Here are the latest developments related to the Middle East war on Tuesday:
– Oil prices are on the rise in Asia, with WTI up 1.45% at $97.77 and Brent up 1.38% at $109.72 at 4:15 GMT. – The bombing on the first day of the war of the Minab school in southern Iran, one of the most dramatic tragedies of the conflict, resulted in 155 deaths, including 120 children, down from 175 previously, according to a revised report released on Tuesday by the Iranian state television. – The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that Israeli strikes in the south of the country killed four people, including a woman, and injured 51, including three children, despite the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Monday that the dual threat of Hezbollah’s pro-Iranian rockets and drones required the continuation of military action in Lebanon. – Iran must make “major concessions,” according to French Foreign Minister. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot stated that Iran must make “major concessions” in peace talks in order to end the war in the Middle East. – Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Monday that Hezbollah would lead Lebanon to disaster, after the opposition of the leader of this pro-Iranian movement to direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel. “Naïm Qassem is playing with fire, and this fire will burn Hezbollah and all of Lebanon,” Mr. Katz told the UN envoy to Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, in a statement. – The head of the UN maritime agency reiterated on Monday that there was “no legal basis” for a right of passage in the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran says it wants to establish. “There is no legal basis for the introduction of any tax, customs duty, or charges on straits used for international navigation,” said Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
