Middle East crisis live: Lebanon’s prime minister condemns latest attacks by Israel as ‘collective punishment’ of peaceful civilians

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Further to that last post, Iranian state tv is reporting that it was a US aircraft that Iranian forces intercepted and destroyed, citing local officials.

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There’s as yet been no confirmation from the US.

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Iranian air defences have intercepted and destroyed a “hostile aircraft” in Iran’s southern Bushehr province in the past hour, state media reports.

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“The incident that occurred tonight was related to the destruction of a hostile aircraft,” the semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted the governor of Jam County, Masoud Tangestani, as saying. “The city is now in a normal situation.”

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Iran’s Mehr news agency is reporting that Iranian armed forces have fired warning shots at four vessels near the strait of Hormuz.

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The vessels were “attempting to pass through the strait without coordination”, the agency said in a post on Telegram.

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I’ll bring you more on this as we get it.

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Lebanon’s prime minister has slammed Israel’s expanded offensive in the south of the country, which he said amounts to “collective punishment condemned by all international norms and laws”.

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“Nothing can justify the ongoing assaults on my regions of Tyre and Nabatieh and the destruction of their historical landmarks, nor the continuous threats targeting our peaceful people there, nor the repeated calls for them to leave their homes and abandon their livelihoods,” Nawaf Salam wrote on X.

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He said the attacks strengthen “our resolve for the necessity of an immediate ceasefire, working toward a complete Israeli withdrawal from our land”.

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Iran’s Tasnim news agency, citing a source close to the negotiating team, said on Thursday the text of a potential memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States had not yet been finalised or confirmed.

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The source said Tehran had not informed the Pakistani mediator that the text was complete and would notify both the mediator and the public once finalised, adding that western media reports claiming the agreement had already been finalised were false.

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Bessent said that Donald Trump “wanted to punctuate freedom of navigation in the strait [of Hormuz]” when he threatened to “blow up” Oman on Wednesday.

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Bessent said he spoke with the Omani ambassador, who “assured” him that there are no plans to toll the critical waterway.

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“I told him that this was a non-starter and he didn’t want to risk the Omani individuals or Omani organisations being sanctioned,” he added.

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The US president made the extraordinary threat to the US’s ally after reports of talks between Iran and Oman about jointly charging a toll for ships passing through the strait, which has been all but closed since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran.

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A reminder that, in addition to Oman’s decades-long military and economic ties with the US, the Gulf nation of 5.3 million people has played a mediation role in the war and has itself come under attack from Tehran.

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Bessent added on Thursday:

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Our countries have had 200 years of good relations. [Trump] wants to have another 200 more.

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US sources have also confirmed to Al Jazeera that US and Iranian negotiators have agreed on a framework for a 60-day ceasefire extension deal but it still needs Donald Trump’s approval.

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The sources confirmed the two sides had agreed on a memorandum of understanding to extend the truce and launch negotiations for a final deal to end the war.

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This is in line with the report we brought you earlier from Axios, which cited two US officials and a regional source involved in the mediation efforts.

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The Associated Press hears the same from a US official, and Reuters from four sources familiar with the matter.

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  Axios is reporting that the US and Iran have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and launch negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme. However, US president Donald Trump still needs to give final approval, according to two American officials.

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  Donald Trump has circulated a draft peace agreement for the war with Iran among allies including Israel as both sides try to prevent fresh breaches of the ceasefire escalating out of control and scuppering any deal. In an attempt to speed up the negotiations, Pakistan‘s foreign minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, will fly to Washington on Friday to meet his US counterpart, Marco Rubio.

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  US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent threatened Thursday to target Oman if it helped impose a tolling system in the key strait of Hormuz, warning of sanctions against parties involved. “Oman, in particular, should know that the US Treasury will aggressively target any actors involved – directly or indirectly – in facilitating tolls for the Strait and any willing partners will be penalized,” Bessent warned in a post on X.

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  Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened a “firm response” on Thursday in the event of renewed attacks, after the United States carried out a strike the country’s south. “If this action is repeated, the US military will face a firm response,” the Guards said in a statement on their Sepah News website.

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  Kuwait has now named Iran as the culprit behind the attempted missile and drone attacks against the Gulf state, describing it as a “dangerous escalation”. Earlier, the Kuwaiti armed forces said it had intercepted drones and missiles that were launched towards the country, but did not say who was behind the attacks. The US and UAE placed the blame squarely on Iran.

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  The IDF said it carried out a strike in the Lebanese capital Beirut, which had been largely spared of attacks since a fragile ceasefire took effect on 17 April. In a post on X, it said: “The IDF has just carried out a targeted strike in Beirut; further details to follow.”

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  Israel is breaking all contact with United Nations chief Antonio Guterres, the country’s ambassador announced Thursday, saying it was “outrageous” that Israel has been blacklisted over accusations of sexual violence in war zones. “We are done with this secretary-general,” ambassador Danny Danon said in a video posted on X.

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  Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he had ordered the country’s military to take control of 70% of the Gaza strip, in defiance of the terms of a fragile ceasefire that took effect in October. “We are currently squeezing Hamas. We now control 60% of the territory in the strip,” he said at a conference in an occupied West Bank settlement, according to a video aired by Israel’s Channel 12 network.

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  Israel has denounced a UN decision to blacklist the country over alleged sexual violence in conflict zones, calling the move “shameful and absurd”. “The shameful and absurd UN decision to include Israeli entities in the annex to the CRSV (conflict-related sexual violence) report is further proof of the UN’s true nature: a politicised and corrupt organisation that has abandoned its founding principles and systematically targets Israel as its primary mission,” Oren Marmorstein, a spokesperson for the Israeli foreign ministry, said on X.

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  The proportion of vessels not linked to Iranian ownership that are transiting the key strait of Hormuz has risen, according to data from maritime firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence shared Thursday. This despite Iran blockading the waterway since the start of the Middle East war on 28 February, preventing a large share of Gulf countries’ hydrocarbon exports, in turn harming the global economy.

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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he had ordered the country’s military to take control of 70% of the Gaza strip, in defiance of the terms of a fragile ceasefire that took effect in October.

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“We are currently squeezing Hamas. We now control 60% of the territory in the strip,” he said at a conference in an occupied West Bank settlement, according to a video aired by Israel’s Channel 12 network.

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He said the military had controlled 50% of Gaza under the terms of the ceasefire, adding: “My directive is to move to… 70%”.

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“We’re squeezing them from all [sides]. We’ll deal with what’s left afterwards.”

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Donald Trump has circulated a draft peace agreement for the war with Iran among allies including Israel as both sides try to prevent fresh breaches of the ceasefire escalating out of control and scuppering any deal.

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In an attempt to speed up the negotiations, Pakistan‘s foreign minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, will fly to Washington on Friday to meet his US counterpart, Marco Rubio.

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Tehran targeted a US air base in Kuwait on Thursday after Washington struck what it described as an Iranian drone operation near the strait of Hormuz, highlighting the fragile situation as both sets of negotiators refuse to cede ground on final points of disagreement.

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The draft Trump has shared is not vastly different to the one that has been circulating across the Middle East for days, under which the strait of Hormuz would be opened to commercial shipping, the US blockade of Iranian ports would by lifted and Iran would be given access to as much as $12bn (£9bn) in frozen assets.

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The aim would be for commercial shipping in the strait to return to pre-war levels within 30 days and for negotiations envisaged to last as long as 60 days to commence on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme. This would include discussions about its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, a time-limited suspension of further enrichment and supervision by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear watchdog.

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China is pressing for the UN security council to ratify any agreement.

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Axios is reporting that the US and Iran have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and launch negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program.

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However, US president Donald Trump still needs to give final approval, according to two American officials.

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The US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said Washington will be shutting down Iranian airlines’ access to landing spots, refuelling and ticket sales.

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In a post on X, he said the US has sanctioned Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), a government agency Tehran established on 5 May handling transit fees for vessels in the strait of Hormuz.

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Bessent wrote:

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The US treasury continues our Economic Fury campaign against the Iranian regime.

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Their troops are not getting paid, the police are not reporting for work, and Kharg Island is shut down. The Iranian economy and currency are in free fall.

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Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) is a joke, and today Treasury has sanctioned it. We have warned any corporate or state entities against paying tolls or hiding them as aid payments.

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Forming a Wall of Steel, the US Naval Blockade has ensured a record low amount of Iranian crude on the water. We will also be shutting down both Iranian airlines’ access to landing spots, refueling, and ticket sales.

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Only a satisfactory outcome in negotiations will end the downward spiral.

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Kuwait has now named Iran as the culprit behind the attempted missile and drone attacks against the Gulf state, describing it as a “dangerous escalation”.

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Earlier, the Kuwaiti armed forces said it had intercepted drones and missiles that were launched towards the country, but did not say who was behind the attacks. The US and UAE placed the blame squarely on Iran.

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In a statement, the Kuwaiti foreign ministry said it expressed the country’s “strongest condemnation and denunciation of the criminal Iranian attacks that targeted the territory of the state of Kuwait with missiles and drones, in a dangerous escalation”.

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The ministry affirms this escalation comes at a time when earnest efforts are being exerted by a number of brotherly and friendly countries to reduce tensions, de-escalate, and spare the region further escalation, which amplifies the gravity of these attacks and undermines diplomatic efforts aimed at preserving regional security and stability.

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The IDF said it carried out a strike in the Lebanese capital Beirut, which had been largely spared of attacks since a fragile ceasefire took effect on 17 April.

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In a post on X, it said: “The IDF has just carried out a targeted strike in Beirut; further details to follow.”

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The most recent Israeli strike on Beirut was on 6 May, when the IDF carried out an airstrike in the southern suburbs known as the Dahiyeh.

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We will bring you more as we get it.

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The US Central Command said an Iranian missile was intercepted by Kuwaiti forces, as it accused Tehran of an “egregious ceasefire violation”.

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In a statement posted on social media, it said:

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Iran launched a ballistic missile toward Kuwait that was successfully intercepted by Kuwaiti forces. This egregious ceasefire violation by the Iranian regime occurred hours after Iranian forces launched five one-way attack drones that posed a clear threat in and near the strait of Hormuz. All drones were successfully intercepted by US forces which also prevented a sixth drone launch from an Iranian ground control site in Bandar Abbas.

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US Central Command and regional partners remain vigilant and measured as we continue to defend our forces and interests from unjustified Iranian aggression.

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The UAE has condemned “in the strongest terms” what it described as Iranian drone and missile attacks on Kuwait.

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Earlier, the Kuwaiti armed forces said its air defences were intercepting “hostile missile and drone attacks” this morning, but did not say how many and where they were launched from.

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted an unnamed American military base in retaliation against US strikes on the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas near the strait of Hormuz, according to the Iranian state broadcaster Irib.

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In a statement, the UAE’s foreign ministry said the attacks constituted “a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of Kuwait and a threat to its security and stability”.

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We have a statement from the Iranian foreign ministry in which the spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, described Donald Trump’s threats against Oman as “dangerous” and “bullying”.

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He was quoted as saying:

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Threats to “destroy” a United Nations member state that has always played a constructive, effective, and responsible role in regional peace and security and has used its noble efforts in the service of regional peace and stability as a mediator in diplomatic processes for many years are not only a violation of the fundamental principle of prohibiting the threat of the use of force, but also another dangerous sign of the normalisation of lawlessness and bullying in international relations.

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As a reminder, the US president said yesterday that he would “blow up” Oman if it entered an agreement with Iran to manage shipping in the strait of Hormuz.

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Read more here:

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At least a dozen people have been killed in Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon today, according to local media, as the Israeli military continues to push further into Lebanese territory.

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Among those killed was a solider in the Lebanese armed forces. In a post on social media, the army said the soldier was “targeted by a hostile Israeli airstrike” while travelling between the villages of Zefta and Deir ez-Zahrani in the Nabatieh area.

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Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported at least six people, including children, were killed in an Israeli drone attack on the Adloun Highway in the Nabi Sari area of southern Lebanon. The victims – reported to be members of the same family – were killed “as they were trying to flee from the threatened villages to a safe place at dawn”, according to the news agency. More deaths were reported in the southern Lebanese cities of Tyre and Sidon where the Israeli military said it is targeting Hezbollah infrastructure.

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Lebanese and Israeli military officials are set to hold their first security talks tomorrow in Washington, with talks at a political level scheduled on 2 and 3 June. The talks have extended a nominal ceasefire that went into effect on 17 April, although the attacks have since intensified.

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Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has condemned the US after Donald Trump threatened to attack Oman if it sides with Tehran over reopening the strait of Hormuz.

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In remarks during a cabinet meeting in the White House yesterday, the US president said he would “blow up” ally Oman if it did not “behave just like everybody else” in the ongoing dispute over the key waterway.

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In a statement this morning, Baghaei expressed solidarity with Oman, a key mediator in the Iran conflict, after “US officials’ threats”, without specifically naming Trump.

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He also condemned US attacks on Bander Abbas, the Iranian port city near the strait of Hormuz.

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The US has targeted a military facility in Iran and downed four attack drones, US officials said, which prompted an apparent Iranian retaliatory attack on an American airbase in Kuwait, in fresh signs that any peace agreement remains elusive.

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US Central Command forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the Hormuz strait, according to the officials, and struck a ground control station in the port city of Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone. Iranian state broadcaster Irib reported later on Thursday the Revolutionary Guards had targeted an American base in Kuwait “that served as the source of the attack”.

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Kuwait’s army confirmed its air defences were intercepting missile and drone threats just before 6am in Kuwait City.

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Earlier, Donald Trump dismissed a report that Iran and Oman would manage shipping through the strait of Hormuz as part of a deal to end the war.

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Oil prices jumped on Thursday – erasing much of Wednesday’s decline – amid the latest test of the ceasefire, with Trump warning he may have to “finish the job” and Tehran saying its forces are still “lying in wait with full magazines”. Brent North Sea crude – the main international benchmark – rose by 1.8% in Thursday morning trade to $95.95 a barrel.

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But mixed signals underscored the fragile state of talks. Iran said a return to war was unlikely, while Trump told a televised White House cabinet meeting that Tehran “very much” wanted a deal but had not yet offered enough.

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“So far they haven’t gotten there. We’re not satisfied with it, but we will be,” the US president said. “Either that or we’ll have to just finish the job.”

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Here are the other main developments:

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  The Israeli military declared a new swathe of southern Lebanon a combat zone and said residents in the area should move north, warning it would act “with great force” against the Iran-backed Hezbollah in the zone. The statement on Wednesday appeared to signal a further escalation after more than 120 strikes hit Lebanon’s south and east on Tuesday, despite a ceasefire.

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  The major Lebanese city of Tyre has come under constant Israeli bombardment, according to local media. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it is hitting Hezbollah targets in the ancient coastal city in southern Lebanon, a day after issuing a warning forcing thousands of people to leave Tyre and surrounding areas. Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported two people were killed in Tyre in an Israeli drone strike on Thursday morning.

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  Trump appeared to direct a warning at Oman – a US ally and mediator in the Iran conflict – when asked about a possible short-term arrangement allowing Iran and Oman to control the strait of Hormuz. “No, the strait is going to be open to everybody,” he said. “It’s international waters and Oman will behave just like everybody else or we’ll have to blow them up. They understand that, they’ll be fine.”

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  Trump’s “rhetoric” would not force Iran to back away from its demands to enrich uranium, wield authority over the strait and see sanctions against it lifted, said Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee. “It is obvious Trump, seeking a way out of this strategic deadlock, alternates between issuing threats and appealing for an agreement,” Azizi said on X.

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  Hamas has confirmed that Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City killed the new leader of Hamas’ military wing. The group said on Wednesday that Mohammed Odeh was killed the previous day, along with his wife and two of his children.

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  More Israeli strikes in the city on Wednesday evening killed at least seven people, including two children and a woman. More than 20 people were wounded, including several children, according to Shifa hospital.

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