PARIS, France, April 6: The latest developments in the Middle East war:
- Publicly threatened 'war crimes' -
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said that US President Donald Trump's threats to strike power plants and bridges in Iran could amount to war crimes.
"The American president, as the highest official of his country, has publicly threatened to commit war crimes," Gharibabadi said in a post on X, citing Article 8(2)(b) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
- Iran strikes on Israel kill two -
Israel's Fire and Rescue Service said two people died after an Iranian missile strike on a residential building in the northern city of Haifa.
Firefighters were searching for two others missing in the rubble.
The seven-storey building partially collapsed after being hit by the "direct impact of a missile", the military told AFP.
- Strikes on Tehran -
Israel's army said it had completed a wave of strikes against "regime targets" in Tehran.
War in the Middle East: latest developments
Iranian local media also reported several attacks on residential areas across Tehran.
Gas outages hit parts of the capital after a strike on a university, according to Iran's state broadcaster IRIB.
- Iran threatens 'devastating' retaliation -
Iran's central military command warned of "much more devastating" retaliation if its adversaries hit civilian targets.
"If attacks on civilian targets are repeated, the next stages of our offensive and retaliatory operations will be much more devastating and widespread," a spokesman for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said, according to state broadcaster IRIB.
US President Donald Trump previously threatened to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure if Tehran does not strike a deal to reopen the Gulf to shipping.
- Strikes on Gulf states -
Kuwait's army said its air defences were working to intercept missiles and drones fired towards the Gulf nation's territory.
The country previously said it was responding to similar attacks overnight.
The United Arab Emirates defence ministry said its air defences were responding to a missile and drone attack, with falling debris injuring one person in Abu Dhabi.
- Hezbollah strikes on Israel -
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it fired a salvo of rockets at Israel, targeting towns in the north.
Lebanon has increasingly been dragged into the conflict since Iran-backed Hezbollah resumed targeting Israel.
- Oil benchmarks open above $110 -
Crude oil prices opened higher on Monday as the war in the Middle East continues to squeeze global energy supplies.
North Sea Brent crude increased 1.16 percent to $110.30 a barrel, while the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was up 1.86 percent to $113.62 a barrel.
- Israel strikes on Lebanon kill at least 15 -
Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed at least 15 people Sunday and wounded 39, Lebanese officials said.
One of Israel's strikes in Beirut Sunday killed at least five people and wounded 52 in the Jnah neighbourhood, according to the Lebanese health ministry, while a strike targeting an apartment building in Ain Saadeh town east of Beirut killed three people and injured three others.
A strike in the southern town of Kfar Hatta, far from the border with Israel, killed seven people including a four-year-old girl, the ministry added.
- Trump deadline -
Trump appeared to extend by 24 hours his deadline for Iran to make a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face devastating infrastructure attacks.
"Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!" he simply said on his Truth Social platform.
- Trump threatens 'hell' -
Trump threatened "hell" if Iran did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, vowing in an expletive-laden social media post to strike its bridges and power plants.
Iran's powerful parliament speaker warned Trump in response that his "reckless moves" would mean "our whole region is going to burn".
- US rescue mission -
Trump said a missing airman from a downed US F-15 fighter jet had been found in a "daring" and "miraculous" rescue, but Iran's military said the American operation had been "completely foiled".
Trump, in a social media post, said "dozens" of US aircraft took part in the rescue operation and that the crew member was "seriously wounded".
