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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said “some countries” had begun mediation efforts to end the war.
Iran attacks US bases
Iran’s army said on Friday it had attacked US bases in Kuwait and vowed that it would press on with further strikes. “These attacks will continue in the coming hours,” the army said, according to Iranian state TV.
Israel strikes Sidon
Israel struck a building on a main thoroughfare of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, state media said, without prior warning. The strike targeted the tenth floor of an office building near two shelters for displaced people, an AFP photographer said. Rescuers removed at least one body and were gathering human remains, the photographer said.
Maersk halts further shipping
Danish shipping giant Maersk said it was suspending two intercontinental transit routes because of the war, its service connecting the Far East to the Middle East, and the route connecting the Middle East to Europe.
‘Humanitarian disaster’
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam warned that “a humanitarian disaster is looming” as a result of Israeli evacuation orders that are causing a massive displacement of the population. Residents of the southern suburbs of Beirut and of the south of the country, both Hezbollah strongholds, have fled in large numbers following unprecedentedly wide evacuation orders from the Israeli military.
Kuwait casualties
Kuwait’s defence ministry said 67 army personnel have been injured since the beginning of Iran’s retaliation campaign — the highest number by far of any Gulf military.
Missile alerts by phone
Residents of Dubai received an Emirati interior ministry alert on their phones urging them to shelter from potential missile threats, AFP correspondents reported. “Due to the current situation, potential missile threats, seek immediate shelter in the closest secure building and steer away from windows, doors and open areas,” the alert read.
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