Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted a US early-warning radar in Bahrain, the first such claim of an attack on American military assets in a Gulf country since early September.

The Guards said the strike was in retaliation for what they described as an air attack on a telecommunications tower in Iran's southern Sirik county, in Hormozgan province, according to Iranian state media.

The US military has denied an Israeli media report that it is preparing for a possible resumption of strikes against Iran, dismissing claims of changes to its regional force posture as "pure speculation."

Responding to Anadolu Agency, a US Central Command (CENTCOM) official said there were no updates to the US force posture in the Middle East.

The denial followed a report by the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, which cited a US official as saying that CENTCOM had urged Israel to prepare for a possible resumption of military strikes against Iran in the near future.

Israel has killed 11 Palestinians, including a child, a woman and a doctor, and wounded around 40 others in its attacks across besieged Gaza.

The attacks came amid continued Israeli violations of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas that took effect on October 10, 2025.

Israel has killed 1,622 Palestinians in violation of the ceasefire, and over 74,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since the start of the genocide in October 2023.

More than 333,000 people have been displaced in Yemen since the beginning of August amid an escalation in fighting, including over 24,000 in the past week alone, the UN said.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said civilians "continue to pay a heavy price as violence damages health facilities, forces families from their homes, and hinders the work of humanitarians."

US President Donald Trump has said that he may use military force against Iran "right now" if US allies and ships are threatened.

Asked during an interview with the Salem News Channel whether he would hesitate to use force to stop Iran from "terrorising our allies and our ships," he answered: "No hesitation. We're doing very well with it right now."

"But the answer is, if I saw things going the other way, I would do that, and it’s possible I would do it right now," he added.

US Treasury yields rose after US President Donald Trump said the US does not need a deal with Iran, as traders weighed the chance of a larger-than-usual Federal Reserve rate hike next month.

"We don't need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We've got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we've got their Strait!" Trump wrote on social media.

The 2-year note yield, which typically moves in step with Fed interest rate expectations, rose 13.96 basis points to 4.867 percent, the highest since October 14.

The yield on benchmark US 10-year notes increased 11.58 basis points to 5.105 percent and reached 5.1169 percent, the highest since October 21.

The Saudi-led coalition said that it intercepted and destroyed two drones launched by Yemen's Houthi militia over the Riyadh area and eastern Saudi Arabia.

Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki said on X that one drone was intercepted and destroyed over the Riyadh area and another over the Eastern Province.

US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has said that "dramatic changes" are needed in the Middle East, including in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and US defence cooperation with Israel.

But he stopped short of explicitly endorsing a proposal to remove Israel-related provisions from the upcoming National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA).

Jeffries was asked at a news conference whether he supported a call by Sen. Chris Van Hollen to strip provisions from the annual defence bill that would deepen US defence and intelligence cooperation with Israel.

"Haven't had a conversation with Sen. Van Hollen, but what I have said is that things have to dramatically change over in the Middle East," said Jeffries.

"We need dramatic change in the West Bank, which is why I strongly support the West Bank Violence Protection Act. We need dramatic change in Gaza, and we need dramatic change with respect to the memorandum of understanding as it winds down," he said.

Spain has condemned Israeli bombings of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza as "another serious violation" of international humanitarian law.

"The Spanish government condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli bombings against Nasser Hospital," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement, expressing solidarity with the families of victims and wishing the injured a speedy recovery.

"This attack constitutes another serious violation of international humanitarian law," it said, adding that the bombings also violated a ceasefire reached in October 2025.

The UN has expressed deep alarm about an Israeli air strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza that killed six people, wounded 27 and caused extensive damage to the medical facility.

"The Special Coordinator ad interim is deeply alarmed by the Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza last night, which killed six people, injured 27 others, and caused extensive damage to the facility," said deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq.

UN Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process ad interim Ramiz Alakbarov said that the ongoing violence and recent increase in military operations exacerbate the immense human suffering in Gaza and jeopardise the increasingly fragile ceasefire, Haq added.

"The special coordinator reiterates his call for rapid, safe, and unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance, including the entry of durable shelter materials and winterisation items to ease the suffering of the population as the coldest months approach," he said.

The Yemeni army has said that its forces carried out 13 air strikes and hundreds of attacks targeting Houthi militia positions, vehicles, weapons and reinforcements across multiple fronts as fighting intensified in several provinces.

Majed Abdullah Al-Nazili, spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, said government forces taking part in the “Dawn of Yemen” operation also carried out 67 drone attacks, 42 strikes using rocket launchers and 581 field-artillery operations in recent hours.

The Palestinian presidency has said that Israeli policies keep the entire region on the “brink of a volcano".

It held Israel responsible for the consequences of escalating tensions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh made the remarks in a statement following the killing of six Palestinians in an Israeli attack on Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza and an assault by hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers on the town of Attara in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

“Continued Israeli escalation in Gaza and the West Bank was pushing the situation toward further tension and instability,” he said, according to the statement that was carried by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Dozens of British lawmakers have backed a parliamentary motion urging the government to impose sanctions on Israeli officials responsible for obstructing humanitarian aid to Gaza, where severe flooding has worsened already dire conditions for displaced Palestinians.

A total of 59 lawmakers had signed the motion on Gaza's flooding response as of Thursday, two days after it was tabled by Labour Party lawmaker Richard Burgon.

The motion expressed deep concern over humanitarian suffering in Gaza following heavy rainfall and flooding, which have compounded the hardships facing displaced Palestinians, many of whom urgently need adequate shelter and protection from deteriorating weather conditions.

Developed countries that have depleted the global carbon budget should assume greater responsibility for emissions reductions and financing," Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.

The Yemeni army has said that it foiled an infiltration attempt by the Houthi militia in Taiz province in the southwest, killing and wounding several members in artillery shelling.

The Taiz Military Axis, affiliated with the army, said in a statement that its forces, backed by popular resistance fighters, repelled a Houthi militia infiltration attempt on the Al-Aqroudh front in the south of the province following fierce clashes.

It added that army artillery targeted Houthi militia gatherings in the area, killing and wounding an unspecified number of the group’s members.

Israel has placed a 16-year-old Palestinian girl, Rimas Asaad Dweikat, from the occupied West Bank province of Nablus in administrative detention for four months without charge, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society.

The group said in a statement that the decision raised the number of Palestinian women held under administrative detention to 21 out of 90 female detainees in Israeli prisons.

Dweikat is also one of three girls currently held in Israeli prisons, it added.

Two Iranian nationals have been found guilty of spying for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), police said.

Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, and Farhad Manesh, 46, were found guilty of spying for Iran following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

The two were convicted of engaging in conduct “likely to assist the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC)” after a six-week trial at Woolwich Crown Court, it added.

President Donald Trump has said that Washington no longer needs an agreement with Iran, claiming the US holds significant leverage over Tehran, including control of the Strait of Hormuz.

“We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

He claimed that Washington secured Iranian financial assets and control of the strategically important waterway.

“We’ve got their money, hundreds of billions of dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!” he declared.

Two oil tankers have caught fire after striking naval mines in restricted waters east of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s army said, according to Iranian broadcaster IRIB.

In a statement, the army’s public relations department said the vessels entered a prohibited and unsafe area despite warnings and after switching off their radar systems.