Major General Khaled Maghawar, Governor of North Sinai, offered condolences on the death of customary judge Sheikh Yahya Al-Ghoul, known as "The Sage of Sinai," at the family council in Arish.

Ahmad Al-Shara, Syrian transitional president, denies affiliation with any Islamic parties or movements and states his project is not linked to the Arab Spring. Israel and Syria are nearing a new security agreement mediated by the US and Gulf countries.

Sohag Governor laid the foundation stone for a sanitation project in Olad Azzaz village and Minyawi area costing 378 million EGP, attended by local officials and international funding partners.

OIC foreign ministers condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression against Palestinians in Gaza, demanding an immediate halt to the attacks, lifting of the blockade, and opening of crossings for humanitarian aid.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with foreign ministers of Syria, Pakistan, Algeria, and Gambia to discuss aid delivery to Gaza and Israeli escalation against Palestinians during an emergency OIC meeting in Jeddah.

Hezbollah's Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem stated that Lebanon must restore its sovereignty and criticized the government's disarmament decision as unconstitutional and influenced by Israeli and American pressures, warning that continuing it shows untrustworthiness towards Lebanon.

The Nigerien army announced the killing of Ibrahim Mahamoud "Bakura", Boko Haram's leader, in an airstrike in the Lake Chad basin, while the group denied the claim.

The Mauritanian government denied international media claims about Ukrainian weapons and fighters passing through Mauritania to Mali, stressing no concrete evidence supports these allegations.

Egypt and Saudi Arabia rejected Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's statements about the "Greater Israel vision," describing them as illusions that would escalate conflict and destroy peace prospects in the region.

The Ministry of Local Development explained that the detention order for journalist Islam Al-Raghi was due to a previous judicial ruling in another case, not because of his criticism of the lack of cleanliness in his village in Faraskour.