Iran war day 72: Tehran yet to reply to US plan; Israel bombs Lebanon

EXPLAINER

Israel kills astatine slightest 24 radical successful Lebanon successful 1 time arsenic Tehran's effect to US connection to extremity the warfare is awaited.

Israeli jets person targeted much than 10 towns successful confederate Lebanon arsenic the ceasefire betwixt Iran and the United States appears to beryllium holding contempt naval skirmishes adjacent the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel connected Saturday killed astatine slightest 24 radical successful a question of attacks contempt a ceasefire that took effect past month.

Meanwhile, Washington is awaiting Tehran’s effect to its latest connection to extremity the US-Israel warfare connected Iran, which entered time 72 connected Sunday.

Here is what we know:

In Iran

• The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) connected Saturday threatened to people US sites successful the Middle East and “enemy ships” if its tankers travel nether fire, Iranian media reported.
• The Football Federation of Iran said its men’s nationalist squad would instrumentality portion successful the 2026 World Cup this summertime but demanded that associated hosts the US, Mexico and Canada hold to its conditions.
• A spokesperson for Iran’s subject warned that immoderate state enforcing US sanctions against Tehran volition “definitely look difficulties passing done the Strait of Hormuz”, according to the Tasnim News Agency.

War diplomacy

• Pakistan’s subject chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, said Islamabad volition proceed its mediation efforts betwixt the US and Iran. “We volition bash each our efforts to win successful the mediation, and we volition proceed to bash so,” Munir said successful a nationalist code connected Sunday.
• Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio connected Saturday successful Miami to sermon the value of “security crossed the Middle East”, the US Department of State said.
• The Qatari premier curate met US Vice President JD Vance connected Friday. The 2 sides discussed “the Pakistani mediation efforts aimed astatine de-escalating tensions successful a mode that contributes to enhancing information and stableness successful the region”, according to a connection posted by Qatar’s ministry of overseas affairs.
• Iran has yet to reply to the US connection to extremity the warfare contempt US President Donald Trump saying precocious connected Friday that helium expected to person it that night.
• A newsman for the French broadcaster LCI, Margot Haddad, said connected Saturday that Trump told her successful a little interrogation that helium inactive expected to find retired Iran’s reply “very soon”.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed Moscow’s willingness to oversee the transportation and retention of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile.

In the Gulf

• Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the lawman premier curate and overseas curate of the United Arab Emirates, expressed his country’s “full solidarity with the Kingdom of Bahrain and its enactment for each measures taken by the Bahraini information authorities” to uncover a compartment linked to the IRGC and “espionage activities”.
• Bahrain said connected Saturday that it arrested 41 radical who are portion of a radical affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The Ministry of Interior said investigations confirmed they were successful interaction with the IRGC and collected funds “with the purpose of sending them to Iran” to enactment its “terrorist operations”.

In Israel

• The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Avila, 2 activists whom Israel abducted from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, were deported connected Sunday.
• The Israeli subject said it intercepted a “suspicious aerial target” that was detected successful the country wherever its invading troops are operating successful confederate Lebanon.
• Dozens of Israelis person rallied successful Tel Aviv to protestation against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authorities and the subject operations successful confederate Lebanon.

In Lebanon

• Hezbollah, the Lebanese equipped group, said its fighters deed an Israeli D9 bulldozer successful the Khallat Raj country of the municipality of Deir Siryan successful confederate Lebanon connected Sunday.
• The Israeli subject said it struck much than 40 infrastructure sites belonging to Hezbollah successful confederate Lebanon implicit the weekend.
• European Union situation absorption main Hadja Lahbib urged accrued humanitarian entree to confederate Lebanon, wherever Israel and Hezbollah person continued to prosecute successful hostilities contempt a ceasefire. “Humanitarian assistance is ready, but excessively often it cannot scope those who request it most,” Lahbib told journalists connected the 2nd time of a sojourn to Lebanon and earlier an expected EU assistance delivery.

Strait of Hormuz

• A ⁠bulk ⁠carrier reported being struck by an chartless ⁠projectile portion sailing 23 nautical miles (43km) northeast ⁠of Doha, Qatar, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said connected Sunday.
• A Qatari tanker carrying liquefied earthy state has sailed done the strait en way to Pakistan and was successful the Gulf of Oman connected Sunday, according to MarineTraffic shipping data. Its voyage marks the archetypal transit of a Qatari LNG vas done the strait since the US and Israel launched their warfare connected February 28.
• The UK said it would nonstop a destroyer to the Middle East earlier immoderate planetary ngo to assistance support shipping successful the Strait of Hormuz. The ngo is to beryllium led by Britain and France, which person antecedently emphasised it would beryllium abstracted from the US warfare deployment successful the region.
• The US military’s Central Command said connected Saturday that it has “disabled” 4 ships and prevented 58 commercialized vessels from entering oregon exiting Iranian ports since April 13.