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Parties vow to replace Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration with a ‘national emergency government’ as presidential consultations approach.

President Trump confirms that the United States launched strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) has said that its air defence units shot down two US LUCAS attack drones over Bandar Khamir in the southern province of Hormozgan, near the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Fars News Agency.

Citing a statement from the IRGC’s Hormozgan public relations office, Fars reported that the two US LUCAS one-way attack drones were detected, tracked and destroyed by air defence units of the Imam Sajjad Corps.

There was no immediate US comment on the Iranian claim.

Three oil tankers struck naval mines and caught fire while navigating “unauthorised” routes through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Navy said.

The Tasnim News Agency, citing a statement from the IRGC Navy’s public relations office, said the three tankers experienced explosions and severe fires after entering “unauthorised” shipping routes with their navigation and identification systems switched off.

The incidents occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, with the resulting fires illuminating the eastern section of the strait throughout the night, according to the statement.

India has condemned an attack on a commercial vessel off the coast of Oman that killed an Indian national while 13 others were rescued.

The External Affairs Ministry said in a statement that the attack took place on the commercial vessel MSV AL JUSUFI near Limah in Oman.

Of the 14 Indian nationals on board, 13 were rescued, while one succumbed to injuries sustained in the attack, the ministry said.

Condemning the attack, New Delhi said the “continuing incidents of attacks on commercial shipping in the region are deeply concerning.”

Tehran says it is consulting Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan on a regional framework, while linking a possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to US concessions on sanctions, oil exports and military deployments.

Damage to schools, fuel shortages and restrictions on supplies and travel are further disrupting education across the enclave, with officials warning that the system faces collapse.

A Palestinian was killed and seven others were injured in an Israeli attack in southern Gaza amid daily violations of last year’s ceasefire agreement, according to a medical source.

The source at Kuwait Hospital in Khan Younis said the casualties resulted from an Israeli strike west of the city.

Witnesses told Anadolu that the strike targeted a gathering of Palestinians outside the gate of the University College in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis.

Iran unveiled a massive billboard and banners across Tehran pledging to kill US President Donald Trump, bringing to a new level the official rhetoric displayed in the capital.

"We will kill Trump," read the billboard towering over the busy Enghelab Square in Tehran, which depicted the US president behind bars with his head bowed.

Dozens of people gathered in the square waving red flags and carrying banners reading: "There will be blood" while calling for revenge for slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli attacks on February 28, triggering the Middle East war.

The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a drone over the Mecca region in western Saudi Arabia amid escalating tensions with the Houthi militia in Yemen.

Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki reported the interception on X, without giving any details about possible injuries or damage.

Iran’s top military commander Maj. Gen. Abdollahi said the material and non-material assets of Iran’s adversaries were within the reach of its military forces, warning that its armed forces would respond to threats without “geographical limits”, according to state broadcaster IRIB.

He outlined five conditions for lasting security: an end to regional wars, the lifting of sanctions and release of frozen assets, war compensation, recognition of Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, and guarantees against further attacks under regionally led security arrangements.

The AFC cites regional instability, travel disruptions and logistical challenges as Saudi Arabia prepares to host Asia's premier national team tournament on revised dates.

France has opened a judicial investigation into a war crimes complaint over an Israeli strike on a residential building in Lebanon in 2024, lawyer Clemence Bectarte told AFP.

French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, whose parents were killed in the Beirut strike, filed the complaint as a civil party last spring alongside the International Federation for Human Rights, prompting the appointment of two investigating judges from the crimes against humanity unit of the Paris Judicial Court, Bectarte explained.

At least 14 school students and eight education workers were killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza in October, the Education Ministry said.

The ministry said in a statement published late Monday that the slain students were aged between 6 and 16.

Among education workers killed by Israeli fire were four teachers, three employees of the Islamic University who died in an attack on the university grounds, and a female academic killed in an Israeli strike on a residential apartment.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran continues dialogue with Saudi Arabia as it seeks new regional security arrangements led by countries in the region and “away from any foreign military presence.”

“We have no hostility toward the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council,” Araghchi said on X.

“Our goal is to reach new regional security arrangements established by the countries of the region themselves, away from any foreign military presence,” Araghchi said.

The Iranian foreign minister also said Tehran had no intention of targeting “friendly Gulf countries,” warning that US military bases and other American targets in the region would be included in Iran’s response if Washington launched another attack on the country.

An India-flagged cargo vessel was struck by an "unidentified aerial object" off Oman, killing one Indian crew member, New Delhi said.

"While 13 crew members safely evacuated and were rescued by the Omani Coast Guard, I am deeply saddened to report that one of our seafarers, Gandhar Nahim Ajij from Gujarat, tragically succumbed to his injuries," Indian Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said in a statement on social media.

Condemning the attack, New Delhi said the “continuing incidents of attacks on commercial shipping in the region are deeply concerning.”

Iranian authorities hanged two men after convicting them of involvement in the killing of four police officers during January protests in central Iran, the judiciary said.

"Amirhossein Maleki and Amirhossein Ebrahimi, two armed perpetrators of the January 2026 crime in Isfahan whose brutal and atrocious actions led to the martyrdom of four police officers, were hanged," the judiciary's Mizan Online website reported.

A wave of protests erupted in Iran in December over a surge in foreign currency rates and soon escalated into anti-government demonstrations, peaking on January 8 and 9.

Iran and the United States are far from reaching a deal to end the war, a senior Iranian official told Reuters, adding that Tehran would not accept Washington's "excessive demands".

The comments come at a time of heightened diplomatic efforts, with Qatar acting as a key intermediary, to prevent a potential return to active conflict after the midterms.