Simply made pottery jars, beads, copper jewelry, and stone and mortar hammers were discovered within the cistern alongside the remains. A mass grave of children was discovered within an abandoned water cistern during archaeological excavations at Tel Azekah, according to a recent study published in the Palestine Exploration Quarterly.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday threatened harsh retaliation against neighbouring countries should Iranian infrastructure or economic centres be attacked. In a message "to the countries of the region" posted on X, Pezeshkian wrote: "If you want development and security, don't let our enemies run the war from your lands.

Medical groups are speaking out against the changes announced this week.