UAE Foreign Ministry said the decision was taken against a backdrop of regional escalation that "undermines regional and international peace and security".

VeriSilicon told an Aug. 17 conference call that new orders signed from Jan. 1–Aug. 17, 2026 totaled CNY15.142 bln. AI compute-related orders account for 90% and data-processing orders 89%. The company said the orders have clear conversion visibility but revenue conversion will take time: design-service contracts typically require a 9–12 month R&D cycle; mass-production service orders depend on customer shipment plans and foundry capacity scheduling and typically require a 6–18 month end-to-end production and delivery cycle from signing.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization and UN Satellite Centre said in a geospatial assessment on June 24, 2026 that only 3% of Gaza Strip farmland is both accessible and undamaged, a 25.5% decline since October 2025. The drop mainly reflects reduced access to fields rather than additional physical destruction. FAO said urgent action is needed to restore safe access and provide farmer support or prospects for recovering local food production will continue to shrink. Basic agricultural imports and distribution are constrained; farmers face severe shortages of seed, fertilizer, irrigation equipment, fuel and other inputs, while livestock producers lack feed, veterinary supplies and animal-health services.