Middle East disaster stay: Israel bombs Tehran and Beirut as Iran warns Europe to remain out of battle or face ‘retaliation’ | US-Israel conflict on Iran

Donald Trump has posted on Truth Social that there “will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”

He continued to say that following this, there will probably be “the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s)”.

He said the US and its “wonderful and very brave allies and partners” will work “tirelessly” to carry Iran “from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before”.

“IRAN WILL HAVE A GREAT FUTURE,” the US president wrote. “‘MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN’ (MIGA!)”

The Israeli military released a video purportedly showing its fighter jets dropping bombs at the underground bunker of the slain Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel claimed the underground lair in Tehran remains to be being utilized by senior Iranian officers. There has been no remark from Iran or stories of any casualties from both facet.

Lebanon’s prime minister, Nawaf Salam, said his country was being “dragged further into the abyss” and drawn into a conflict it “did not seek and did not choose”.

In his speech during a meeting with Arab and foreign ambassadors, he said:

“Lebanon faces a harmful and making an attempt second. Our nation has been drawn right into a devastating conflict that we didn’t search and didn’t select. It was a conflict imposed upon us. The precedence of the Lebanese authorities is to cease this conflict. Our obligation is to guard our nation and our individuals. Today, Lebanon is dragged additional into an abyss. Its descent into additional violence and chaos has to cease. We proceed to name for unity and accountability.

He continued:

I’m positive you may have seen how large the pressured displacement is of Lebanese residents from the south of Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut. The scenario is grave, and our accountability is excessive. The penalties of this displacement, on the humanitarian and political stage, might be unprecedented. A humanitarian catastrophe is looming.

• The Israeli army introduced a “new stage” in its marketing campaign towards Iran, with US and Israeli officers hinting at escalating strikes. The IDF stated it has “additional surprising moves” as a part of this new part, with out elaborating, whereas US defence secretary Pete Hegseth introduced that strikes on Iran will “surge dramatically”.

• The IDF claimed to have destroyed the underground bunker of the slain Iranian supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which it claims remains to be utilized by senior Iranian officers. The Israeli army stated roughly 50 fighter jets dropped about 100 bombs on the web site in Tehran, which it claimed unfold throughout a number of streets and included “many entry points”. There was no instant remark from Iran.

• The UN stated almost 100,000 individuals have been displaced inside Lebanon and tens of hundreds of Syrian refugees within the nation have fled again over the border. It follows a mass evacuation order by the IDF for individuals to flee an unlimited swathe of Beirut’s southern suburbs because it bombs what it says are Hezbollah targets within the space.

• Volker Türk, the UN excessive commissioner for human rights, has urged the US to maneuver “very quickly” with its investigation right into a lethal strike on a faculty in southern Iran, which Tehran has blamed on the US and Israel. Türk additionally stated the IDF’s evacuation order for southern Beirut raises critical considerations underneath worldwide legislation, “in particular when it comes to issues around forced transfer”.

• Officials in Azerbaijan stated they’re withdrawing diplomatic employees from Iran for their very own security. It comes a day after Azerbaijan stated 4 Iranian drones had crossed its border and injured 4 individuals within the Nakhchivan exclave.

• Fatih Birol, the manager director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), sought to allay fears over a worldwide oil disaster, saying there may be “plenty of oil” within the markets. “We have no oil shortage … there is a huge surplus,” he stated.

• Boril’s feedback had been at odds with the remarks made by Qatar’s power minister, Saad al-Kaabi, who stated it may take “weeks to months” for power exports to return to regular ranges even when the conflict ended instantly. “Everybody’s energy price is going to go higher. There will be shortages of some products and there will be a chain reaction of factories that cannot supply,” he advised the Financial Times.

• Four individuals within the UK have been arrested by counter terror police on suspicion of spying on the Jewish neighborhood for Iran, the Metropolitan police stated. The males, one Iranian and three twin British-Iranian nationals, had been arrested this morning shortly after 1am in Barnet and Watford.

• The UK deputy prime minister, David Lammy, stated 6,500 individuals have now returned to the UK from the UAE. Emirates airline stated it anticipates a return to full community operations in coming days.

In case you missed it, evangelical leaders gathered round Donald Trump within the Oval Office final night time and prayed over him and for the US’s success within the conflict towards Iran.

It comes after stories that US personnel have allegedly been advised by a commander that Trump “has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”, based on a spiritual freedom group that is dealing with complaints over this from service members.

On the identical day of that report, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth, who is understood for his embrace of Christian nationalism, described Iran as a “crazy regime” that’s “hell-bent on prophetic Islamist delusions”.

The president of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, stated mediation talks needs to be directed at “those who ignited this conflict”, seemingly referring to the US and Israel.

The US and Israel launched army strikes on Iran, killing its supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and prompting Iranian counterstrikes, all while nuclear talks were taking place just days before. US and Iranian negotiators had met in Geneva final week for what Omani mediators described as productive negotiations on a nuclear deal.

Pezeshkian stated these talks needs to be aimed elsewhere.

In a put up on X, he stated:

Some nations have begun mediation efforts. Let’s be clear: we’re dedicated to lasting peace within the area but now we have no hesitation in defending our nation’s dignity and sovereignty. Mediation ought to handle those that underestimated the Iranian individuals and ignited this battle.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated it has destroyed the underground bunker of the slain Iranian supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, which it claims remains to be utilized by senior Iranian officers.

The IDF stated roughly 50 Israeli air pressure fighter jets dropped about 100 bombs on the positioning, which it claimed was positioned underneath Iran’s “leadership complex” in Tehran, spreading throughout a number of streets and together with “many entry points and rooms for gatherings of senior members of the Iranian terror regime”.

In an announcement, the IDF stated:

The underground bunker was constructed beneath the compound and was a safe emergency asset for managing the conflict by the chief, who was eradicated earlier than he managed to make use of it.

After Khamenei’s assassination, the compound continued for use by senior Iranian regime officers.

There was no instant remark from Iran.