DIRECT. War in the Middle East: "It was the calm before the storm"warns Donald Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday May 17 that Israel was on the verge of achieving one of its objectives: eliminating all those responsible for organizing the October 7 terrorist attacks, according to a press release from his office. His comments came the day after the death of Ezzedine Al-Haddad, commander of Hamas’s armed wing, killed during an airstrike in Gaza on Friday. Follow the situation in our live stream.

• A strike near a power plant in the United Arab Emirates. The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, expressed “his deep concern” after the drone strike near the Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates in a message posted on X. The drone crossed the country’s western border, authorities said, saying they were investigating for “determine the origin of attacks”. A fire broke out after the drone strike, without causing any injuries or causing an increase in radioactivity.

• Pas de concession de Washington envers Téhéran ? The United States has not granted “no concrete concession” in their response to Iranian proposals, particularly on the nuclear issue, Iranian media said on Sunday. Washington presented a list of five points, notably demanding that Iran maintain only one nuclear site in operation and transfer its stock of highly enriched uranium to the United States, the Fars agency reported.

• “It was the calm before the storm,” warns Donald Trump. In a message published on his Truth Social network, in an image visibly generated by artificial intelligence, the tenant of the White House appears wearing his famous red cap “Make America great again”pointing at the person looking at the image. It is also on the bow of a warship with Iranian-flagged boats in the background. Iran “will have a very bad time” if an agreement is not reached, Donald Trump also warned.
• The aircraft carrier “Gerald Ford” returns to the United States after a “record” mission. The largest aircraft carrier in the world has returned to its home port in Norfolk, on the east coast of the United States, welcomed by the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth. THE Gerald Ford thus accomplished a 326-day mission, the longest for a carrier group since the Vietnam War, said the Pentagon.
• Israel carried out new strikes in Lebanon. Israel carried out a new series of strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday, despite the extension of the truce for another month and a half. An Israeli soldier was killed in the south of the country, bringing to 21 the number of deaths in its ranks since the start of the war with Hezbollah in early March.