War latest news. Iran, Pasdaran: low chance of war resumption, 'weak enemy'. Israel, Hamas military chief killed

At the end of a tiring period of threats and hyperbole, the world will breathe a sigh of relief when, having clarified the point of contention, the Americans and Iranians will begin the real negotiations to arrive at a global settlement. All countries except one: Israel, which would like to resume the war against the Islamic Republic and also continue the war in Lebanon against Hezbollah.

Perhaps only Mohammed bin Zayed, ruler of Abu Dhabi, president and supreme commander of the Emirates, would want to do as Bibi Netanyahu does. In the Middle East MbZ, as the emir is called, is Israel's only true ally. It is no coincidence that in the more than 50 days of conflict Tehran has launched 2,800 missiles and drones at its neighbour on the other side of the Gulf: more than the number directed at the Jewish State.

An Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps officer says a resumption of war with the US is unlikely, but warns that Iran is prepared to defend itself against any attack. "The possibility of war is low because of the weakness of the enemy. The armed forces are lying in wait with ammunition depots full," Mohammad Akbarzadeh, deputy political chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy, the so-called 'Pasdaran, was quoted by the Tasnim news agency. "Have no doubt that we will turn the area from Chabahar to Mahshahr into a graveyard for the aggressors," he added, citing the two locations at the ends of Iran's long southern coast.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said his visit to Qatar was 'overall positive', adding that it led to progress in talks between Iran and the US. Tasnim reports. According to Ghalibaf, the visit was aimed at reaching an agreement on how to implement Iran's demands regarding frozen funds. Tasnim also reports that a possible memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US would require the release of $24 billion of Iranian funds frozen during the negotiations.

The war in the Middle East "has disrupted global supplies of energy and raw materials, weakened growth prospects, driven up energy prices and inflation": the repercussions for growth and financial stability "become more severe the longer" the conflict lasts. This was noted by ECB Vice-President Luis d Guindos in the introduction to the Financial Stability Report. "Cybersecurity risks and hybrid threats to critical infrastructure are increasing in this complex geopolitical climate".

Six members of the Italian delegation of the Global Sumud Flotilla humanitarian caravan to Gaza were repatriated today from Libya, via Istanbul. The group, which landed shortly after 9.30 a.m. at Fiumicino airport, had been attacked on Monday afternoon by Libyan military forces while they were camped in Sirte awaiting the release of ten of their companions, including two Italians, an Apulian, Domenico Centrione, and a Piedmontese, Leonarda Alberizia, who were detained on Sunday on charges of "illegal entry" while trying to negotiate an advance on the convoy and then taken to Benghazi by Libyan militiamen affiliated with General Khalifa Haftar.

According to a Channel 12 reconstruction, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu reportedly updated US President Donald Trump indirectly on the expansion of operations in Lebanon with the intention of expanding operations and pushing beyond the Yellow Line to control Hezbollah fire. The message was reportedly conveyed through the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, at the White House. The American response to Netanyahu would have been unequivocal: 'Don't attack Beirut, we don't want to see buildings collapse. This would have a destabilising effect on the whole process of regional agreements, first of all on the negotiations with Iran, but also on the diplomatic talks with Lebanon that are taking place in Washington'. However, a senior Israeli official told Channel 12 that 'although there is no authorisation to attack buildings, as far as targeted killings are concerned, if an operational opportunity arises, there is no ban'.

Six members of the Italian delegation of the Global Sumud Flotilla humanitarian caravan to Gaza were repatriated today from Libya, via Istanbul. The group, which landed shortly after 9.30 a.m. at Fiumicino airport, had been attacked on Monday afternoon by Libyan military forces while they were camped in Sirte awaiting the release of ten of their companions, including two Italians, an Apulian, Domenico Centrione, and a Piedmontese, Leonarda Alberizia, who were detained on Sunday on charges of "illegal entry" while trying to negotiate an advance on the convoy and then taken to Benghazi by Libyan militiamen affiliated with General Khalifa Haftar.

The spokesman for Iran's State Civil Aviation Organisation said that Tabriz International Airport in the north-west reopened today after being closed due to the war between the US, Israel and Iran. Tabriz is located in the East Azerbaijan province. "The airport will join some 20 other terminals in the country that have already resumed operations," explained Majid Akhavan, quoted by state television.

Iran is negotiating the release of $24 billion in assets frozen abroad as part of the negotiation process to end the war with the US. This was reported by the Tasnim news agency while the Iranian delegation was in Qatar and after Tehran said it was finalising a 14-point framework for an agreement to end the war. "Iran's frozen assets are to be released in the course of negotiations, and this sum is estimated at $24 billion in accordance with the 14-point memorandum of understanding," Tasnim said, citing an unnamed source close to the negotiating team. About half of this sum "should be made available at the beginning of the memorandum announcement," he added, with the remainder to be transferred within 60 days. Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, along with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati, arrived in Qatar yesterday for talks. Tasnim reported that the Iranian parliament speaker's visit to Qatar was 'aimed, among other things, at reaching an understanding on the implementation of Iran's request and the method of accessing $12 billion in the first phase'. There is no official figure for the amount of Iranian assets frozen abroad, although Iranian media recently estimated the total at between $100 billion and $123 billion. In 2023, $6 billion of frozen Iranian funds held in South Korean banks were transferred to Qatar pending the release of five US citizens detained in Iran. The funds were never released as relations between Washington and Tehran deteriorated following the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, which triggered the war in Gaza.

US President Donald Trump is again attacking the US media for their reporting on the Iran war. On the social site Truth, Trump wrote that even if Tehran's surrender was blatant, some media outlets would still write that Iran had won, accusing the press and the Democrats, whom he calls 'Dumacrat' (Dumb in English means dumb) with a play on words. "If Iran surrenders, admits that its Navy has been destroyed and lies on the seabed, and that its Air Force is no longer with us, and if its entire army comes out of Tehran, weapons on the ground and hands raised, each shouting "I surrender, I surrender" while wildly waving the white flag, and if all its remaining leadership signs all the necessary 'Surrender Documents', and admits its defeat before the great power and might of the magnificent United States of America, the failing New York Times, the China Street Journal (WSJ!), the corrupt and now irrelevant CNN, and all the other members of the fake news media, will headline that Iran has achieved a masterful and brilliant victory over the United States of America, but there was no story. The 'Dumacrats' and the media have completely lost their minds. They have completely lost their minds!!!," Trump wrote.

Donald Trump's official Board of Peace fund is empty and the organisation is stuck in a legal and political limbo that has halted plans for Gaza reconstruction. The US president described the board, which has demanded lifetime membership fees of $1 billion from world leaders, as one of the 'most important' international organisations ever created. Member states pledged $7 billion for the 'aid package' for Gaza, and Trump promised an additional $10 billion in US funding.

At least 31 people died in attacks by Israeli forces in Lebanon yesterday. This was reported by the Lebanese Ministry of Health in a note, stating that among the victims were at least four children and three women. Another 40 people were injured.

The ministry pointed out that in the town of Burj al-Shemali alone, near Tyre, 14 people were killed.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said he hoped the United States and Iran would "maintain their commitment" to a deal while progress remained uncertain. The Associated Press reports.

At a press conference at the United Nations in New York, Wang Yi told reporters that despite the uncertainty between Washington and Tehran after a series of US attacks this week, 'every step forward in the negotiations brings greater hope for peace'.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the Pasdaran, claim that 25 ships have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours after receiving authorisation and security coordination from its navy.

Ten Indian sailors, detained in Iran in July 2025 on board an oil tanker, have been released after 'sustained diplomatic efforts'. This was stated this evening by the Indian maritime authorities. The seamen of the MV Harbour Phoenix were "arrested, detained and imprisoned in Iran following the interception of the vessel near the port of Jask in July 2025," the Directorate General of Shipping said in a statement. "The seafarers have been released and safely reunited," the maritime authority said. "Necessary arrangements are being made for the return of the crew members to India as soon as possible," it added. No further details were given as to the reason for the arrest or the vessel, which according to ship tracking sites is a Palau-flagged tanker.

Defence Minister Israel Katz announces in a post on X that the new Hamas military leader Mohammed Odeh was killed in the attack launched last night by the IDF in Gaza.