
2024 Biden 53%, Xi 17%
2025 Trump 22%, Xi 24%

10 countries that were surveyed constantly since 2017 are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the UK

Pew Research Center

MSF calls for immediate release of detained Palestinian doctors

Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, has called for the immediate release of all Palestinian healthcare workers arbitrarily detained by Israeli forces, saying it is “outraged by the treatment of healthcare workers, most of whom are being detained in dire conditions, without justification or cause”.

The humanitarian medical organisation warned that world leaders have failed to condemn Israel’s conduct, declaring that “silence has become complicity”.

The group highlighted the cases of Dr Hussam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, who was placed in solitary confinement after being detained for a year and a half, and MSF orthopaedic surgeon Dr Mohammed Obeid, who was arrested on October 26, 2024, at the same hospital and held for more than 600 days without family contact.

The group condemned Abu Safia’s placement into isolation and reported torture as part of an “appalling pattern of the Israeli authorities detaining and targeting medical staff across Palestine”, while calling for Obeid’s “immediate and unconditional release”.

MSF emphasised that these cases were not isolated, citing data from Healthcare Workers Watch that shows that 95 Palestinian healthcare workers remain detained by Israeli authorities since October 2023.

https://aje.news/gcmk7h?update=4792157

"Trump's Approval Rating Plummets to All-Time Low With Uneducated Americans"

Dude with MAGA hat points at text that says

"I voted for him because he don't like he gays and coloreds, but he likes 'em if they give him money"

Establishment's sign on the sidewalk:

"Booking now

Spain vs FIFA
Sunday"

US military says two US service members in Jordan ‘killed in action’ yesterday

US Central Command (CENTCOM) said two US service members in Jordan were killed yesterday as “partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks”.

Another is “missing in action,” CENTCOM added.

https://aje.news/btz9aq?update=4783218

Huffpost.com headline after Pedo's announcement July 16

THE SORE LOSER SPEECH

CRACKPOT CRASH OUT: PREZ ALL OVER THE MAP!

THREATENS NETWORKS THAT TUNED OUT

Death and McConnell walking hand in hand. Lindsey Graham walks by and Death looks back at Lindsey while McConnell looks at Death in horror

Tweet from Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur

"The American leader who frees us from Israel will be considered one of the greatest heroes of all time"

Picture of a fossil fuel refinery

Caption:
"Just found the weather machines that are making all the hurricanes, wildfires, and heatwaves worse"

Israel told Trump Iran was planning to kill him: WSJ

Israel recently told US President Trump that it had intelligence suggesting that Iran was planning an assassination attempt against him, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

CNN separately reported that the intelligence pertained to a “specific” attempt. The US government and Iran have not responded to these reports and claims, but Washington has in the past claimed that it had thwarted multiple attempts by Iran to kill Trump.

Speaking in Ankara on the sidelines of the NATO summit earlier this week, Trump had referred to the perceived threat to his life from Iran, which he said had him on its target list.

Mitch McConnell showed us two things:

1. Our democratic institutions largely run on the honor system; and

2. Republicans have no honor.

Tweet from Ally Sammarco
@Ally_Sammarco

"The following 3 House Republicans are currently being accused of assault or sexual harassment:

Cory Mills
Chuck Edwards
Max Miller

Are you going to call for their resignations, @GOP?"

Quote tweet from @DailyNoud

"Mitch McConnell and Margaret Qualley are reportedly dating." above picture of Mitch McConnell and other of Margaret Qualey

Tweet being quoted is from @sarahindpty says:

"just got off the phone with mitch mcconnell. he's dating margaret qualley"

Map of Canada and USA

Canada in red is labelled "Worried Neighbour"
USA in black is labelled "Crack House"

Map of the US showing Indian lands judicially recognized as unceded

Caption:

Wheat the United States would have looked like if every treaty with Native American nations had been honored

Tweet form Lakota Man

"So, I spoke with Sitting Bull for about 20 minutes this morning"

Hero Gaza doctor facing ‘torture to death’ in underground Israeli jail

Dr Hussam Abu Safia saved hundreds of lives during Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Now he’s in immediate danger after Israel transferred him to a notorious underground prison without charge or trial.

Gaza’s hero doctor says Israel is torturing him to death.

Our colleagues at AJ+ have more:

https://aje.news/cq42fh?update=4742843

‘I don’t see myself surviving, this is the end’: Dr Hussam Abu Safia

“They brought me here to kill me. I don’t see myself surviving. This is the end.”

Dr Hussam Abu Safia saved hundreds of lives during Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Now, he’s in immediate danger after Israel transferred him to a notorious underground prison without charge or trial.

https://aje.news/1k4m4y?update=4741848

Map of the US showing Indian lands judicially recognized as unceded

Caption:

Wheat the United States would have looked like if every treaty with Native American nations had been honored

Israeli settlers intensify attacks in West Bank, targeting water supplies

Israeli settlers have attacked several parts of the occupied West Bank, seizing or destroying Palestinian homes and damaging essential supplies like water springs, electricity lines, and greenhouses, as they intensified their assaults and land seizures in recent weeks.

Israeli settlers damaged the main electricity line supplying the village of al-Maniya to the southeast of Bethlehem, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported on Friday, citing Palestinian security sources.

The settlers reportedly destroyed the electricity line and cut power to the community, causing fear and panic among residents. It was the second such incident in the village this week.

Read our story here.

https://aje.news/hlij7x?update=4731132

WATCH: ‘Collateral damage’ – 73 Palestinian children Israel shot in the head

Israel has rejected a UN Commission report that says the army deliberately targets Palestinian children. But there are cases of children being shot by precision weapons, making it difficult to argue they were accidental.

Al Jazeera’s Emma Withrow explains:

https://aje.news/q7i2v0?update=4727216

Israeli mischaracterisation of Palestinian journalists attempt to evade responsibility: Rights group

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate is hitting back at Israeli allegations that Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza were not media workers.

The syndicate stressed that journalists killed since Israel began its genocidal war on Gaza were engaged in documented journalistic work, adding that they were targeted while carrying out their professional duties. Israel is seeking to justify the killing of Palestinian journalists and evade legal and moral responsibility, a syndicate statement said.

Israel has often characterised journalists it has killed as members of Hamas.

At least 260 Palestinian journalists, including 12 journalists working for Al Jazeera, have been killed since Israel launched its genocidal war in October 2023, ac

cording to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

https://aje.news/q7i2v0?update=4726979

Map of Canada and the US

Canada is labelled "Worried Neighbour"
The US is labelled "Crack House"

Israeli forces killed 54 Palestinian children and teenagers in the occupied West Bank in 2025, the highest rate since Israel occupied the territory in 1967, Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem says.

B’Tselem, which documents human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territory, said from October 7, 2023, to June 28, 2026, Israel killed 1,086 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 241 children, or nearly one in four of all Palestinians killed in the territory during that period.

The organisation said it was not aware of a single indictment filed in Israel since October 2023 in connection with the killing of Palestinians in the West Bank, including cases involving children.

The report also found that in nearly one quarter of cases documented in 2025, Israeli forces delayed or prevented medical teams from reaching wounded minors. Israel is also withholding the bodies of 18 of the 54 children killed that year, said B’Tselem.

https://aje.news/4qucar?update=4716379

New Israeli assault in southern Syria forces families to flee their homes
By Elis Gjevori

The Syrian government has condemned overnight Israeli attacks in southern Syria, as residents near the occupied Golan Heights were forced to flee their homes.

The latest attack took place on Sunday in Abdin, a village in western Deraa province, where residents attempted to block the advance of an Israeli army unit.

Israeli forces then fired shells close to civilian homes, with families fleeing to neighbouring villages during the night.

Read more here.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/29/new-israeli-assault-in-southern-syria-forces-families-to-flee-their-homes

Israeli minister says military ‘deepening the destruction of infrastructure’ in Lebanon

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has defended the government’s agreement with Lebanon, saying the Israeli military “controls a security strip in Lebanon” and is “deepening the destruction of infrastructure along its length and breadth above and below ground”.

Smotrich said Hezbollah “hasn’t been eliminated yet, but it has been severely struck”, adding there was “an international commitment to its elimination” and to maintaining “Israeli freedom of action to thwart threats and prevent buildup”, while remaining in the security zone until then.

He also said Iran was “much weaker than it was on the eve of the war – militarily, governmentally, and economically”.

https://aje.news/0xj96k?update=4709172

Tweet from Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of Islamic Republic of Iran’s Parliament
America falsely claims our unfrozen assets will buy their agriculture. Interesting. The only crop we're harvesting is what you planted: decades of mistrust. It's organic, abundant, and homegrown. But apparently the US only exports GMO soybeans, broken promises and trash talks.

Non political fun fact: In Greek mythology, the arrogant Narcissus is brought down by a reflecting pool. No further comment

Australia to release information on weapons exports after legal challenge, rights groups say

Australia’s defence minister has agreed to disclose information “relevant to” Australian arms exports to Israel following an order from a Federal Court justice, the Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) says.

The order comes after ACIJ brought a case to the court on behalf of three Palestinian human rights organisations – Al-Haq, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and Al Mezan – seeking access to information following years of ambiguity over Australian weapons exports to Israel, including parts used in F-35 fighter jets.

Shawan Jabarin, the general director at Al-Haq, said that while the outcome was a “win”, there is still a “battle ahead”.

“We should not have to go to court to understand who is arming the Israeli settler-colonial apartheid regime,” Jabarin said in a statement. “We are speaking about bombs falling on families, homes, hospitals, schools, refugee camps and entire communities,” he added.

“When States refuse to disclose what they are exporting, they are also refusing to confront the human consequences of the weapons systems they help sustain.”

https://aje.news/17fm04?update=4702568

Germany and Israel hold joint naval drill off Haifa despite genocide in Gaza

Germany and Israel have held a joint naval exercise off Haifa, deepening military ties as Berlin continues to arm Israel despite its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza and its occupation of Palestinian territory.

The Israeli military said a German navy vessel docked at Haifa before the drill, calling the visit “a further step towards strengthening professional and operational relations between the two navies”.

German commanders Volker Kübsch and Rico Geisler also met Rear Admiral Eres Ben Zion, who heads the Haifa Naval Base.

Germany has supplied Israel with submarines, a programme that has long drawn anger because experts say such vessels could theoretically carry nuclear weapons.

Two days ago, a United Nations commission of inquiry said Israel continues to deliberately target and kill Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and war crimes in the occupied West Bank.

https://aje.news/17fm04?update=4701542

WATCH: UN says Israel committed genocide by targeting Gaza children

Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, according to a new UN inquiry.

The report says more than 20,000 children were killed between October 2023 and October 2025. Israel rejected the findings.

Learn more in our video report:

https://aje.news/fyqu4m?update=4695070

Children in occupied West Bank and Gaza increasingly at risk: UN

A UN committee has warned that Palestinian children are increasingly at risk as human rights organisations are forced halt or reduce their operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child condemned Israeli efforts to curtail the work of the organisations, including through military raids, travel bans, sanctions and the threat of arrest.

“Without them, Palestinian children will be even less protected, and violations of their rights risk continuing with impunity,” it said.

https://aje.news/x8jdl1?update=4689026

Public washroom where the toilet stall walls and doors are transparent glass

Caption says

"We have updated our privacy policy"

Full statement: Al Jazeera condemns Israel for killing Gaza cameraman

Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the deliberate killing of its Al Jazeera Mubasher Channel’s cameraman Ahmed Washah by Israeli occupation forces today, Saturday, June 20, in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in the Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.

This heinous crime comes only two months after Israeli forces killed his brother and colleague Mohammed Washah, a correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher. Ahmed is the 12th Al Jazeera martyr in Gaza since October 2023.

The Network denounces the continuation of these crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces against its correspondents and staff in Gaza, and renews its call on the international community and legal institutions to take urgent, practical measures to hold the Israeli officials involved in these appalling crimes accountable, and to adopt deterrent mechanisms to end the targeting of journalists.

Al Jazeera affirms its determination to take every available legal measure to prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes, while committing to continue covering events in the Gaza Strip despite the occupation army’s attempts to silence the voice of truth and its ongoing targeting of the journalists and cameramen working with Al Jazeera.

https://aje.news/o3j66i?update=4682614

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Israel continues attacks on Lebanon despite agreeing to ceasefire

Israeli attacks have continued in Lebanon after the new ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, with at least 12 air raids and shelling pounding southern Lebanon after the 4pm (13000GMT) deadline.

A Gulf diplomat said the two sides had agreed to halt hostilities after Qatar, the United States and Iran brokered the deal. He said it aimed to prevent the escalation in Lebanon from ruining the US-Iran agreement currently in place.

The Lebanese health ministry reported that Israel as killed at least 47 people and wounded 97 others in attacks on Lebanon since midnight.

https://aje.news/cllifw?update=4679376

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UNICEF says 265 children killed in Gaza since October ‘ceasefire’

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported that 265 children have been killed in Gaza since a “ceasefire” was announced in October, and more than 400 have been injured.

“During a period supposedly defined by restraint and protection, a child has been killed, on average, every single day for more than eight months,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said, adding that this was an “absurd and devastating” amount.

He pointed out that “they were shot, they were bombed, they were struck by quadcopters” and that in “the vast, vast majority – 90 percent plus” of cases, they were killed by Israeli forces.

https://aje.news/cllifw?update=4679001

Trump says he achieved ‘regime change’ in Iran

Trump has reiterated his comments from previous weeks that his administration achieved “regime change” in Iran.

“I think they’re going to behave much differently,” he said of the country’s current leaders.

The US president added he could have continued the war, but “I didn’t want to see economic catastrophe”.

“Every time we talked about the possibility of peace, the market shot up like a rocket ship,” he said.

https://aje.news/7dtsci?update=4671730

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"We're in a weird era where a guy gets publicly shamed for running his sprinklers on a Tuesday, while a data center the size of a Costco quietly drinks a reservoir so AI can generate a picture of your cat as a medieval knight. And the data center gets a tax incentive for it"

Map of the Israeli occupied Lebanese territory including the Qana offshore natural gas field in Lebanon's territorial waters

Israel not bound by Iran deal: Minister

Israel is not bound by the US-Iran agreement and will continue attacking regional countries, says Gila Gamliel, a member of Israel’s political-security cabinet and science minister.

https://aje.news/d4y50y?update=4663906

https://aje.news/y3hc1w?update=4658531

Iranian official says ‘strong response coming’ over Israel’s attacks on Beirut

Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee, has threatened a “strong response” following Israel’s deadly attacks on Beirut today.

“Today’s crime by the Zionist regime in Dahieh, Beirut once again proved the US is weak without credibility, as it is not even capable of controlling this illegitimate regime.

“A strong response is coming.”

Cartoon of a reporter standing in front of tRump bags of Insider trading and slush fund money. Reporter says " BREAKING NEWS. It's been 12 years since president Obama wore a tan suit"

Referee lifts the Ayatollah's hand while Trump is in his knees with a black eye and torn clothes and lifts a white flag that says "Trump wins again!"

Pictures of Donald Trump the albino buffalo and Donald Trump the pedophile

Referee lifts the Ayatollah's hand while Trump is in his knees with a black eye and torn clothes and lifts a white flag that says "Trump wins again!"

Chryon says:
"Breaking news

Trump forfeits match and declares "complete and total victory" as soon as the fight stops

Trump: ref raising his hand is "part of the ceasefire deal""

Trump said Kamala Harris would raise gas prices by 25%. THANK GOODNESS we avoided the apocalyptic scenario! Now gas prices are only up 62%.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bison-grazing-controversy-americas-grasslands-1795029

Headline

"Trump Administration Targets Wild Bison: New Policy Moves to Evict Beasts From Protected Federal Grasslands Nationwide"

Obese Trump with MAGA hat and red tie blocking a waterway between two cliff. 3 ships are blocked

https://aje.news/jf7llm?update=4474851

What a Beirut resident saw when Israel hit her neighbours’ building
Fatima, a witness to one of the strikes, has described the devastating scenes after an attack struck the building across the road from her house in Salim Salam, Beirut.

“It was apocalyptic, bodies on the ground, blood everywhere,” she told Amnesty International. “I saw countless wounded adults and children. I walked further, but it was the same scene in the other neighbourhoods too. I did not know where to go.

“I just walked aimlessly, trying to get as far as possible. It was a nightmare.”

https://aje.news/9k7fl9?update=4472080
"Israel bombs ambulance in south Lebanon
Several Lebanese news outlets report that an Israeli air raid targeted an ambulance in the town of Qlaileh, near the coastal city of Tyre.

Health officials in Lebanon have said that Israel has been regularly targeting medics and rescue crews across the country."

https://aje.news/9k7fl9?update=4468042

"Iranian news agency reports synagogue in Tehran damaged by US-Israeli projectile
Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency says that a US-Israeli projectile has struck a synagogue in central Tehran.

In a post on Telegram, Mehr also included a 12-second video showing rescue workers, damaged books and piles of rubble.

Jewish people have lived in Iran for thousands of years, with an estimated 20,000 Jews still living there today, according to the Minority Rights Group."

https://x.com/ElBaradei/status/2040486952340697261

Tweet from

"Mohamed ElBaradei
@ElBaradei

To
Security Council
@UN

@antonioguterres

@EUCouncil

@EmmanuelMacron

@MFA_China

@mfa_russia"

Nothing can be done to stop this madness?!"

Over an image of Trump's post

"Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

https://aje.news/2j1442?update=4459314

How the US and Israel are waging war on Iran’s medicines, vaccines
The US and Israel have carried out multiple attacks on medical facilities in the course of their war on Iran.

On Thursday, Iran’s President Pezeshkian appealed to international health organisations to respond to attacks on medical facilities in Iran, including the Pasteur Institute in Tehran, a key centre that Iranian officials said had been targeted that day.

At least 2,076 people have been killed, and 26,500 have been wounded in Iran since the US and Israel first launched strikes on the country on February 28.

Read here about how the US and Israel have hit healthcare facilities in Iran.

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"Prediction: Donald Trump's grave will be the world's busiest gender neutral bathroom"

Two frames
Top: Man asks "What's the difference between Iran and Vietnam?"
Botton: Man responds "Trump had a plan to get out of Vietnam."

Bar chart showing number of journalists killed in several wars

US civil war --- around 10
Worlds wars I and II --- around 70
Korean war --- around 20
Wars in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos --- around 70
Yugoslav wars --- around 40
Afghanistan war --- around 70
Ukrainian war --- around 30
Gaza war ---- 270