War in the Middle East: Iran fired 7 missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain, several of them were intercepted by the US military

#MIDDLE_EAST Clashes continue in Lebanon despite talks in Washington. A strike in the south of the country killed three Lebanese soldiers, while the Israeli army announced the death of two of its soldiers. Israeli airstrike targeted military vehicle between Khardali and Nabatiyé, killing “two officers” et “a soldier”according to the Lebanese army.

#MIDDLE_EAST Emergency services in the Gaza Strip announce the death of nine people in Israeli strikes. According to the Israeli army, it announced having killed a “cell commander” of the military branch of Hamas. Remember that technically, a truce has been in effect in the Palestinian enclave since October 2025. But in reality, the strikes are daily.

#MIDDLE_EAST Israeli army announces strike “environ 150” positions of Hezbollah in 48 hours in southern Lebanon, where President Joseph Aoun denounced the “incessant Israeli attacks, which remain unpunished” despite the ceasefire supposed to be in force. Among the targets are notably “arms depots, general quarters, [et] launchers” missiles or rockets, indicates an Israeli military press release.

#MIDDLE_EAST The head of the Lebanese army, Rodolphe Haykal, is heading towards Pakistan, the epicenter of mediation to try to end the war, announces the Lebanese army. Negotiations between Iran and the United States have stalled since the ceasefire concluded on April 8. Earlier this week, Iranian media claimed that Iran had suspended its participation because of Israel’s offensive in Lebanon against Hezbollah, Tehran’s ally. The United States wants to treat this issue separately, but Iran has always demanded that Lebanon be an integral part of the negotiations.

#MIDDLE_EAST The Israeli attack which killed three Lebanese soldiers this morning is a “flagrant violation of Lebanese sovereignty and international law”condemns Joseph Aoun. The Lebanese president denounces “incessant Israeli attacks, which remain unpunished”.

#MIDDLE_EAST Iran denounces last night’s American strikes against radar and coastal surveillance installations in the Gulf. For Tehran, this is a “blatant violation of the ceasefire” supposed to be in force since April 8 and“military aggression against the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran”.

It’s 2 p.m., we have a coffee again and we take stock of the titles:

It’s noon, let’s rewind the news from this Saturday morning:

#MIDDLE_EAST Mojtaba Khamenei has not yet appeared in public since he was appointed supreme guide of Iran in March, but his portrait is omnipresent in the streets and the country’s media regularly relay written messages. I come back to this scenario in this article.

#MIDDLE_EAST Barely signed and already called into question. The ceasefire announced between Lebanon and Israel is under pressure, after its rejection on Thursday by Hezbollah. The agreement, written under the auspices of the United Statesproviding a conditional truce to one “arrêt complet” fire from the Shiite group, in exchange for a withdrawal of Israeli troops from the south of the country. It even constitutes “the last chance to achieve a global and definitive ceasefire”, according to Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.