Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
At least two people are killed and 11 are injured by Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon, which Israel claimed targeted Hezbollah infrastructure, violating the ongoing ceasefire. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
U.S. president Donald Trump urges Iran to return to ceasefire negotiations and finalize a deal. He also says that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have "no choice" but to accept any deal that the U.S. reaches with Iran. (Shafaq) (Financial Times)
Iranian state media reports that Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi handed Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi a "written message" from prime minister Shehbaz Sharif for supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei. (Arab News PK)
U.S. president Trump threatens that the United States will seize and destroy Iran's highly enriched uranium, with or without their cooperation. (Al Jazeera)
2026 Iranian strikes on Israel
The Israeli Air Force intercepts multiple waves of Iranian missiles fired at northern Israel, the first launches at Israel since the ceasefire began in April, targeting the Ramat David Airbase. (Axios) (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera)
The Iranian military command says that the Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon and the Dahieh suburb of Beirut "crossed all red lines" and that there will be a response if they continue. (Axios) (Al Jazeera)
At least 13 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes across Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and al-Mawasi, in Gaza, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
Bahrain–Iran relations, Reactions to the assassination of Ali Khamenei
Bahraini interior minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa says that the country will prohibit mourning of the former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei during the Ashura commemorations. (The National News)