Iran, media: explosions heard in Tehran, anti-aircraft activated. Trump: Gaza ceasefire within a week

"We will reach a ceasefire in Gaza within the next week". Donald Trump said this in the Oval Office, stressing that "the understanding is close".

Donald Trump criticises Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: "I saved him from a bad death," he says on his social Truth. "In the last few days I was working on a possible lifting of sanctions and other" measures, but "not anymore," he added. "Iran has to get back into the flow of the world order, otherwise things will get worse for them," Trump highlighted.

"I don't think Iran will try to restart its nuclear programme any time soon." Donald Trump said this, stressing that Tehran "wants to meet with us".

Two members of the NGO ''Action against Faim'' (Acf) have died in the Gaza Strip, ''killed by an Israeli raid in a densely populated area'', the same NGO active in the fight against malnutrition announced. The NGO reaffirms its ''unwavering commitment'' to its humanitarian mission, assuring that it will work ''tirelessly to provide support and hope to those facing unimaginable challenges in the Gaza Strip''. The Strip experienced a new day of bloodshed yesterday, with 65 people killed by the Israeli army, according to figures provided by relief workers on the ground.

The Gaza Civil Defence said that Israeli forces killed 62 people today. According to the Hamas-led Gaza Health Ministry, in the last 24 hours the IDF killed 72 Palestinians and wounded 174.

The Iranian authorities have ordered the closure of airspace excluding the eastern parts of the country until 10.30 p.m. Italian time on 28 June, the Ministry of Infrastructure in Tehran announced.

"In order to ensure flight safety, we inform you that flights in the north, south and west of the country have been cancelled until 2pm on Saturday," reads the ministry's statement released by Iranian news agency Nour News.

The IDF announced that the Israeli Air Force hit a Hezbollah command and fire management site in the Jabal al-Bufur area in southern Lebanon. According to the military spokesman, the site was part of an underground infrastructure that had already been knocked out by previous Israeli attacks. However, 'attempts to restore it by Hezbollah have been detected in recent days, which is why the terrorist infrastructure was hit again'. The IDF stressed that the existence of the site and the reconstruction work constitutes 'a serious violation of the agreements between Israel and Lebanon'.

The Trump administration discussed the possibility of helping Iran access up to $30 billion to build a civil nuclear programme, easing sanctions and releasing billions of dollars in restricted Iranian funds. This is all part of the intensifying attempt to bring Tehran back to the negotiating table. This is stated by four sources reported by CNN. Key actors from the US and the Middle East have been talking to the Iranians behind the scenes, even during the military conflict, the sources said. Discussions continued this week after the conclusion of a ceasefire agreement, they added.

Trump administration officials pointed out that several preliminary and evolving proposals have been made, with one constant and non-negotiable element: zero enrichment of uranium by Iran. At least one preliminary draft proposal, described to CNN by two sources, includes several incentives for Iran. Some details were discussed in a secret, hours-long meeting between US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Gulf partners at the White House last Friday.

Every day, MSF teams see patients killed or injured while trying to get food at one of these sites. "Many people are directly affected. This is not help, this is a death trap," says Hani Abu Soud, a community member at the Al-Mawasi primary care centre. "They were going to kill us one by one. We were hungry, we were just trying to feed our children. What else can I do? A bag of lentils costs about 30-40 shekels (6-10 euro). We don't have that kind of money. Death has become cheaper than survival'.

Since distributions have been ongoing, medical teams have noticed a marked increase in the number of patients with gunshot wounds. At the MSF field hospital in Deir Al-Balah, the number of patients with gunshot wounds increased by 190% in the week of 8 June compared to the previous week. Gaza hospitals, still barely functioning, are devastated going on with only minimal supplies of analgesics, anaesthetics and blood. Fully functioning hospitals would struggle to cope with such large numbers of trauma patients flooding emergency rooms every day.

As part of an intensifying attempt to bring Tehran back to the negotiating table, the Trump administration discussed the possibility of helping Iran access as much as $30 billion to build a civil nuclear energy programme by easing sanctions and unlocking billions of dollars of restricted Iranian funds. This was exclusively reported by CNN, citing four sources close to the matter. According to the sources, key US and Middle Eastern players have been talking with the Iranians behind the scenes even during the flurry of military attacks on Iran and Israel over the past two weeks. The discussions continued this week after the conclusion of the ceasefire agreement, the sources said. Trump administration officials stressed that several proposals have been made. These are preliminary and evolving proposals, with one non-negotiable element: uranium enrichment by Iran must be zeroed out, something Iran has always said it believes is necessary. But at least a preliminary draft proposal, described to CNN by two sources, includes several incentives for Iran.

One woman was killed and 11 people were injured in an Israeli air raid in southern Lebanon. This was announced by the Lebanese Ministry of Health, explaining in a note released by the Ani news agency that 'the Israeli enemy attack on a flat in Nabatiyeh resulted in a preliminary toll of one woman killed and 11 injured'.

Ten Palestinians were killed and others wounded on Friday in Gaza City and Khan Younis: according to the Wafa news agency, eight civilians were killed and several others wounded when Israeli military planes hit a group of people near the Shaaban Al-Rayyes school in the Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City. In another incident, medical sources confirmed that two more Palestinians were killed and several others injured after Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of civilians gathered near an aid distribution point south of Al-Tina Street in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. The victims were transported to Kuwait's specialised field hospital. (

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied accepting a White House plan to end the Gaza war, expand the Abrahamic Accords, and force Israel to support a future Palestinian state.

"The conversation described in the Israel Hayom article did not take place," the premier's office said in a note. "Israel was not presented with the policy proposal allegedly described in the article, and obviously did not accept it," it insisted.

At least 11 Palestinians were killed this morning in Israeli air raids and drone attacks in southern Gaza, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Israeli military aircraft reportedly bombed a makeshift tent housing displaced people in al-Mawasi, a so-called humanitarian security zone southwest of Khan Younis in the south, while Jewish state drones targeted the neighbourhoods of Bani Suheila and Sheikh Nasser, east of Khan Younis. Another person, according to Wafa, was killed in another Israeli air raid that hit the town of al-Qarara

- The Israeli military operating in the Beit Hanoun area in northern Gaza destroyed a kilometre-long underground tunnel, the Israel Defence Forces said today.

According to the army, more than ten terrorists allegedly infiltrated Israeli territory through the tunnel during Operation Protective Margin in 2014, killing four IDF soldiers near the Nir Am area.

At least 72 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours. This is what Al-Jazeera reports citing hospital sources in Gaza.

Senior Trump administration officials have urged Israel to send its negotiating team to Cairo next week to advance talks with Hamas. This was revealed by Haaretz. However, reads the newspaper, "an Israeli source said the differences between the parties are too significant to send the delegation".

The State Prosecutor's Office opposed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request for a two-week suspension of the trial against him, citing the slowness of his testimony and the upcoming summer break.

Netanyahu's defence lawyer, Amit Hadad, had said that the PM needed a two-week break to devote himself to "diplomatic, national and security matters of the highest order" following the recent war with Iran, which ended on Tuesday.

"We must tell Netanyahu's government: enough is enough", "in the West Bank and Gaza the situation is hell", and "we cannot allow it to continue to deteriorate". This was said by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at a press conference at the end of the European Council in Brussels.

"We cannot lose sight of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which remains abominable and unsustainable. Humanitarian aid must reach Gaza immediately, unimpeded, quickly and in adequate quantities. We will continue to call for a sustainable ceasefire and the release of hostages in order to achieve a final cessation of hostilities". This was said by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the press conference after the European Council.

"Israel is a friend but with friends we must be frank and clear. The dossier presented by High Representative Kaja Kallas is clear, there are systematic violations of human rights. We have asked Kallas to bring options to the next Foreign Affairs Council and in the meantime we ask Israel to end the blockade on Gaza to end illegal settlements in the West Bank". This was said by European Council President Antonio Costa at the end of the EU summit.

At least 18 Palestinians were killed after an Israeli drone strike targeted a Hamas police unit trying to take control of a market in the central Gaza Strip town of Deir al-Balah. This was reported to the BBC by a doctor and eyewitnesses. Israeli drones fired at members of a Hamas police force, dressed in civilian clothes and wearing masks, who were accusing vendors of price speculation and selling goods stolen from humanitarian aid trucks.