Israel military says soldier killed in south Lebanon fighting
The Israeli military said a soldier was killed on Sunday in fighting in southern Lebanon, two days after Israel and Lebanon signed an agreement aimed at ending hostilities.
Captain David Hazutt, 21, a platoon commander "fell in combat" in southern Lebanon, the military said.
His death brings Israel's military losses to 38 soldiers and one civilian contractor since the war between Israel and Hezbollah erupted in early March.
Iran FM warns any challenge to Hormuz strait will 'increase tensions'
Iran's foreign minister warned on Sunday that any challenge to the country's control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz would increase tensions despite ongoing peace negotiations to end the Middle East war.
"Any attempt to adopt new or separate arrangements compared to what is underway by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will only lead to more complicated situations and delays in the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and will increase the tensions, as we witnessed in the past two nights," Abbas Araghchi said at a news conference on a visit to Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Tehran's top diplomat called on all parties to "adhere to the memorandum of understanding and not to allow this MoU to deviate from its course" after both sides traded attacks in recent days.
Iran FM calls for a security framework with Gulf countries
Iran's foreign minister called on Sunday for the establishment of a security framework with Gulf countries, after Iranian strikes against US bases in the Gulf in retaliation for American attacks.
"We should reach a new framework that includes all countries in the region and without the presence or interference of any country from outside the region," Abbas Araghchi said at a news conference on a visit to Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Iran targets Gulf states in response to US strikes, testing fragile ceasefire
Iraq foreign minister tells Iran counterpart Hormuz should reopen
Iraq's foreign minister said in a meeting on Sunday with his Iranian counterpart that it was important to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift the US naval blockade on Iran.
Iraq does not support expanding the scale of the war on the Gulf states, and does not back attacks on Iran, Fuad Hussein told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, who is visiting Baghdad.
Lebanon state media reports Israeli strike on south
The Lebanese state news agency reported a new Israeli attack on southern Lebanon on Sunday, two days after the countries signed an agreement to pave the way to peace talks.
"An Israeli warplane carried out an airstrike targeting the outskirts of the towns of Deir Seryan and Taybeh in southern Lebanon," Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported.
Kuwait army says it intercepted two ballistic missiles Sunday morning
The Kuwait army says it intercepted two ballistic missiles Sunday morning, adding that no damages or casualties occured.
Iran says determined to defend sovereignty against US aggression
Iran said on Sunday it was determined to defend its sovereignty after the latest US strikes on the country, as a fragile truce in the Middle East war hung in the balance.
"Iran strongly condemns the airstrikes by the terrorist US army on several monitoring and surveillance facilities on the southern coast of the country in the early hours of Sunday," the Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement, adding that it "stresses its determination to defend Iran's national sovereignty" against US attacks.
Iran and the United States have accused each other of violating their truce, straining negotiations meant to end the Middle East war.
Kuwait condemns new Iranian attack on its territory
Kuwait's foreign ministry denounced on Sunday a new Iranian attack on its territory, after Tehran said it had launched strikes against US bases in the Gulf in retaliation for American attacks.
The ministry said in a statement that it "expresses its condemnation and denunciation of... in the strongest terms, the recurrence of Iran's heinous aggression against the State of Kuwait, the latest of which was at dawn today, in a flagrant violation of its sovereignty".
Bahrain says residential building damaged by Iranian attacks, reports no deaths
Bahrain's interior ministry on social media said a residential building has been damaged in the Muharraq area, adding that there have been no deaths due to the incident.
“The relevant authorities are taking the necessary measures at the site,” it added.
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Bahrain says targeted by Iranian missiles, drones
Bahrain's air defences intercepted Iranian missiles and drones on Sunday, the Gulf kingdom's military said, after the US carried out new strikes against Iran.
The Bahraini military said it had "intercepted and destroyed a number of projectiles used in these treacherous Iranian attacks", adding that it was on "maximum alert".
Iran announced earlier that it had launched strikes against the US Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain and another base in Kuwait, in retaliation for US strikes on its territory.
- Air raid siren sounded for a second time in Bahrain
- Trump says Iran would 'no longer exist' after new exchange of attacks
- Israeli military says it killed Hezbollah militants and attacked a launcher in the Nabatieh area
- US military says it struck 10 targets in Iran as ceasefire is strained by 2nd day of attacks
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard claims Bahrain and Kuwait attacks and threatens 'complete halt' in talks with US
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Sunday said it had carried out overnight attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait and threatened a “complete halt” could come to talks with the US if America continues its attacks.
The Guard statement, carried by the state-run IRAN newspaper, represented the sharpest threat yet to talks over the interim deal struck between Iran and the US That created a 60-day window for the two countries to negotiate a permanent end to the war.
Iran condemns US strikes as violation of interim deal
Iran said on Sunday that US airstrikes targeted several monitoring and surveillance facilities on Iran's southern coast, calling the attacks a violation of an interim deal meant to end the four-month-old war between the two countries.
"These brutal attacks ... show that the U.S. does not place the slightest value and credibility on its commitments, and breaking promises is part of its nature," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Israeli military says it killed several armed militants in southern Syria on Saturday
The Israeli military said its forces killed several armed militants in the security zone in southern Syria on Saturday.
The Israeli military said it would continue to operate in the area to remove any threats to Israeli civilians and its soldiers.
Israeli military says it killed Hezbollah militants and attacked a launcher in the Nabatieh area
Israeli military said on Sunday it killed Hezbollah militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and struck a rocket launcher in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon to remove threats to its soldiers.
The Israeli military said it struck the structure from which the militants operated and dismantled a rocket launcher that posed a threat.
Trump says Iran would 'no longer exist' after new exchange of attacks
US President Donald Trump said Saturday that Iran would "no longer exist" if the United States is "forced" to resume the war.
The threat came after US forces said they struck "multiple" Iranian targets Saturday in another tit-for-tat response to attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
"United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Air raid siren sounded for a second time in Bahrain
Air raid sirens sounded for a second time in Bahrain on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said.
Iran announced earlier that it had launched strikes against the US Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain and another base in Kuwait, in retaliation for US strikes on its territory.
"The siren has been sounded... Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place," the Interior Ministry said on X.
US military says it struck 10 targets in Iran as ceasefire is strained by 2nd day of attacks
The US military said Saturday it had struck 10 targets in Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the war’s uneasy ceasefire.
US Central Command, in a post to social media, said that U.S. military aircraft targeted Iranian military “surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities” following an attack on a merchant vessel early on Saturday morning. It later specified the strikes involved 10 Iranian military targets at multiple locations in and near the Strait of Hormuz.
Yesterday's key events:
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Israel's defence minister said on Saturday that Israeli forces had been instructed to prepare for an "extended stay" in Lebanon.
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Israeli airstrikes on the southern Lebanese town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa killed at least one person and wounded two more.
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A maritime body overseen by the US Navy said Saturday that a route through the Strait of Hormuz near Oman’s shores is expanding to allow for both inbound and outbound traffic.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and REUTERS)
