Middle East

Five injured in Abu Dhabi in latest Iranian missile barrage • Witkoff says he 'thinks' meetings with Iran will happen this week • Trump suggests renaming Hormuz - 'Strait of Trump'

“If the Lebanese government does not disarm Hezbollah, the IDF will. We will not allow Hezbollah to rearm, and we will continue operating in order to protect our civilians on our northern border.”

According to the Wall Street Journal, the attack, which also involved the use of drones, was confirmed using open-source imagery and data circulating online.

During a speech at the FII Priority Summit in Miami, Trump said that the US is "negotiating now, and it would be great if we could do something, but they have to open it up."

A missile barrage from Iran triggered alarms across southern and central Israel, with police investigating possible shrapnel damage.

According to a Reuters source, US President Donald Trump and top White House officials have been told via interlocutors that Iran's counter-proposal would likely arrive on Friday.

The IDF attack on the heavy water reactor comes after the military called for residents of nearby Arak to evacuate ahead of imminent strikes on regime military infrastructure.

Iran has launched hundreds of missiles towards Israel since the start of the war, fragments of which are four to five meters long and have landed in school playgrounds.

The big question confronting Gulf policymakers is no longer how the Iran war ends, but what kind of regional order will follow its end.

The IDF also stated that Hezbollah prevents Christian civilians from fleeing combat zones and "has even fired at them" in the past.