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The Israeli army said it had carried out a “precise attack” in Beirut, targeting the commanders of the Revolutionary Guards Iranians operating in Lebanon. Israeli forces “conducted a precise attack targeting key commanders” of the Quds Force, the Pasdaran’s overseas operational arm, the army said in a statement, accusing them without identifying them of planning “terrorist attacks against the State of Israel and its civilians.”

The commanders of the Quds Force were hit while they were in a hotel in the heart of Beirut. The Israeli attack killed at least four people and injured ten. The hotel targeted is the Ramada Hotel in the Raouche district, on the seafront, a tourist area so far spared from air raids against the Shiite movement pro-Iranian Hezbollah.

An AFT photographer saw a room on the fourth floor with shattered windows and blackened walls, and dozens of panicked guests fleeing the building with their luggage. A security source at the scene reported that Hezbollah-affiliated paramedics had removed three bodies from the hotel. The Raouche’ district includes numerous hotels currently besieged by displaced people due to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

“The Iranian terrorist regime systematically operates within the civilian population in Iran and Lebanon, cynically exploiting civilians as human shields,” the Israeli army accused on Telegram. More than 20 towns and villages were targeted by Israeli airstrikes on Saturday in southern Lebanon, according to the National News Agency, while on Friday evening an Israeli commando operation to try unsuccessfully to recover the remains of an Israeli airman captured in Lebanon in 1986 left 41 people dead in the village of Nabi Chit in the east of the country.

12.18 Pope: silence the noise of the bombs, hear the voice of the people

“Let us raise our humble prayer to the Lord so that the roar of the bombs will stop, the weapons will be silenced and a space for dialogue will be opened in which the voice of the people can be heard”. Thus Pope Leo XIV at the end of the Angelus. “I entrust this supplication to Mary, Queen of Peace. May she intercede for those who suffer because of war and accompany hearts along paths of reconciliation and hope”.

12.02 Missiles towards Israel and an air base in Jordan

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced that they had fired missiles towards the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Bersheva and towards an air base in Jordan.

11.06 double missile attack in Najafabad, over 20 dead

A double missile attack by the US and Israel on the Iranian city of Najafabad has caused over 20 deaths and 50 injuries. Police sources reported this to the Fars agency. Among the victims there would be members of the emergency personnel and ordinary citizens who had gone to help at the site of the impact of the first missile, hit a few minutes later by a second missile, Fars reports.

10.53am New Supreme Leader appointed, name announcement awaited

The Iranian Assembly of Experts has made a decision on the figure to be appointed as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. The name announcement is now expected. “The most suitable candidate, approved by the majority of the Assembly of Experts, has been identified”, declared Mohsen Heydari, representative of the province of Khuzestan to the ISNA agency. Another Assembly member, Mohammad Mehdi Mirbagheri, had earlier told Fars that “a firm consensus has been reached that reflects the opinion of the majority.”

10:24 Trump, we are winning fast and at unprecedented levels

The United States is winning the war on Iran “fast and at unprecedented levels.” US President Donald Trump assured CBS of this. “We’ve done an incredible job, the missiles have been blown to smithereens,” Trump said, “there are very few left. The drones are destroyed. Factories are being bombed as we speak.” “The Navy is gone, it’s at the bottom of the sea. Forty-two ships in six days. The Navy is gone. The Air Force is gone. Every single element of their military is gone. The leadership is gone. There’s not one thing that’s not gone,” Trump added

09:12 IDF, we will prosecute any successor to Khamenei

Israel’s armed forces will “pursue any successor” to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and “anyone who intends to die in the same way.” You can read it on the X profile in Persian of the Israel Defense Forces. “After the neutralization of the tyrant Khamenei, the Iranian terror regime is trying to rehabilitate itself and choose a new leader. The Assembly of Experts will meet soon in Qom”, reads the message. Previously, a member of the Assembly, which is responsible for the election of the new Supreme Leader, had declared to the Fars agency that an agreement had been reached on the figure to be appointed to replace Khamenei.

09:00 Eau tug sinks in Hormuz Strait, 3 missing

The Musaffah 2, a tugboat flying the flag of the United Arab Emirates, sank in the Strait of Hormuz last Friday and three Indonesian sailors are still missing. This was reported by the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta, according to which a fourth compatriot member of the crew was saved and is being treated in a hospital in Oman for the burns suffered during the explosion that caused the sinking of the vessel.

08:49 Air base in Kuwait attacked, two dead

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards told the Fars agency that they had attacked Al-Adiri air base in Kuwait with drones and missiles. The firefighters of the small Gulf country announced on X that two firefighters had “died in the line of duty” without specifying the circumstances of the accident.

08:05 Ayatollah, there is agreement on the choice of new Supreme Leader

The Iranian Assembly of Experts has reached an agreement on the person to be elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic after the killing of Ali Khamenei. A member of the body, Ayatollah Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri, told the Fars agency.

07:38 5 fuel depots hit, at least 4 dead

Israeli and US forces struck four fuel depots and a center for the transportation of petroleum products in the provinces of Tehran and Alborz during the night. This was reported by Keramat Veyskarami, CEO of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company, on Iranian state TV. The structures “were damaged” but “the fire was brought under control”, assured Veyskarami.

07:27 IDF, Isfahan airport attacked, F14s destroyed

The Israeli military said it attacked Iran’s Isfahan airport yesterday and destroyed an unknown number of F14 fighter jets. “Aerial detection and defense systems that threatened Israel were also hit”, reads the IDF statement, “this attack is in addition to the one that two days ago dismantled 16 Quds Force planes at Mehrabad airport in Tehran.

07:15 Trump, Meloni always tries to help, excellent leader

The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, “always tries to help, she is an excellent leader and she is a friend of mine”. Thus the President of the United States, Donald Trump, reached by telephone by Corriere della Sera, responded to a question on the sending of Italian Navy forces to defend Cyprus from involvement in the conflict between Israeli-American forces and Iran. “I love Italy, I think she’s a great leader,” Trump added.

06:37 Pezeshkian, if attacked we will be forced to respond

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that his country “will be forced to respond” to any attack or invasion attempt by a neighboring country.
If Iran’s enemies “try to use any country to attack or invade our territory, we will be forced to respond to that attack. Responding does not mean having disputes with that country or wanting to harm its population: we would respond out of necessity,” Pezeshkian said on state TV on Sunday. Yesterday the President apologized to neighboring countries hosting US military bases for the attacks on their territory.

06.15 New raids on the outskirts of Beirut

New bombings have hit the southern outskirts of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, after the Israeli army announced it had launched attacks against the “infrastructure” of the pro-Iranian Shiite group in the area.

06:10 Israel, we are hitting targets across the country

The Israeli military announced that it had launched a wave of attacks against military sites “across Iran.” The IDF “launched a wave of attacks against the military infrastructure of the Iranian terrorist regime”, we read in a statement

05:46 New raid with drones and missiles on Kuwait

Kuwait faced a new missile and drone attack after one that hit a fuel depot at the emirate’s international airport. “Kuwaiti air defenses are currently responding to hostile missile and drone attacks,” the military wrote on X, warning that explosions caused by intercepted projectiles were likely.

03:41 Pasdaran, we can sustain at least 6 months of war

The Revolutionary Guards claim to be able to withstand “at least six months of intense warfare”. Iran’s elite force also said it had targeted “more than 200” locations linked to American and Israeli bases and facilities across the region.