# Iran accused the United States and Israel of striking a maritime ambulance boat at an island in the Strait of Hormuz, Mehr news agency reported. Several ships have been reported hit in the strategic waterway in recent days.
# Germany’s energy minister said it would release part of its oil reserve after the International Energy Agency (IEA) asked members to release 400 million barrels to counter soaring oil prices. Japan’s prime minister said the country would start to release its reserves on Monday.
# Iran’s army said it had attacked key targets in Israel, including the military intelligence headquarters, a naval base in Haifa and a radar system. It also said it targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
# Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned: “This war must be stopped before it becomes bigger and completely engulfs the region in flames,” adding that if the conflict continued “there will be more loss of life and property, and the cost to the global economy will increase even further”.
# World oil prices surged, with the international benchmark, Brent North Sea crude, jumping 5.1 per cent to $92.23 per barrel and the main US contract, West Texas Intermediate, soaring 5.9 per cent to $88.38 per barrel.
# The health ministry said Israeli strikes have killed 570 people in Lebanon so far, the health ministry said, including 439 men, 45 women and 86 children. 14 healthcare workers were among the dead. # Fresh Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs after the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings.
# Iran’s military vowed to launch strikes against US and Israeli economic targets in the region, including banks, and urged people to refrain from going within one kilometre of banks.
# Four people were injured after two drones fell near Dubai’s airport, the government said, with air traffic operating as normal. A second container ship was hit off the coast of the UAE by an unidentified projectile, a British maritime security agency said. All crew were safe in both incidents. # Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “safe and sound” despite reported injuries, the son of Iran’s president said on Telegram.
# Several blasts rang out across the Qatari capital Doha, AFP correspondents said.
# An Israeli strike hit an apartment in central Beirut, state media reported, the second targeting the heart of the Lebanese capital since the start of the latest war with Iran-backed Hezbollah.
AFP
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