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Magnitude 5 earthquake strikes southern Iran
A magnitude 5 earthquake has struck southern Iran, Iran’s Mehr news agency reports.
The quake struck the Hormozgan and Kerman provinces near Sargaz earlier this morning.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, according to Mehr.
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‘Sometimes, lovers have a spat’: Israeli envoy on Trump, Netanyahu relationship
Israel’s ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, has downplayed reports of tension between the US and Israeli leaders, telling Fox News that “sometimes lovers have a spat”.
Leiter said he had sat in on hundreds of calls between Netanyahu and Trump and that the pair have a “deep friendship that goes back some 40 years”.
He added that while Netanyahu “decided” to “lower the temperature” on military action against Iran at Trump’s request, the US president understands “full well” that Israel can’t “absorb ballistic missiles into our country without responding”.
“For the most part, we’re dealing with a very, very close collaborative effort between the United States and Israel, and there’s tremendous understanding,” Leiter added.
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Trump’s tough words on Israel must be ‘matched by actions’
Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, and an international adviser for the Jewish Voice for Peace activist group, told Al Jazeera that there is no real shift in US policy towards Israel, despite tough rhetoric from Trump.
Bennis said that Trump’s warnings were merely an attempt to appear firmer on Israel than he actually is, noting that “the words could be significant if they were matched by actions”.
“What we see now are a set of words – ‘You better be careful; you’ll find yourself acting alone’ – that are not backed up by actions,” Bennis said.
She pointed out that as long as Washington continues providing billions in military aid, shielding Israel from accountability at the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court, and keeps US weapons flowing, “the words just don’t mean very much”.
According to Bennis, this approach mirrors the policy seen during the first years of the Gaza genocide under former US President Joe Biden and later under Trump, where the leadership would say, “Please stop killing so many Palestinians”, while continuing to supply unlimited weapons and taxpayer funding.
“As long as that continues, there’s really no reason that Netanyahu should assume that he has to worry about the words that sound very good to a US domestic audience,” she said.
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Israel’s US envoy says ‘Lebanon will not have a future if it remains linked to Iran’
Israel’s ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, has told Fox News that negotiations between the US and Iran have “nothing to do with Lebanon”, while also claiming that “Lebanon will not have a future if it remains linked to Iran”.
“The main issue here is that Iran is trying to connect the negotiations with the United States with Lebanon, and they have nothing to do with Lebanon,” the Israeli ambassador to the US said.
“When we hit Hezbollah, that has nothing to do with Iran, and they have to stay out of it,” Leiter added.
Smoke rises following an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Sunday [Atef Safadi/EPA] - 1h ago(00:15 GMT)
Hezbollah claims 16 attacks on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon
Hezbollah reported launching a series of targeted strikes against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, hitting troop concentrations, military vehicles, and logistical equipment across several flashpoint areas.
According to statements detailing Monday’s operations, the group said it repeatedly targeted gatherings of Israeli soldiers and vehicles on the outskirts of Beit Yahoun, Rachaf, Naqoura, at-Tiri, and Aainata.
The statement also highlighted several key high-impact attacks, including drone strikes on a communications vehicle near Lebanon’s historic Beaufort Castle and an artillery position in Odaisseh.
Additionally, Hezbollah said it focused heavy fire on the southeastern outskirts of Yohmor al-Shaqif, claiming to have used loitering munitions, guided missiles, and artillery to destroy multiple ammunition transport vehicles and military bulldozers.
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WATCH: Inside Israel’s strike on Iran’s vital Mahshahr petrochemical complex
Israel said on Monday that it hit the Mahshahr petrochemical complex in southwest Iran.
It’s one of the country’s most important industrial hubs.
Iranian media said there were no casualties, but potential losses and damage are still being assessed.
Al Jazeera’s Lina Abu Akleh explains.
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A recap of recent developments
- Trump has reportedly warned Israel’s Netanyahu that Israel risks losing Washington’s backing if it launches more strikes on Iran.
- Iran’s envoy to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, said that while a final text has not yet been reached, Pakistan-mediated talks with the US are continuing.
- Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf earlier said the US is “neither seeking a ceasefire nor seeking dialogue”.
- Iran said it has ended renewed attacks on Israel but warned of a harsher response if Israel’s strikes resume on Lebanon or Iranian territory.
- The extent of damage to Iran’s Karun Petrochemical Company following an Israeli attack is still being assessed, Iranian media reported.
- UN chief Antonio Guterres has urged Israel to reopen border crossings to the Gaza Strip after Israeli forces again closed them on Monday.
- UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi urged Iran to allow inspections of its nuclear facilities, as the US and European partners demand details regarding the location of its enriched uranium.
- Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the military will persist with its strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and will target Beirut if Israel is attacked by the armed group.
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An interception by Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, on Monday [Ayal Margolin/Reuters]
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Iran war live: Trump warns Netanyahu as Israel, Tehran halt fighting
Israeli strikes have killed 3,637 people in Lebanon since March, with 11,188 wounded, the Health Ministry says.
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- Iran and Israel have halted their mutual attacks, but Tehran has warned that strikes will resume if Israel continues its “aggression”, including in Lebanon.
- US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “be careful, or you will be on your own very soon”, according to the Axios news site, as Israel’s strikes on Beirut and Iran threaten the US ceasefire with Tehran.
- Iran’s chief negotiator with the US and parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Tehran has “disrupted” a ceasefire that was on paper only while “repeated violations” were carried out on the ground, and warned that there was no “genuine will to build trust”.
- The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces attacked and disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was heading towards an Iranian port, adding that a total of seven vessels have now been struck similarly since the US imposed a blockade on Iran’s ports in April.
- Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon killed at least a dozen people on Monday, including a woman and child, with four Lebanese paramedics wounded, as the death toll from Israel’s onslaught on the country since March reached 3,637.
- US Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has called for a new investigation into Israel’s deadly 1967 attack on the USS Liberty, which was struck off Egypt, leaving 34 US service members dead and 170 injured.
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