- Lebanon urges Israel talks -
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun renewed a call for negotiations with Israel, saying he wanted to spare south Lebanon from destruction on the scale seen in Gaza.
"It is true that Israel might want to do in southern Lebanon what it did in Gaza," Aoun said in a televised address, after Israel launched airstrikes and a ground offensive.
- Bahrain blaze -
An Iranian drone attack sparked a fire at a storage tank belonging to Bahrain's state energy firm, the company said in a statement.
The blaze had been "fully extinguished" and no injuries were reported, Bapco Energies said, adding that the damage was still being assessed.
- Israeli warship targeted -
Hezbollah said it had targeted an Israeli warship off the Lebanese coast with a cruise missile, the first such claim by the group since the start of the war. The Israeli military said it was "not aware" of the attack.
- Second US airman rescued -
President Donald Trump said US forces had safely recovered a second airman downed in Iran in "one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in US History".
He said on social media that "dozens" of aircraft took part in the operation and that the crew member was injured "but he will be just fine." Another crew member was rescued on Saturday.
Iran's military said it had destroyed three US aircraft involved in the search operation. Iranian media also reported that strikes during the rescue operation killed five people in southwest Iran, though it was not immediately clear whether they were civilians or military personnel.
- Abu Dhabi plant ablaze -
Authorities in Abu Dhabi said they were battling fires at a petrochemical facility caused by falling debris, as Iran pressed an aerial campaign against its Gulf neighbours.
The emirate's media office said work at the plant had been suspended to allow the damage to be assessed, but there were no reports of injuries.
- Aluminium threat -
The UAE's defence ministry said its air defences were responding to missile and drone attacks after Iran said it was targeting "aluminium industries".
- Strikes on Kuwait -
Two Kuwaiti power and water desalination plants were damaged by a drone attack from Iran, the electricity and water ministry said.
The attack caused "the shutdown of two electricity generating units" but there were no reports of casualties, the ministry said.
- Three killed in northwestern Iran -
US-Israeli strikes near Iran's northwestern border with Azerbaijan killed three people, Iranian media cited an official as saying.
The strikes on Jafarabad and Germi killed three people and wounded three others, Tasnim news agency reported, citing the deputy security officer of Ardabil's governor.
- Trump ultimatum 'stupid' -
Iran's central military command brushed aside Trump's threat to destroy the country's vital infrastructure if it did not accept a peace deal within 48 hours.
General Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi called Trump's ultimatum "a helpless, nervous, unbalanced and stupid action".
- 'Many' Iran leaders killed -
US President Donal Trump posted on social media that "many" of Iran's military leaders had been killed in a huge strike on the Islamic republic's capital.
"Many of Iran's Military Leaders, who have led them poorly and unwisely, are terminated, along with much else, with this massive strike in Tehran!" Trump said, accompanying the post with an undated video showing explosions lighting up a city's skyline.
- Iraq gets Hormuz passage -
Iran will allow Iraqi shipping to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, its military command said.
"We announce that our brotherly country of Iraq is exempt from any restrictions we have imposed on the Strait of Hormuz, and these restrictions only apply to enemy countries," spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari told state television.
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