13 h 52 – Israel says it is conducting a wave of strikes against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army announced that it has launched a “wave of strikes” against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, shortly after warning that troops had been ordered to destroy bridges used by the armed group beyond the Litani River.
“The Israeli army has launched a wave of strikes targeting infrastructure owned by the terrorist organization Hezbollah in southern Lebanon,” it said in a statement.
12 h 58 – Netanyahu promises to personally target every Iranian leader
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel would “personally target” leaders of the Islamic Republic, particularly the members of its elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Speaking from the town of Arad in southern Israel, targeted the previous evening by an Iranian missile strike, Mr. Netanyahu threatened: “We will target the regime. We will target the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, this band of criminals.”
“And we will target them personally, their leaders, their facilities, their economic assets,” he told the press amidst the wreckage at the site of the Iranian missile impact.
12 h 45 – War in the Middle East in a perilous phase with strikes near nuclear sites, according to WHO
The war in the Middle East has entered a “perilous phase” with strikes near nuclear sites in Iran and Israel, warned the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday.
“Attacks on nuclear sites pose an increasing threat to public health and environmental security,” said WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who urgently called on all parties to exercise the utmost military restraint and avoid actions that may trigger nuclear incidents.
12 h 07 – President of Iranian Parliament threatens to destroy vital regional infrastructure
The powerful President of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, threatened on Sunday to destroy vital infrastructure throughout the region if the United States and Israel attacked Iran’s infrastructure.
“Immediately after power plants and infrastructure in our country are targeted, vital infrastructures as well as energy and oil sites throughout the region will be considered legitimate targets and will be irreversibly destroyed,” he said in a message posted on X.
He warned that such attacks would result in a sustained increase in fuel prices.
11 h 45 – Israeli army ordered to destroy all bridges in South Lebanon used for terrorist purposes
The Israeli army has been ordered to destroy “all bridges” in South Lebanon used for “terrorist activities,” Defense Minister Israeli Katz declared on Sunday.
“The Prime Minister and I have ordered the IDF to immediately destroy all bridges over the Litani River that are used for terrorist activities, to prevent the passage of Hezbollah and weapons to the south,” Katz stated.
He added that the army will “accelerate the destruction of Lebanese homes in contact villages,” as was done in “Beit Hanoun and Rafah” in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army had already announced last Wednesday that it had destroyed two bridges over the Litani River as part of its offensive against Hezbollah.
11 h 05 – 400 missiles fired at Israel, 92 intercepted according to the Israeli army
Iran has fired over 400 ballistic missiles at Israel since the start of the Israeli-American war against the country, with 92% being intercepted, an Israeli army spokesperson said on Sunday.
Since February 28, “Iran has fired over 400 ballistic missiles” at Israel, said military spokesperson Nadav Shoshani. “We have achieved excellent interception rates, approximately 92% success,” for “four direct impact sites,” he added.
10 h 20 – Eight overnight attacks on an American center at Baghdad airport
Eight overnight attacks targeted an American diplomatic and logistics center at Baghdad International Airport, a senior Iraqi security official reported on Sunday, amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.
“Eight separate attacks carried out until dawn with rockets and drones targeted this American center at the airport,” a senior security official told AFP. “Some rockets fell near this base,” he said.
Summary of overnight news
– One person killed in northern Israel after a rocket fire from Lebanon
– Explosions in Jerusalem
– Drone attack on a military base in Iraq
– Attacks on the United Arab Emirates
– Trump’s ultimatum to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
– Israeli strikes in the heart of Tehran
– Two Iranian missiles hit Israel, over a hundred injured
Israeli army reported carrying out strikes in central Tehran, hours after two destructive Iranian attacks in southern Israel. The army confirmed it is currently striking the terrorist Iranian regime in the heart of Tehran.
Two Iranian missiles landed Saturday night in the cities of Dimona and Arad in southern Israel, causing over a hundred injuries and heavy material damage. Dimona houses a strategic nuclear research center, about five kilometers from the impact site.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged “a very difficult evening in the battle for our future.” The strike on Dimona is a “response” to a strike on the Iranian nuclear site of Natanz, according to Iranian state TV. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called for “maximum military restraint,” assuring that it has not “received any signs of any potential damage to the Negev nuclear research facility.”
