July 2026

Lebanon's health ministry put the toll since 2 March at 4,333 killed and 12,236 injured. ^[1][2] Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said the army blew up a tunnel system near Beaufort Castle with about 700 tons of explosives, and Lebanon's National News Agency said the blasts shattered windows in Qlayaa. ^[1] Iran's army said its drones targeted hangars and satellite systems used by US forces at Kuwait's Ahmad Al-Jaber air base, with damage and casualties unknown. ^[1] Araghchi denied Iranian involvement in the Damietta drone strike and warned of Israeli 'false-flag operations'.

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Kuwait's defence ministry said a worker was killed in an Iranian attack on a building belonging to a Chinese company in northern Kuwait. ^[1] OCHA said 360,000 people were still displaced in Lebanon. ^[1] Saudi Arabia announced a maritime defence alliance with 13 other states to protect navigation in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb and Gulf of Aden, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1] Local security sources reported a drone attack on an Iranian Kurdish opposition camp east of Erbil, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1]

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Fars, citing Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, said a couple and their two-year-old child were killed when a residential building in Qeshm was hit, as CENTCOM said US forces struck dozens of IRGC targets in Iran overnight. ^[1] The Popular Mobilisation Forces said at least 20 fighters were killed and 32 wounded in US and Saudi strikes on Iran-backed groups across Iraq, which CENTCOM and Saudi Arabia blamed for more than 30 drone attacks. ^[1] The IRGC said it fired ballistic missiles at US forces in Jordan, its first strike since the pause, and Jordan said it destroyed five missiles, after which Trump said Iran would be 'hit very hard'. ^[1] A drone hit the US-owned Energos Winter at Egypt's Damietta port and the fire spread to a second LNG ship, with no injuries according to Egypt's petroleum ministry; no one claimed the attack, and Araghchi denied Iranian involvement. ^[1] Iraq's National Security Council called the US-Saudi strikes 'a flagrant violation of Iraq's sovereignty', and Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi cancelled a visit to Saudi Arabia. ^[1]

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Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the group fired ballistic missiles at the Saudi tanker NCC Ghazal, and UKMTO said a tanker reported an explosion in the Red Sea with its crew safe. ^[1] Reuters reported that Oman proposed a joint mechanism for the strait with voluntary fees, while Gharibabadi said Iran rejected an equal division of transit routes and had 'no plans to negotiate with the US'. ^[1] Trump said Washington was holding 'very friendly negotiations' with Iran, which Iran's foreign ministry spokesman denied, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Trump at the White House. ^[1]

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UN human rights chief Volker Turk said in Lebanon that some Israeli military conduct was 'possibly amounting to war crimes', after visiting a school sheltering about 1,000 displaced people. ^[1] Saudi Arabia said it destroyed drones aimed at Eastern Province oil sites and Riyadh and blamed Iran-backed militias in Iraq, a claim the Islamic Resistance in Iraq disputed as 'fabrications'. ^[1] CENTCOM said it had redirected 17 commercial vessels under the blockade, and Fars reported that six ships using an unauthorised route were stopped and returned to the Gulf. ^[1] Brent crude fell 6.4 percent to $90.58 a barrel as the strike pause held, Reuters reported. ^[1] Trump said Iran had requested a meeting and that 'we are having good talks'.

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The Lebanese army said Israeli forces were obstructing the first phase of the US-backed framework and still bulldozing and shelling in the south, as Lebanon's toll since March stood at 4,329 killed. ^[1] US Defense Department casualty figures put US service members killed at 18 and wounded at 624. ^[1][2] Syria's state news agency SANA said Israeli soldiers advanced toward villages in southwestern Syria and set up a checkpoint at Al-Ardah. ^[1] Mojtaba Khamenei said an unconditional end to Israel's attacks on Lebanon was Iran's primary condition for ending the war with the US. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said there were no direct or indirect negotiations with the US and that the strait remained closed, while US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said Trump had paused the attacks to give talks 'some space'.

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Iran said a long-range strike on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea killed one sailor and injured another, and summoned Ukraine's charge d'affaires after Ukraine's SBU said its drones hit a Russian missile boat and two cargo ships there. ^[1] Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree claimed attacks on Saudi Aramco-linked facilities in Jizan and Yanbu, and Saudi Civil Defence said sirens sounded in both provinces. ^[1] The IRGC said its attacks had destroyed 17 drones and several aircraft at bases across the region, without naming locations. Araghchi said the June memorandum gave Tehran the right to set transit routes in the strait and accused Washington of trying to force open a new route. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Damascus and said violations of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity 'must cease'. ^[1]

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Tasnim reported four people killed and five injured in a US missile attack near Ahvaz on the last night of the US strike run. ^[1] Iran's health ministry put the toll since late June at 60 killed and about 670 injured, with 19 children among the injured. ^[1][2][3] The Pentagon suspended its bombing campaign after 13 nights of strikes, and a senior Iranian official told Reuters Iran would halt its attacks while the US did. ^[1] Jordan's military said it intercepted seven missiles and six drones from Iran, and the IRGC told civilians in countries hosting US troops to stay at least 500 metres from US positions. ^[1] CENTCOM said US forces disabled a tanker that had repeatedly tried to breach the blockade, and the Saudi-led coalition said Saudi Arabia struck the Houthi-held city of Hodeidah. ^[1][2]

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Khuzestan's deputy governor said two people were killed when US missiles struck near the Shalamcheh border crossing and IRNA reported 11 wounded, while Bushehr's governor said an attack on a substation near the nuclear plant caused an outage. ^[1] Iran's health ministry put the toll from the renewed US strikes at 55 killed and 629 wounded. ^[1][2] An Israeli strike on an ambulance in Nabatieh al-Fawqa injured two medics, Lebanon's health ministry said, and WHO recorded an attack affecting health transport and health workers in El Nabatieh. ^[1][2] The IRGC said a tanker was set ablaze on the southern route off Oman and declared the strait 'completely closed', and Jordan said it intercepted three missiles as the IRGC claimed hits on US systems in Jordan and Kuwait. ^[1][2] Brent crude rose to about $100 a barrel, its highest since May, and the US House voted 214 to 208 to limit Trump's war powers on Iran while a Senate measure failed 47 to 49. ^[1][2]

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Iran's health ministry put the toll from the renewed US strikes at 53 killed and 592 wounded, and the US Defense Department put US service members killed at 18, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1][2][3] CENTCOM said its eleventh night of strikes hit operations centres, hangars and drone storage, as Iranian media reported attacks from Tabriz to Chabahar and Tasnim said a US missile hit Larak Island. ^[1][2] Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree claimed missile and drone strikes on the Saudi-linked tankers Encelia and Layla in the Red Sea, and the Saudi Press Agency said the Encelia was set ablaze with all crew safe. ^[1] Iran's military said it launched drones at US facilities in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain. ^[1] Trump said the US would destroy 'ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT' each time Iranian forces fired on a vessel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was open to talks, and Ghalibaf said 'no infrastructure will be safe' if Iran's security was not ensured.

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WHO recorded an attack affecting health transport, health workers and health supplies in Zaoutar, in south Lebanon. ^[1] CENTCOM said a five-hour round of US strikes ended overnight, as Iranian media reported explosions on Qeshm Island and in Bandar Abbas and state broadcaster IRIB said locations near Shiraz were attacked. ^[1] The IRGC claimed strikes on US air defences and radars in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, none of which was independently confirmed in the reports seen. ^[1] Two oil tankers carrying Saudi crude to Asia turned back in the Red Sea after the Houthi blockade declaration, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1] US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators the war had cost the military $37.5bn, and Trump met Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun as the Lebanese army deployed to Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, the first of three 'pilot zone' villages. ^[1][2][3]

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Lebanon's health ministry put the toll from Israeli attacks since March at 4,328 killed and 12,230 wounded. ^[1][2] US military announcements put US service members killed at 17, with at least 420 wounded. ^[1][2] CENTCOM said it completed a ninth night of strikes on command centres, air defences and launch sites, which Trump said honoured US service members killed in Jordan and Iraq, and Tasnim said strikes hit Khormoj in Bushehr province. ^[1] Dynacom Tankers said its VLCC Acheloos was struck by a projectile in the southern corridor with all crew safe, and the crew of the Kuwaiti tanker Kaifan abandoned ship after it was hit off Limah, Oman, UKMTO said. ^[1] Yemen's Houthis declared a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia 'effective immediately', and Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran would end the war when it had 'the upper hand in the field'. ^[1]

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The head of Iran's national electricity company reported a 4,200 MW drop in grid capacity and damage at more than 2,000 points across the network, with daily blackouts reported, Al Jazeera said. ^[1] Kuwaiti authorities said an Iranian attack set fire to facilities at a power and water plant, and Jordan said it shot down three of four Iranian missiles. ^[1] Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation said projectiles hit the Darkhovin nuclear power plant construction site in Khuzestan, which the IAEA said held no nuclear material at its last visit, as CENTCOM said overnight strikes targeted the IRGC forces behind the Jordan attack. ^[1][2] The tanker Kavomaleas caught fire after being hit northwest of Kumzar, Oman, and its crew was evacuated, while the IRGC said two oil tankers 'exploded' in the southern strait. ^[1] Jordan summoned Iran's ambassador, and Qatar, the UAE and Lebanon's prime minister condemned the Iranian attacks on Jordan and Kuwait. ^[1]

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A US strike destroyed a pumping station and transformer at the Bunji desalination plant in Jask and cut water to 20 villages, Iranian officials said, leaving about 10,000 people without water. ^[1] Iran's health ministry said at least 50 people had been killed and more than 500 injured in US strikes since 6 July. ^[1][2] Kuwait said Iranian attacks hit two power and desalination plants and wounded several firefighters, and Jordan said it intercepted 10 Iranian ballistic missiles. ^[1] CENTCOM said a US service member was killed in northern Iraq while destroying unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone. ^[1] Gharibabadi said Iran had suspended its commitments under the Islamabad memorandum after the US suspended its own, and a statement from Mojtaba Khamenei called Trump's signature on it 'utterly worthless and invalid'. ^[1]

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Kuwait's electricity and water ministry said an attack set fire to a power and desalination plant and urged citizens to ration electricity, and Kuwait's military said 32 drones targeted vital facilities. ^[1] Iranian media reported at least eight people killed as US strikes hit bridges and a railway station in southern Iran, and Iran's energy ministry said damaged power lines caused outages in the south. ^[1] HRANA said it had verified 48 deaths in Iran since 8 July, 20 of them civilians and 28 military, and 68 people injured. ^[1][2][3][4] CENTCOM and the Pentagon said three US soldiers were killed in an Iranian missile and drone attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, and Qatar's interior ministry said a child was hurt by falling shrapnel after interceptions over Doha. ^[1][2] Lebanon's education minister Rima Karami said Israeli forces looted three schools in southern Lebanon and then blew them up, according to the National News Agency. ^[1]

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Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said 211 patients undergoing chemotherapy were evacuated from a hospital in Ahvaz after a US attack nearby, which the US did not comment on, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused Washington of war crimes. ^[1] CENTCOM said overnight strikes hit command centres, air defence sites and missile and drone capabilities, and Iranian media reported attacks from Bandar Abbas to Semnan. ^[1] Iran's army said it targeted radar and air defence systems at bases in Kuwait and Jordan, and Jordan said it intercepted eight Iranian missiles. ^[1] UKMTO said a tanker was hit by an unknown projectile about 19 nautical miles east of Khasab, Oman, and CENTCOM said it disabled an oil tanker trying to sail to Kharg Island under the blockade. ^[1][2] Syria said it seized missiles, rockets and drones at the al-Tanf crossing that state media said were bound for Hezbollah, a claim Hezbollah denied as fabricated. ^[1]

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Iran's health ministry said at least 35 people had been killed and more than 300 wounded in the renewed US attacks, and the government spokesperson said at least 30 of the dead were civilians, as CENTCOM said a six-hour wave struck sites including on Greater Tunb island. ^[1][2] WHO recorded an attack affecting a health facility in Khuzestan. ^[1] Kuwait's defence ministry said Iranian attacks hit a Kuwaiti navy vessel and wounded four personnel, and Jordan's military said it intercepted ballistic missiles. ^[1] The US military said it redirected two commercial vessels under the blockade and disabled an oil tanker with a Hellfire missile. ^[1] The sixth round of US-brokered Lebanon-Israel talks ended in Rome, and a US official said the sides agreed on the structure and guidelines for Israeli withdrawal 'pilot zones'. ^[1]

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Iran's army said a US strike on a barracks in Bampur killed seven personnel and the health ministry spokesman said more than 260 people were injured overnight, as CENTCOM said a seven-hour wave of strikes hit sites near the strait and the blockade of Iranian ports took effect. ^[1] The US Defense Department said the US military death toll rose to 14 after a Navy pilot died in an early-July helicopter crash in the Arabian Sea, and CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper said Iran had attacked seven commercial ships in seven days. ^[1] Bahrain said it intercepted several Iranian attacks and accused Iran of targeting civilians after explosions in Manama, and Jordan said it intercepted four missiles from Iran. ^[1] Trump dropped the 20% charge on cargo through the strait hours before it was due but kept the blockade, and the US Treasury sanctioned a shipping network and froze more than $130m in cryptocurrency wallets linked to Iran's central bank. ^[1][2] Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the blockade had 'in a way, dismantled the Islamabad memorandum', and Trump told Fox News that 'next week comes the power plants' unless Iran negotiated. ^[1]

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The UAE said two Iranian cruise missiles hit two of its tankers in Omani waters, killing an Indian crew member and wounding eight others, and the IRGC said it hit two 'offending' supertankers. ^[1] Iranian media reported at least four people wounded in Omidiyeh during a third night of US strikes on targets including Bushehr, Chabahar, Jask and Bandar Abbas, and Iranian authorities said US strikes in the past week had killed more than 20 people. ^[1] The IRGC said it struck US-linked sites in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, and Jordan's military said it intercepted four missiles from Iran. ^[1] Trump said the US would reinstate its naval blockade of Iran and charge 20% on all cargo through the strait, which the IMO said had no legal basis, and Brent crude rose 7.8% to $81.92 a barrel. ^[1][2] Yemen's government said it struck the runway at Sanaa airport to stop an Iranian aircraft from landing, and the Houthis said they fired ballistic missiles and drones at Abha airport in Saudi Arabia. ^[1]

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Qatar's interior ministry said three people, including a child, were wounded by falling shrapnel as Iran attacked US-linked sites in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar and Oman, and Kuwait said a drone hit an offshore drilling platform and injured a worker. ^[1] Iranian state media said a strike on Farur island killed a telecommunications worker and wounded two, as CENTCOM said a new round of US strikes on air defences, radars and small boats used one-way sea drones for the first time. ^[1] Lebanon's National News Agency reported Israeli artillery fire at the entrance to Zawtar al-Sharqiya with no casualties, while Hezbollah held its fire, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1] Trump told NBC the strait was open and that Iran had agreed to 'a perfect deal' before attacking a ship, and Ghalibaf posted that 'the era of one-sided deals is OVER'.

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OCHA said more than 732,000 people had returned home in Lebanon, leaving about 430,000 still displaced, and Lebanon's National News Agency said Israeli raids on homes in al-Mansouri injured seven people. ^[1] The container ship GFS Galaxy was struck and disabled on the southern route along the Omani coast, UKMTO said, and Oman said 23 people were rescued and one crew member was missing; the IRGC said it fired on the ship for using an 'unauthorised route'. ^[1] CENTCOM said US forces struck about 140 Iranian military targets overnight, bringing the total over three rounds to more than 300, and Tehran said casualties were under review. ^[1] The IRGC declared the Strait of Hormuz closed 'until further notice', according to IRNA, a claim CENTCOM disputed, saying the strait was open and traffic was flowing. ^[1] Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi held talks in Muscat on managing the strait, which Iran's foreign ministry said failed because of US pressure on Oman, and state media released a statement attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei pledging revenge for his father's killing. ^[1]

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Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon killed one person and wounded three, Lebanon's National News Agency reported, and Amnesty International said three Israeli strikes in March that killed 24 civilians, including 12 children, should be investigated as war crimes. ^[1] Trump formally notified Congress that hostilities with Iran had resumed on 7 July, and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said both chambers had voted to end the war. ^[1] The IMO's governing council condemned Iran's creation of an entity purporting to control traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and urged member states not to recognise Iran's claim of sovereignty over it. ^[1] The International Energy Agency said the effective closure of Hormuz had cut up to 14 million barrels a day of crude flows and that world oil demand was on track to fall in 2026 for the first time since 2020. ^[1] Trump wrote that Iran had asked to continue talks but that the ceasefire was 'OVER', which Iran's foreign ministry denied, and the US Treasury imposed its first new Iran sanctions since the 17 June memorandum. ^[1][2]

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Iran's health ministry said the recent US strikes had killed 14 people and injured 78, 47 of whom remained in hospital. ^[1][2] Iran fired missiles and drones at Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Jordan; Kuwait said one person was injured by falling debris and Jordan said it shot down eight missiles launched from Iran. ^[1] Bushehr's deputy governor said strikes hit the perimeter of the Bushehr nuclear plant with no casualties and IRNA said three IRGC members were killed near Ahvaz, while CENTCOM said it had 'nothing' on the reported strike near the plant and had carried out no strikes in Iran when further blasts were reported later that night. ^[1][2] Windward tracked five crossings of the strait on 8-9 July against 45 on 6 July, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1] Ali Khamenei was buried at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad after a six-day funeral, and Israel's defence minister Israel Katz said the army was ready to resume fighting in Iran. ^[1]

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Lebanon's National News Agency said an Israeli drone killed two young men walking near Ghandour Hospital in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, and the health ministry put the toll at 4,321 killed. ^[1][2] IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said nearly 6,000 seafarers were stranded in the Strait of Hormuz and called for 'maximum restraint and de-escalation'. ^[1] A second night of US strikes hit about 90 military targets across Iran from Chabahar to Aq Qala, CENTCOM said, and IRNA said a firefighter was killed at Iranshahr airport. ^[1] The IRGC said it targeted 85 US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait, and Kuwait said it intercepted two ballistic missiles and 13 drones with no damage or casualties. ^[1] Trump said at the NATO summit in Ankara that he thought the ceasefire was 'over' but that US negotiators could keep talking, while Ghalibaf said the strait 'will only open with Iranian arrangements, not American threats'. ^[1]

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Iranian state media said several people were injured by shrapnel at the Sirik commercial pier and Iran's army said eight air force and navy personnel were killed, after CENTCOM said it struck more than 80 targets in southern Iran in response to the attacks on three commercial vessels. ^[1] The US Navy-led Joint Maritime Information Center raised the threat level for the Strait of Hormuz from substantial to severe. ^[1] Iran's foreign ministry said Iran would charge ships for services including securing safe passage, and rejected Oman's strait authority proposal and the French-British demining plan. ^[1] The US Treasury revoked the license that had allowed Iran to sell oil, which Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called a major violation of the memorandum. ^[1]

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An Israeli drone strike on a car near Nabatieh al-Fawqa killed four people, including a school principal, Lebanon's National News Agency said; Israel says its strikes in the area target Hezbollah. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry put the toll at 4,319 killed, and the UN said more than 640,000 displaced people had returned home in Lebanon since 22 June. ^[1][2] The Qatari LNG carrier Al Rekayyat and the Saudi supertanker Wedyan were struck near Oman, and CENTCOM said three commercial vessels had been attacked; Saudi Arabia held Iran responsible and Axios, citing US officials, said the IRGC fired missiles, but Iran did not claim the attack. ^[1] Mojtaba Khamenei reappointed Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei as judiciary chief in a message attributed to him, Al Jazeera reported, as the funeral procession left Tehran for Qom. ^[1]

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At funeral prayers for Ali Khamenei in Tehran, a poet in a scripted recitation called for Trump's killing, the Guardian reported, and the new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei did not appear. ^[1] Seven OPEC+ members agreed to raise output by 188,000 barrels a day from August, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1]

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Lebanon's health ministry put the toll from Israeli attacks at 4,303 killed. ^[1] Medical sources told AFP that 16 pro-government troops were killed and 22 wounded in a Houthi attack on positions near Hodeidah, while a Yemeni minister said more than 50 Houthi fighters were killed. ^[1] At least eight ships turned back in the Strait of Hormuz after direct IRGC warnings, the Guardian reported. ^[1] Thousands of mourners attended the first public day of Ali Khamenei's funeral in Tehran, where organisers claimed up to 30 million people might attend, and Iran declared 5 and 6 July holidays. ^[1]

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Lebanon's National News Agency said an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in Siddiqine, Tyre district, wounded two people, as the IDF said it struck about 10 Hezbollah sites in south Lebanon. ^[1] UNICEF warned that at least 100,000 children in Lebanon could miss the next school year, with 340 schools damaged and 17 destroyed, per a Lebanese education ministry assessment. ^[1] Iran opened a week of funeral ceremonies for Ali Khamenei at Tehran's Grand Mosalla, and diplomatic contacts with Washington were suspended during mourning, Haaretz reported. ^[1] Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Houthi air defences stopped Saudi warplanes from preventing an Iranian civilian aircraft carrying patients from landing at Sanaa, and threatened Saudi airports. ^[1]

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Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned that any vessel leaving its designated route through the Strait of Hormuz would face an 'immediate and forceful response'. ^[1] French President Emmanuel Macron announced the go-ahead for a French-British mine-clearing force for the southern route near Oman, which Iran's foreign ministry rejected as interference, while Oman proposed a strait authority modelled on the Strait of Malacca. ^[1] Brent crude fell to $70.82 a barrel, its lowest since 27 February, after Qatar reported progress in the Doha talks, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1] Drewry put its World Container Index at $4,530 per 40ft container, up 9% on the week. ^[1] Ghalibaf said IAEA inspectors could visit only the Bushehr plant and the Tehran reactor, not Fordow, Natanz or Isfahan, under a law passed by parliament.

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Lebanon's health ministry said at least 4,297 people had been killed and 12,196 wounded in Israeli attacks since 2 March. ^[1][2][3] IRGC forces ambushed a vehicle near Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan province and killed six members of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network said, and the party confirmed the deaths. ^[1] Mediators from Qatar and Pakistan held separate meetings in Doha with US and Iranian negotiators, which Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman said made positive progress, and Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the sides agreed to set up a channel to resolve disputes. ^[1] US Vice President JD Vance said he could not guarantee that the US would not return to combat before the memorandum's deadline. EASA renewed its advice to airlines not to operate in Iranian, Iraqi and Lebanese airspace at any altitude, valid until 8 July. ^[1]

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