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DIRECT. War in the Middle East: Iran says it targeted an American base in retaliation for US strikes

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Benjamin Nétanyahou in Jerusalem, April 21, 2026. (ILIA YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, April 21, (ILIA YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

This order ignores the terms of the ceasefire which came into force in October. According to the Israeli Prime Minister, the Israeli army already occupies 60% of Palestinian territory.

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Yet another violation of the ceasefire in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Thursday May 28 that he had ordered the Israeli army to ignore the terms of the ceasefire that came into force in October and to take control of 70% of the Gaza Strip, according to a video broadcast by a Israeli television. “Right now, we have Hamas by the throat. We now control 60% of the territory of the (Gaza) Strip. You know, we were at 50 (after the ceasefire came into force), we went to 60, my directive is to go to (…) 70”declared the Israeli Prime Minister during a conference in the occupied West Bank, broadcast on the website of an Israeli television channel. Follow our live stream.

  • Tension rises a notch between Washington and Tehran. The American army condemned Thursday, May 28, the strikes attributed to Iran against Kuwait. The American military command for the Middle East denounced on “a blatant violation of the ceasefire.” For his part, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei affirmed that the United States and Israel were seeking to “bring the nation to its knees”. These new clashes between the two countries are the most serious since the start of the ceasefire in April. Follow our live stream.
  • Bombings and fighting continue in Lebanon. Despite a ceasefire theoretically in force since April 17, the Israeli army announced Thursday that it had struck targets of the pro-Iranian Shiite movement Hezbollah in Tyre, in the south of the country. The day before, she had warned that she considered 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. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported 14 dead, including two children, as well as 21 injured, in the Israeli strikes. An Israeli soldier was also killed on Wednesday by a Hezbollah explosive drone, according to the army.
  • Hamas confirms the death of one of its leaders. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades confirmed on Wednesday evening the death of their “chief of staff”Mohammed Odeh, killed the day before in an Israeli strike. The Israeli operation at the origin of his death also caused that “of his wife and children, and made a certain number [d’autres] civilian deaths and injuries”according to Hamas.

  • #MIDDLE_EAST Hello FI, for additional information, can you specify the expenditure items concerned [par les coupes budgétaires en raison de la guerre] ? Thanks in advance

    Paolo Philippe

    franceinfo 0 seconds ago

    Good evening @Clam27. You mention the 3.2 billion euros in frozen credits and the 847 million euros canceled by the government to compensate for the cost of the war (+ the 2.2 billion obtained thanks to the freezing of reductions in social security contributions for companies on low salaries). Credit freezes concern all ministries, with the exception of Overseas. For cancellations, the Ministries of the Armed Forces and Justice are notably preserved.
  • #MIDDLE_EAST An Israeli strike killed a woman and two children in a town on the edge of the southern suburbs of Beirut, stronghold of the pro-Iranian movement Hezbollah, announced the Lebanese Ministry of Health. Earlier, the Israeli army said it had carried out a “targeted strike” in the capital, without giving further details, and while a ceasefire is in force in the country.

  • #MIDDLE_EAST These approximately 4 billion euros in savings on the state budget are in addition to the 2.2 billion euros obtained thanks to the freezing of reductions in social security contributions for companies on low salaries announced last week, according to the Ministry of Action and Public Accounts.

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    #MIDDLE_EAST The government froze 3.2 billion euros in state budget credits and canceled 847 million to compensate for the cost of the war in the Middle East.

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    It’s 8 p.m., let’s take a look at the news this hot Friday:

    • #WEATHER The thermometer reached 37.8°C in Angoulême on Thursday, beating the old heat record for the month of May, measured in Corsica in 2009. Dix-seven departments, from the West to Ile-de-France, are still on orange alert during the heatwavewhile this heat episode could have reached its peak today.
    • #MIDDLE EAST Benyamin Netanyahu says he gave the order to the Israeli army to occupy 70% of the Gaza Stripand this despite the terms of the ceasefire which came into force in October.
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    At 6 p.m., here is a new update on the news:

    • #WEATHER FORECAST It was 37.8°C today in Angoulême-La Couronne, in Charente. Never before has such a temperature been recorded in France and Corsica in May, announces Météo-France. Seventeen departments, from the West to Ile-de-France, are still on orange alert during the heatwave. Follow our live stream.
    • #MIDDLE_EAST The Israeli Prime Minister announces that he has ordered the army to take control of 70% of the Gaza Strip and to ignore the terms of the ceasefire which came into force in October. Follow our live stream.
    • #ROLAND_GARROS The young Frenchman Moise Kouame brought down the Paraguayan Adolfo Daniel Vallejoat the end of five hours of play and five sets, and advanced to the third round of the tournament. The Frenchwoman Diane Parry, 92nd in the world, also qualified thanks to her victory against the American Ann Li.
    • The National Assembly unanimously approved the repeal of the Code Noiralmost 180 years after the abolition of slavery.
    • #BALKANY The Nanterre criminal court sentenced Patrick Balkany in prison without warrant in two cases of embezzlement of public funds.
  • #MIDDLE_EAST The American Minister of Finance threatens 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.”wrote Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on X.

  • #MIDDLE_EAST “Right now, we have Hamas by the throat. We now control 60% of the territory of the (Gaza) Strip. You know, we were at 50 (after the ceasefire came into force), we went to 60, my directive is to go to (…) 70”a déclaré Benjamin Nétanyahou lors d’un conférence en Cisjordanie occupée diffusée à la télé.

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    #MIDDLE_EAST The Israeli Prime Minister announces that he has ordered the army to take control of 70% of the Gaza Strip and to ignore the terms of the ceasefire which came into force in October.

  • #MIDDLE_EAST The Israeli army announces having carried out a “targeted strike” in Beirut, without giving further details. AFP images show smoke rising above the town, located on the edge of the southern suburbs of the capital, a Hezbollah stronghold.

    (Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)

    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 has never been respected.

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