The deputy head of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the supreme command of Iran's armed forces, threatened that the Israeli Air Force strike in Beirut "will not go unanswered." Iranian parliament speaker: "The strike proves the US cannot be trusted."
IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Dahiyeh district in response to fire at Israel. Jerusalem seeks to preserve its freedom of action in Lebanon even if a memorandum of understandings is signed between Washington and Tehran. Lebanese officials believe an agreement with Iran could advance a ceasefire, but Israel is signaling that fire at its territory will be met even in the heart of Beirut.
The US President and his advisers are convinced that without reopening the Strait of Hormuz and bringing down oil prices, the global economy will slide into recession. For this reason, Trump is approving a memorandum of understanding whose only practical significance is the reopening of the strait. All other issues will be discussed afterward. The White House has told Israeli officials that in the final agreement, if one is signed, the US will achieve all the original goals for which it went to war.
Activists from the BDS boycott movement filmed themselves at a CAF plant in Spain’s Basque Country, where they spray-painted anti-Israel slogans and smashed windows. No arrests have been made so far.
A political source in Lebanon told the newspaper Ad-Diyar that talks between Beirut and the terrorist organization could help consolidate a ceasefire with Israel. A Qatari delegation has traveled to Iran as part of negotiations on the agreement with Washington.
