Explosion heard in the area of Iran's Qeshm Island, Mehr news agency says Explosions were heard in the area of Iran's Qeshm Island early on Wednesday, Mehr news agency reported, citing local sources and residents.
Kuwait says air defences repelling hostile missile and drone attacks Kuwait's army said on Wednesday that air defences were intercepting hostile missile and drone attacks and urged the public to follow security and safety instructions issued by the relevant authorities. Any sounds of explosions heard were the result of interceptions, the army added.
Lebanon says Israeli strikes on south kill five, wound hospital staff Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed five people, including a child, and wounded 48, the Lebanese health ministry said. Those wounded in the strikes across the south included "a doctor and five employees of Tebnine Governmental Hospital, which sustained damage in yet another episode of the series of attacks carried out by the Israeli enemy against hospitals and health centres", the ministry said in a statement.
US says it fired on, disabled ship violating Iran port blockade US forces fired a missile at a ship that was attempting to sail to an Iranian port in violation of an American blockade, disabling the vessel, the US military said on Tuesday. The Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie - an unladen oil tanker - "ignored repeated warnings" over a 24-hour period, and an American warplane "ultimately disabled the vessel by firing a Hellfire missile into the ship's engine room," the US military's Central Command said in a statement.
Israeli fire kills four people in Gaza, medics say Israeli fire killed at least four Palestinians in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Gaza health officials said. Medics said at least one person was killed and four were wounded when an Israeli air strike hit a vehicle east of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The blast left the vehicle a mangled skeleton.
IAEA says it is offering technical support to UAE after attack on nuclear plant The International Atomic Energy Agency is offering the United Arab Emirates technical as well as moral support, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday after a visit to the site of a nuclear power plant that came under a drone attack last month. Grossi said Emirati authorities had reacted very quickly to the attack at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant by shutting down a reactor because of the loss of external power. He said a number of activities would take place to complete repairs at the plant but provided no further details.
Hezbollah will not accept 'partial ceasefire' with Israel Hezbollah will not accept a "partial ceasefire" with Israel, a senior official from the group said Tuesday. "We will not accept a partial ceasefire," Mahmud Qomati said in a written statement, adding that "the Zionist enemy should know that any aggression against the suburbs could lead to a deeper and stronger response" from the group. On Monday, US President Donald Trump announced a deal which Lebanese officials later said involved Israel refraining from attacking Beirut's southern suburbs in return for Hezbollah not attacking Israeli territory.
Iran war disruption threatening delivery of lifesaving supplies for children, UN says Surging global transport costs and supply chain disruptions linked to the Middle East crisis are threatening the delivery of lifesaving aid to children, Unicef warned on Tuesday. Nearly 100 days after the outbreak of the Iran war, heightened insecurity around key Gulf shipping routes has driven up fuel prices and insurance premiums, while congestion at alternative ports has compounded disruptions, hampering aid deliveries. The agency said it was increasingly relying on air freight due to shipping delays.
Israeli air strikes target more towns in southern Lebanon Israeli strikes have targeted the city of Nabatieh and the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported. Israeli attacks also targeted Sultaniyeh and Bir al-Salasil, both located in the Bint Jbeil district, the network said.
'I feel like I lost my life': Gaza amputees fight for mobility amid shortages Rozan Kheira woke to the sound of explosions, screaming and panic. At 10pm, an Israeli air strike hit her family's home in Gaza City as they slept. Her first instinct was to get out of bed.
Lebanon's health ministry: Israel kills at least 3,648 people since March Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,468 people and and wounded another 10,577 since 2 March, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
Fresh round of Israel-Lebanon ceasefire talks begins in Washington Lebanon's National News Agency is reporting that the fourth-round of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations have begun. The agency said that the talks at taking place at US State Department headquarters in Washington. Meanwhile Israeli bombardment has continued to pound southern Lebanon, after the US reportedly intervened to halt a renewed Israeli assault on Beirut.
Two children among bodies recovered from Israeli attack on southern Lebanon Two children and a woman are reported to be among six bodies recovered by emergency teams from the rubble of a residential building in southern Lebanon targeted by an Israeli attack on Monday. The country's civil defence agency said earlier on Tuesday that its teams have been conducting searches in the building - which is located in the town of Marwaniyeh in the Sidon district- since yesterday evening. The Lebanese Ministry of Health subsequently confirmed that the fatalities include a woman and two children, with another woman, a child and four other people wounded in the attack.
Lebanon parliament speaker says he would guarantee Hezbollah’s commitment to ‘global ceasefire’ with Israel Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri would guarantee Hezbollah’s adherence to a “global ceasefire” with Israel if such an agreement is reached, his adviser told AFP on Tuesday. Berri, who leads the Hezbollah-allied Amal movement, has long acted as a key intermediary between the Iran-backed group and Washington, which designates Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. “Speaker Berri’s main demand is a global ceasefire,” adviser Ali Hamdan said.
Israeli strikes and shelling continue across southern Lebanon Israeli forces continued attacks across southern Lebanon on Tuesday, with artillery shelling reported near Nabatieh and air strikes targeting the villages of Shukin and Kafr Tibnit, according to reports from the ground. Israeli drones also carried out three strikes on the town of Tallet Tol in the Nabatieh district. In a separate incident, an Israeli air attack struck an area near Tibnin, as military operations continued across southern Lebanon despite ongoing diplomatic efforts to secure a lasting ceasefire.
Morning update Good morning Middle East Eye readers, US President Donald Trump says diplomacy is gaining momentum on two fronts, claiming Hezbollah agreed to stop firing on Israeli forces and expressing optimism about reaching an agreement with Iran within days. However, fighting in Lebanon continues, with Israeli air strikes reported overnight and growing international concern over the expanding conflict. Here are the latest developments: Trump says he asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull troops back from Beirut and claimed Hezbollah representatives agreed to halt attacks.
Video: Israel plans military-controlled area near Litani River, Katz says Israeli defence minister Israeli Katz, speaking in Tel Aviv on Monday, vowed to establish a military-controlled zone in the area of south Lebanon’s Litani River. Katz also said that Beirut would face continuous air strikes if attacks on Israel continued. His comments come after Israeli forces seized the Beaufort Castle and the strategic ridge surrounding it in southern Lebanon as it continued to expand its offensive despite a nominal ceasefire.
French UN envoy calls Israeli incursion into Lebanon a ‘strategic mistake’ French Ambassador to the United Nations Jerome Bonnafont described Israel’s expanding military incursion into Lebanon as a “major strategic mistake”, warning that the raising of an Israeli flag over Beaufort Castle reflected a “worrying return to the past”. Bonnafont said Hezbollah, with support from Iran, had helped drag Lebanon into war, but stressed that there was no justification for the continuation of Israeli military operations. The French envoy reiterated France’s position that a political and diplomatic solution remains the only viable path to long-term stability in Lebanon and the region.
US lawmaker urges halt to military assistance for Israel US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar condemned Israel’s military actions in Lebanon and called for an immediate end to US military aid to Israel. In a post on X, Omar said: “The lesson Israel has learned, time and again, is that it can commit genocide and other atrocities with near-total impunity. ” She added, “Now it’s exporting the Gaza playbook to Lebanon,” arguing that “Israel’s war in Lebanon is killing thousands and displacing over a million.
Hezbollah says it carried out 31 attacks on Israeli targets Hezbollah said it carried out 31 attacks against Israeli military sites, troop gatherings and vehicles on Monday, describing the operations as a response to continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire and attacks on towns in southern Lebanon. The group said its fighters used drones, rockets and explosive devices to target a range of positions, including the Nimr al-Jamal site, the Zar'it and Ya'ara barracks, the Meron air operations base, military infrastructure in Tiberias, and troop concentrations near Kiryat Shmona and Beaufort Castle. Hezbollah also said it targeted Israeli soldiers in Dbeibine and Yahmar al-Shaqif, struck communications vehicles in Qantara, and detonated explosive devices against two Israeli armoured vehicles advancing toward Hadatha.
