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Israeli strike on Beirut region kills woman, two children

An Israeli strike killed a woman and two children this Thursday in a town on the edge of the southern suburbs of Beirut, stronghold of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced.

“The attack by the Israeli enemy against the town of Choueifat resulted in a final death toll of three martyrs – a woman and her granddaughter, as well as a child of Syrian nationality – and 15 wounded, including three children and five women,” he said in a statement.

Earlier, the Israeli army said it had carried out a “targeted strike” in the capital, without giving further details.

Iran and the United States have established a framework of agreement, awaiting validation by Trump

The United States and Iran have established a framework of agreement which provides for an extension of the ceasefire by 60 days but which has not yet been validated by Donald Trump, indicate American sources.

The information was first revealed by the Axios site, according to which this preliminary agreement does not resolve the question of the Iranian nuclear program but opens the way to more in-depth negotiations on this subject.

The United States threatens to sanction Oman if it cooperates with Tehran in the Strait of Hormuz

The American Minister of Finance threatened to sanction the Sultanate of Oman, an ally of the United States, in the event of cooperation with Tehran for the control of the Strait of Hormuz.

“The United States government will not tolerate any attempt to establish a toll system in the Strait of Hormuz,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote on X.

“Oman, in particular, must know that the US Treasury will relentlessly attack any actor involved – directly or indirectly – in the establishment of a toll in the strait, and that any complicit partner will be sanctioned,” he added.

Washington says it wants to prevent Iranian airlines from operating

A minister of Donald Trump announced that the United States wanted to block the operations of Iranian airlines to increase pressure on the authorities in Tehran.

“We will cut off the access of the two Iranian airlines to landing sites, refueling and ticket sales,” Finance Minister Scott Bessent said in a message on the social network X.

Israel suspends relations with UN secretary general

The Israeli ambassador to the UN announced Thursday the suspension of relations with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, thus denouncing the not yet public decision to include Israel on the “black list” linked to sexual violence during conflicts.

“We are done with this secretary general,” Danny Danon declared in a video message posted on December 31, 2026.

Iran promises a “firm response” in the event of a new US attack

The Israeli ambassador to the UN announced Thursday the suspension of relations with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, thus denouncing the not yet public decision to include Israel on the “black list” linked to sexual violence during conflicts.

The Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army, warned the United States on Thursday against a “firm response” in the event of a new attack, after American strikes on the south of the country.

“If this action is repeated, the American army will be exposed to a firm response,” the Guardians wrote in a press release published on their Sepah News site.

Israeli strike targeted apartment in Beirut

An Israeli strike targeted an apartment south of Beirut, a Lebanese military source told AFP, as Israel intensified its land and air operations in the country. “An Israeli strike targeted an apartment in Choueifat,” this source said.

AFP images show smoke rising above the town, located on the edge of the southern suburbs of the capital, a Hezbollah stronghold. This is the second time that Israel has targeted a locality located south of the capital since the start of the ceasefire, which came into force on April 17 but which was never respected.

Kuwait denounces “dangerous escalation” after strikes attributed to Iran

Kuwait condemned drone and missile attacks it attributed to Iran, amid renewed clashes between the United States and Iran threatening the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East war. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its “strongest condemnation of the Iranian criminal attacks which targeted the territory of the State of Kuwait with missiles and drones, in a dangerous escalation”.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards had earlier announced that they had targeted an American base, without specifying which one, in retaliation for American strikes in recent days on southern Iran.

14 dead, including three children, in Israeli strikes

Israeli strikes have left at least 14 dead in southern Lebanon, where Israel has extended its “combat zone” against pro-Iranian Hezbollah, despite a ceasefire theoretically in force since April 17. This intensification of bombings comes as the two countries prepare for a military meeting on Friday in Washington, before a new session of negotiations on June 2 and 3. And in the midst of negotiations between the United States and Iran, which wants to include the Lebanese front of the conflict in any agreement.

Iran’s supreme leader says US, Israel seek to ‘bring the nation to its knees’

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said the United States and Israel were seeking to “bring the nation to its knees” after recent clashes between these countries and Iran, the most serious since a truce came into force on April 8.

“The blind plan of the enemy (…) is to create division and destruction in order to compensate for its military defeats, and to bring the nation to its knees,” Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement broadcast by state television.

Israeli soldier killed by Hezbollah drone bomb

An Israeli soldier was killed near the border with Lebanon by the explosion of a drone fired by Hezbollah, the Israeli army announced, bringing to 24 the number of deaths in its ranks since the resumption of hostilities with the movement Lebanese Islamist in early March. Sergeant Rotem Yanaï, 20, “fell during a military operation in northern Israel,” the army said in a short press release. She was killed by a Hezbollah explosive drone, an army spokeswoman told AFP.

Iran denounces “violations” of the ceasefire by the United States after strikes in the south

Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned what it called “violations” of the ceasefire by the United States following American strikes on the coastal town of Bandar Abbas in the south of the country. Iran will take “all necessary measures to defend its national sovereignty”, assured in a press release the spokesperson for the ministry, Esmaïl Baghaï, denouncing the “threatening rhetoric of American officials against Iran and several countries in the region”, following statements by Donald Trump on Oman.

New US sanctions against Iran

The US Treasury announced sanctions against Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, Tehran’s new agency responsible for collecting passage fees through Hormuz.

Tehran talks about a framework agreement being finalized, “a total invention” reacts Washington

Iran said it was finalizing a 14-point framework agreement with the United States, prioritizing ending the war “on all fronts”, including in Lebanon. “The draft framework agreement (…) is a total invention,” reacted the White House.

According to Iranian television, the protocol under discussion notably provides for a commitment by the United States to lift its blockade of Iranian ports in return for the reestablishment of commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, through which normally passes a fifth of the crude oil and liquefied natural gas consumed in the world.

Tehran is also seeking the release of 24 billion in assets frozen abroad, “with half made available upon announcement of the memorandum of understanding”, according to the Iranian agency Isna. This is one of the main points of contention, alongside the nuclear aspect which Iran wishes to address in a second step.

Israel continues its bombings in Lebanon

The Israeli army announced this morning that it had struck Hezbollah targets in Tyre, in the south of the country, a day after having warned that it considered as a “combat zone” all the territory located south of the Zahrani, a river flowing about forty kilometers north of the border between Israel and Lebanon.

After ordering residents of several neighborhoods of Tire to evacuate in anticipation of a future “use of force”, the Israeli army confirmed that it had “begun to strike Hezbollah infrastructure in the Tire region”. The Lebanese National News Agency (NIA) reported two series of strikes Thursday morning on the city and an area east of it, hitting a building and causing a fire in Tyre.

The United States strikes Iran which responds by targeting an American base

The United States shot down four Iranian drones and carried out strikes on a ground base in the south of the country overnight, leading to retaliation from Tehran which targeted an American base, in what constitutes the most serious clashes since the start of the ceasefire.

Four attack drones that posed a “threat around the Strait of Hormuz” were shot down, a US official said on condition of anonymity, adding that the US military had also struck “a ground control station in Bandar Abbas which threatened to launch a fifth drone.” “These actions were measured, purely defensive and carried out with the intention of maintaining the ceasefire,” he said.

Iranian media had previously reported three strong explosions near Bandar Abbas, a port city on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, around 1:30 a.m. Thursday (12 a.m. in Paris). In retaliation, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced this morning that they had targeted an American base. They did not specify which one, but for its part, the Kuwaiti army announced that it was facing “attacks carried out by missiles and drones”. Iranian forces also fired warning shots at four ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, state television (Irib) said, without providing details on the type of ships or their nationality.

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