Kilian Foerster (KF): Welchen Klang verbinden Sie mit Ihrer Kindheit im Iran?
Ebi: Alles, was ich als Musiker mache, meine gesamte Arbeit, hat ihre Wurzeln im Iran. Meine Gefühle und ich als Person sind bis heute wie mit einer Nabelschnur mit dem Iran verbunden.
In meiner Kindheit vor ungefähr 65 Jahren waren meine Idole die Sänger Aref, Viguen, Ali Nazari und Davood Maghami. Diese Personen waren die Vorbilder der iranischen Musik in meiner Jugendzeit.

Mia Leimberg emerged from nearly two months' captivity in Gaza with Bella, her Shih Tzu, in her arms, one of the most astonishing moments of a week-long ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that ended last Friday.
"When we were there we had to feed her our leftovers - yeah I'm talking about you Bella," said Mia, 17, looking down at the small white dog in her arms. "And we had to make sure that she doesn't run wild where we were. We had to keep her so that she doesn't go exploring and annoy anybody there."

Hundreds of IDF soldiers fighting Hamas terrorists in Gaza suffered severe ophthalmologic injuries, with some even losing their vision in one or both eyes, KAN News reported late on Wednesday.
According to KAN, most of the eye injuries sustained were caused by IDF fighters not wearing protective gear, namely eye protection equipment, as required during battle.

Israel revoked the visa of United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator Lynn Hastings amid growing tensions with the global body due to the Gaza war.
“I decided to revoke the residence visa to Israel of the UN "humanitarian" coordinator Lynn Hastings,” Foreign Minister Eli Cohen wrote in a post on X.