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Palestinians pour water on a destroyed vehicle at the site of an Israeli strike, in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, June 2, 2026. REUTERS/Mahmoud…
Kuwaiti security officers stand beneath a screen displaying portraits of the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (R) and the Kuwaiti crown prince Sheikh…
Kuwait’s Cabinet has strongly condemned the repeated Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting Kuwaiti territory last Thursday and Monday.During a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the Cabinet said the attacks posed a direct threat to civilians and critical infrastructure, warning that they undermine ongoing international efforts to reduce regional tensions and promote stability.Kuwait urged Iran to immediately and unconditionally halt the attacks and hold itself fully accountable for this breach of international law and UN obligations.The Cabinet also reaffirmed Kuwait’s right to take all necessary measures to protect its territory, vital facilities, and national security in accordance with international law and Article 51 of the UN Charter. Related Story Source link
Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced the activation of its emergency plan at Kuwait International Airport after Terminal 1 (T1) was targeted by Iranian drones and missiles.Directorate spokesperson Abdullah Al Rajhi said that the relevant authorities immediately began responding to the incident according to established procedures and plans to ensure the safety of staff and passengers and secure airport facilities.According to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Al Rajhi added that flights have been suspended and diverted to alternative airports until further notice, pending the completion of necessary security and technical procedures and confirmation of the airport’s readiness to resume operations.He explained that technical and specialized teams have begun a comprehensive inspection and assessment of the damage to facilities and operational systems, in preparation for taking the necessary steps to repair them.Earlier, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defence announced that a number of hostile drones targeted Terminal 1 at Kuwait International Airport as part of the Iranian aggression, causing significant material damage to the terminal and injuring several people who received necessary medical treatment. Source link
Bahrain Defence Force air defence systems intercepted and destroyed three missiles and several drones.In a statement issued on Wednesday, the General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force confirmed that Iran continues its systematic hostile approach through its criminal attacks that targets civilian infrastructure in Bahrain.The statement added that the use of ballistic missiles and drones to target civilian infrastructure and private property constitutes a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and the UN Charter, stressing that these indiscriminate and criminal attacks represent a direct threat to regional peace and security. Source link
Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense announced that a number of hostile drones targeted Terminal 1 (T1) at Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday as part of the Iranian aggression, causing significant damage to the terminal and injuring several people, who received the necessary medical treatment.The official spokesperson for the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense Colonel Saud Al Atwan confirmed that the armed forces are monitoring the situation in coordination with relevant authorities and are fully prepared to respond to any developments and take all necessary measures to maintain the country’s security and stability.Earlier today, Kuwait’s General Staff of the Armed Forces announced that Kuwaiti air defenses intercepted hostile missile and drone attacks. Source link
The Muslim World League strongly condemned the continued incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers under the protection of Israeli forces, as well as the raising of Israeli flags within the mosque compound.In a statement, the organisation denounced the provocative actions, warning that they violate the historic and legal status of Jerusalem, undermine peace efforts, and threaten regional stability.The League also urged the international community to fulfill its legal and moral responsibilities by taking immediate action to halt such violations. Related Story Source link
Kuwait’s General Staff of the Armed Forces announced late Tuesday that the country’s air defence systems were responding to hostile missile and drone attacks.In a statement, the General Staff said that any explosions heard were the result of air defence systems intercepting the incoming attacks. Related Story Source link
A Hamas delegation is due to meet with mediators in Egypt on Wednesday to discuss ways of advancing the fragile Gaza ceasefire, officials from the Palestinian Islamist movement told AFP.The Palestinian territory remains gripped by daily violence, with the Israeli military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce in effect since October.A transition to the second phase of the ceasefire, which was supposed to involve Hamas’s disarmament and a gradual withdrawal of the Israeli army, has been stalled for months.”Egypt has invited Hamas and other factions to participate in talks with mediators on Wednesday… which will also include Qatari and Turkish officials,” a Hamas official said, declining to be identified as he was not authorised to speak publicly on the matter.”The mediators have presented ideas for formulating a new, revised proposal acceptable to both Hamas and Israel.”The official said the Hamas delegation, headed by chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, as well as representatives from other Palestinian factions, was expected to arrive in Cairo starting Tuesday for the talks to be held in the Mediterranean town of El-Alamein.”Hamas believes a breakthrough and progress are possible if Israel does not create new obstacles and if there is a genuine Israeli will to reach a solution,” the official added.One of the key sticking points to advancing the ceasefire negotiations has been the issue of Hamas’s disarmament.”The resistance factions will not accept disarmament under conditions imposed by the occupation,” a second Hamas official told AFP.Hamas has repeatedly said it is not opposed to handing over some of its arsenal, but only as part of a Palestinian political process.Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to take control of 70 % of the Gaza Strip, in defiance of the ceasefire’s terms.Hamas at the time accused Netanyahu of a “blatant violation”, condemning the “complete silence” of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace and its high representative for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov.The second Hamas official on Monday said mediators were planning a meeting between the group and Mladenov in Egypt, where discussions would focus on reconstruction efforts and handing over administration of the Palestinian territory to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza.The 15-member technocratic committee was formed to handle day-to-day governance under the supervision of the Board of Peace, but it has not yet been able to enter the territory.Violence, meanwhile, continues to rock Gaza.Israel has killed at least 932 people since the ceasefire began, according to Gaza’s health ministry, which operates under Hamas authority and whose figures are considered reliable by the UN.The Israeli military says it has lost five soldiers in Gaza over the same period. Source link
Israeli military says it will strike Beirut suburb if Hezbollah keeps up attacks on Israeli towns and citiesIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered attacks on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut yesterday, signalling the risk of further escalation in a war that has complicated mediation towards resolving the US-Iran conflict.Iranian state TV later said a ceasefire agreed between Iran and the US was very likely to end if Israeli attacks persisted in Lebanon, where war has raged since Hezbollah entered the regional conflict on Tehran's side on March 2.People began fleeing Beirut's southern suburbs, known as Dahiyeh, in response to news of Netanyahu's order — the latest wave of displacement in a conflict that has uprooted more than 1 mn people in Lebanon.Having pounded Beirut's southern suburbs in the early weeks of the war, Israel has carried out only two strikes on the area since US President Donald Trump announced a Lebanon ceasefire on April 16, even as hostilities have raged in southern Lebanon. ‘There will be no situation in which Hezbollah attacks our cities and our citizens, and its headquarters in Beirut, in Dahiyeh, will remain out of bounds,’ Netanyahu said in a video statement.Netanyahu said Israel was continuing to deepen its ground activity in Lebanon, where Israeli troops have carved out a self-declared security zone in the south, saying they aim to shield northern Israel from Hezbollah attacks.The Israeli military later said it would strike targets in the southern suburbs if Hezbollah continued to launch rockets at Israeli towns and cities, and warned residents to leave the area.Hezbollah, established by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in 1982, said its fighters had fired a missile salvo targeting Israeli military infrastructure in the Israeli city of Tiberias at 1 a.m. on Monday, among other attacks it said were in response to Israeli ceasefire violations.On Sunday, Hezbollah said that it had fired rockets at Israeli military infrastructure in the city of Nahariya.Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said there would be no ‘calm’ in Beirut if there was no ‘calm’ in northern Israel.Lebanese authorities say more than 3,400 people have been killed in the country as a result of Israeli attacks since March 2, when Hezbollah opened fire at Israel as it came under U.S.-Israeli attack.Israel says 24 of its soldiers and four civilians have been killed over the same period.Hostilities intensified in the south over the weekend, with Israeli troops capturing the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle, located on a strategic ridge overlooking the border zone.’This is the third time since the ceasefire that we're going from place to place,’ said Naji Musulmani, 61, driving a pick-up truck full of mattresses through clogged Beirut streets away from the southern suburbs.Having fled the south in recent days, Musulmani said he would head to the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon. Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said that Israeli attacks in Lebanon were among factors delaying the diplomatic process to end the U.S.-Iran war, and reiterated that a Lebanon ceasefire was an integral part of any deal.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, writing on X after Netanyahu ordered the attacks on Dahiyeh, said a ceasefire in place between Iran and the US since April was ‘unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon’.’Violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts. The US and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation,’ he wrote.Hostilities have continued in Lebanon despite a series of rare meetings between the Lebanese and Israeli governments, overseen by Washington.A US official said on Sunday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with both Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Netanyahu on the diplomatic negotiations between Israel and Lebanon and proposed a plan to allow for ‘gradual de-escalation’.As a first step, Hezbollah would stop all attacks on Israel and in return Israel would refrain from escalation in Beirut, the US official said.The official added that Aoun tried to advance the proposal and secure an agreement. However, they said Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who claimed to ‘guarantee’ Hezbollah's commitment to a ceasefire, placed the burden on Israel to stop ‘shooting first’.Berri, a Hezbollah ally, in a comment reported by Lebanese media on Sunday, said he would guarantee ‘full and immediate commitment to a ceasefire’ by Hezbollah. ‘But the question is, who will compel Israel to stop its aggression?’ he said.A senior Lebanese source told Reuters that the US proposal had involved a halt to Hezbollah’s attacks on northern Israel in exchange for sparing Beirut and its suburbs further strikes, as a step towards a full ceasefire.The source said Berri, however, wanted a full and comprehensive ceasefire instead of a piecemeal approach. Source link