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Strike in Beirut: Iran threatens Israel with a “strong response” and criticizes Washington’s weakness
Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, reacted strongly on Sunday on the social network X after the Israeli strike carried out in Beirut. According to him, this “crime” once again demonstrates that the United States is “weak and lacks credibility”, proving incapable of controlling its Israeli ally. The Iranian official openly threatened the Jewish state by asserting that a “firm response is in preparation”. He added in a second message that the response of the “United Resistance Front” would be, this time, “final”.
Lebanon crosses the threshold of 3,700 deaths since the beginning of March
The Lebanese Ministry of Health has published a new updated report on the ongoing offensive, reporting 3,783 deaths and 11,699 injuries recorded since March 2. This cumulative report marks an increase of 27 deaths and 67 injuries. additional compared to the figures communicated the day before, illustrating the daily continuation of civilian and military losses in the country.
Agreement with Iran: Donald Trump plans imminent signature despite the strike on Beirut
During an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Donald Trump said that an agreement with Iran would be signed “within two to three hours.” Questioned by Axios journalist Barak Ravid, the American president acknowledged that the Israeli strike on Beirut had “turned everything upside down” and delayed by a few hours the formalization which was initially supposed to take place immediately. The American president did not hide his annoyance at the Israeli Prime Minister’s initiative: “Why did Bibi have to launch this damn attack? It really pissed me off. I told him so. He has no common sense,” Axios reported. Despite this setback, Donald Trump remains convinced that finalizing the memorandum of understanding is only a matter of hours.
Barack Obama skeptical about an “improvement” of the agreement signed in 2015
In an excerpt from an interview broadcast on Sunday by ABC News, Barack Obama was dubious about the promises of the new administration. The former Democratic president said he did not expect a new deal with Iran to be “significantly different or a significant improvement” from the nuclear treaty he himself negotiated in 2015. Recalling that this first agreement “worked for a long time” before Donald Trump removed the United States from it during his first term, Barack Obama defended the primacy of diplomacy over force. According to him, even if the idea of imposing one’s will by force of arms may seem attractive, it remains preferable to conclude compromises “which do not resolve 100% of the problem but resolve 80, 90%” rather than risking open war.
Donald Trump condamne la frappe israélienne à BeyrouthÂ
On his Truth Social network, Donald Trump criticized the airstrike carried out by Israel in Beirut, saying that it “should not have taken place” as negotiations for a peace agreement with Iran entered their final phase. While reaffirming Israel’s right to defend itself, the American president described the initial threat to which the Jewish state responded as “very limited and insignificant in scale”, recalling that it had caused neither death nor injury. Calling on all parties to exercise restraint so as not to waste the opportunity for a “long and beautiful peace”, Donald Trump urged them to preserve the ongoing diplomatic process.
 Israeli army on high alert after hitting Beirut
The Israeli army announced that it was preparing for possible return fire targeting its territory, following a targeted air strike that it carried out earlier in the day in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Declaring itself in a “state of maximum alert”, the Israeli general staff affirmed to be ready to respond to all scenarios, both defensive and offensive. The military command at the same time called on the civilian population to demonstrate vigilance, responsibility, and to scrupulously follow the security instructions issued by the Home Front Command.
Iran: senior official warns that Israeli strikes on Beirut will not go “unpunished”
A senior Iranian General Staff official warned on Sunday that earlier Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs would not go “unpunished.” Iranian joint forces, quoted by the Defa Press agency, specializing in military issues, and taken up by the Iranian media.
Iran considers it “useless to continue” talks with the United States “if” commitments are not kept
Iran accuses the United States of not respecting its commitments after the Israeli attack in Lebanon
The main Iranian negotiator accuses the United States of not respecting its commitments after Israeli strikes on the south of Beirut which, according to him, risk compromising the talks between Tehran and Washington. “If you have neither the will nor the capacity to keep your commitments, it is useless to talk about continuing on this path,” added the influential president of the Iranian Parliament on X, in reference to the current talks.
Three dead in Israeli strike on southern Beirut suburbs
Three people were killed, according to Lebanese civil defense, in an Israeli strike this Sunday on a neighborhood in the southern suburbs of Beirut where Israel says it targeted Hezbollah. Three bodies were cleared from the rubble, while “six injured” were hospitalized following the strike in Ghobeiry, in this stronghold of the pro-Iranian movement, civil defense said in a press release.
Lebanon: explosions heard in south Beirut
Israel announces it has carried out strikes on south Beirut
Israel announced this Sunday that it had carried out strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, considered a stronghold of the pro-Iranian armed group Hezbollah. The army carried out strikes “in the Dahiyé district, in Beirut (…) in response to Hezbollah fire towards Israeli territory”, declared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a brief joint statement with Defense Minister Israel Katz, confirmed by the army, adding that “Israel will not tolerate any attack on its territory.”
Three drones fired from Lebanon strike Israeli territory
The Israeli army announced twice this Sunday that Israeli territory had been the target of drones fired from Lebanon, without causing any casualties, while a peace agreement in the Middle East is presented as imminent. Two far-right Israeli ministers, members of the security cabinet, called after the first strike for reprisal attacks against the southern suburbs of Beirut, stronghold of pro-Iranian Hezbollah.
Iranian media says Tehran has “not yet made a final decision” on a deal
The Iranian Fars news agency, known to be close to conservative circles, said this Sunday that Iran had not yet made a decision to sign the memorandum of understanding under discussion with the United States to end the war in the Middle East. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has not yet made or announced its final decision regarding the memorandum of understanding proposed during the negotiations,” Fars wrote, citing a “well-informed source close to the Iranian negotiating team.” The possibility of such a settlement arouses opposition from certain ultraconservatives, hostile to concessions, particularly on control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, de facto blocked by Iran since the start of the war.
Israeli army issues evacuation orders for around fifteen villages in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army issued two evacuation orders this Sunday targeting around thirty villages in southern Lebanon, before planned strikes against pro-Iranian Hezbollah, despite the truce in force. The army’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Colonel Avichay Adraee, published two successive messages on
 Iran/United States talks: a Qatari delegation in Tehran this Sunday
A delegation from Qatar, mediator country with Pakistan between Iran and the United States, arrived this Sunday morning in Tehran as part of talks to put a lasting end to the war in the Middle East, according to Iranian media. According to the Isna agency, an advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar was dispatched to Iran. This visit is intended to “examine the latest developments related to the diplomatic process”, according to Tasnim, another Iranian agency.
Is Lebanon included in the discussions between the United States and Iran?
Concerning Lebanon, a senior American official indicated on Friday that it was included in the agreement under discussion, as requested by Tehran. Washington had previously said it wanted to dissociate this issue. Lebanon was drawn into the war on March 2, when Hezbollah targeted Israeli territory in support of Iran. Since then, Israel has been shelling its neighbor, saying it wants to “eliminate” the Shiite movement, which targets its positions and its territory. The Israeli army indicated on Saturday that it had struck in 24 hours “more than 70 sites” linked according to it to Hezbollah. Israeli strikes have killed more than 3,700 people since the beginning of March, according to Beirut.
Donald Trump assures that the Iranians “no longer want nuclear weapons”
According to Donald Trump on Saturday, the Iranians, who deny wanting to acquire atomic weapons as the United States and Israel accuse them of, “no longer want nuclear weapons.” The United States will go “when everything is calm (…) to recover the nuclear dust, buried deep” in the mountains in order to dilute it and destroy it “in Iran or in the United States”, he said.
Donald Trump assures that an agreement with Iran will be signed this Sunday
This is the 39th time that he has announced that he is close to an agreement with Iran. Donald Trump says the United States will sign an agreement this Sunday to end the war started at the end of February with Iran. The date is not confirmed at this stage by the Iranians. Iranian diplomacy for its part spoke of an agreement on Saturday in “the coming days” but not on Sunday, according to the government press agency Irna. “As soon as it is signed, the Strait of Hormuz will be OPEN to ALL,” Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social network, adding that the Iranians “no longer want nuclear weapons.”
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