Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike killed a Hamas official on Thursday, the first reported targeted killing of a member of the Palestinian militant group since US-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered regional war.
For the six consecutive days, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported several explosions were heard in Tehran and that Iran had activated its defenses.
A US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, touting the strike as evidence of America’s global reach in its war on Iran.
Chinese shipping giant Cosco, which operates one of the world’s biggest oil tanker fleets, announced it was suspending services to and from Gulf countries from Wednesday, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait.
Hezbollah said on Wednesday it had targeted the headquarters of Israel Aerospace Industries, in central Israel, overnight with a drone attack while also saying it launched a missile at a drone control base.
The European Commission said Wednesday it was “ready” to defend EU interests after President Donald Trump threatened to sever trade with Spain for refusing to allow US use of its bases to attack Iran.
Moscow has accused Kyiv of hitting an LNG tanker off the coast of Libya in a naval drone attack in the early hours of Tuesday.
Iran has no intention of negotiating with the United States and can continue the Middle East war for as long as needed, Mohammad Mokhber, a senior aide to the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told state TV.
The Israeli military said it had begun a fresh wave of strikes on Tehran on Wednesday, the fifth day of the ongoing war, as an explosion was reported in the northeast of the Iranian capital.
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened on Wednesday to assassinate any Iranian leader picked to succeed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.
