Morning recap

Good morning Middle East Eye readers. If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region: • Tehran has warned that any state joining US sanctions against Iran will be considered an enemy, threatening to block oil exports through Hormuz. • US president Donald Trump, meanwhile, again posted an image on his Truth Social account, claiming Hormuz as US territory. • French President Emmanuel Macron will be hosting Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday for a two-day visit set to range from esports to the war in the Middle East. • Hamas leader Osama Hamdan said the group told US envoy Jared Kushner that it would not consider itself obligated to implement any part of president Trump’s Gaza peace deal unless Israel publicly accepts it. • Iran says London and Paris were making a “deliberate choice” to participate and collaborate in crimes committed by Israel by “continuing to send” it weapons and “provide any kind of support”. • An Israeli settler beat up an elderly, disabled Palestinian in the West Bank, while Israeli forces close only entry to a village. • The number of illegal Israeli settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank has reached 592 by the end of July, according to the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.