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Lebanon: Hezbollah: We categorically deny the false accusations made by the Syrian Interior Ministry regarding the dismantling of a cell affiliated with us that was planning to carry out security operations.

Israeli media: Netanyahu is in contact with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and other Gulf leaders following recent events.

Iran Oil Minister: Reconstruction of damaged oil industry facilities will be completed as quickly as possible and is currently proceeding at a suitable pace.

Al Mayadeen correspondent: Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on the town of Shoukin in southern Lebanon.

Al Mayadeen correspondent: A child was killed, and several police officers and personnel were injured when occupation aircraft targeted the Sheikh Radwan police station northwest of Gaza City.

UAE Ministry of Defense: Our air defenses are dealing with a missile and drone attack coming from Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will head to Beijing today to continue diplomatic consultations with various countries.

Ghalibaf: The security of shipping and energy transit has been jeopardized by the United States and its allies through the violation of the ceasefire and the imposition of a blockade; of course, their evil will diminish.

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The Met Police has refused to investigate British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza despite a legal dossier submitted by human rights groups.

The Metropolitan Police has refused to open an investigation into ten British nationals accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the genocide in Gaza. According to Novara Media, the decision follows the submission of a 240-page dossier of evidence by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and the Public Interest Law Centre.

The Met stated that the material provided “did not meet the threshold required” to launch a formal investigation. This decision came despite support from more than 70 legal experts and proof of the targeted killing of civilians, attacks on hospitals, and the forced displacement of Palestinians involving the nationals between 2023 and 2024.

Human rights barrister Michael Mansfield KC condemned the Met’s refusal as a denial of accountability and a misapplication of legal standards. Legal representatives stressed that the police applied the wrong test by requiring evidence sufficient for prosecution before even opening an investigation.

Concerns over lack of accountability

Consequently, legal advocates have raised concerns about accountability for British dual nationals involved in the aggression against Gaza. The case has intensified debate over how UK authorities handle cases involving international crimes committed abroad by British citizens.

Raji Sourani of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights accused the British establishment of politicizing international law and shielding perpetrators from accountability.

Human rights groups involved in the case say the refusal reflects a wider pattern of inaction by UK authorities regarding crimes in Gaza.

The Metropolitan Police decision comes amid concerns about the UK government’s approach to monitoring breaches of international law abroad. Reports have also pointed to the closure of a Foreign Office unit previously tasked with tracking such cases.

UK shuts down unit tracking Israeli violations of IL

The Metropolitan Police decision comes amid concerns about the UK government’s approach to monitoring breaches of international law abroad. 

Recently, the Foreign Office unit responsible for tracking potential breaches of international law by “Israel” in Gaza and, more recently, Lebanon has been closed as part of departmental spending cuts, according to The Guardian. The closure follows a review led by Olly Robbins, the permanent secretary at the Foreign Office, who was dismissed last week by the prime minister over the Peter Mandelson scandal.

The decision comes just weeks after Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said that respect for international law would be a cornerstone of the department’s work under her leadership. The shutdown of the international humanitarian law cell appears to contradict that stated policy direction.

The closure also ends funding for the Conflict and Security Monitoring Project run by the Centre for Information Resilience, which carried out large-scale open-source monitoring of incidents in occupied Palestine and Lebanon. The programme was the only UK-based system collecting and analysing human rights and conflict data in these areas, supporting assessments on potential breaches of international humanitarian law and informing decisions on issues such as arms export licensing to “Israel”.