Middle East Crisis

Iran War
Trump Claims Iran Defeated: “The US Is Back”

Iran is “completely defeated,” writes US President Donald Trump on Truth social. He says the country now lacks both a navy and an air force.

“Iran got away with ‘murder’ for 47 years, until I came along. Then everything changed. The US is back.”

He writes that Iran lacked respect for former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and that they were weak and ineffective leaders.

The US has announced that it is sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Switzerland for peace talks with Iran.

Gaza War
Family Killed in Gaza After Israeli Airstrikes

Five people have been killed in new Israeli attacks on the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, the country’s Health Ministry says. Four of them were members of the same family, two of whom were children, AFP reports.

“They were just innocent children,” a relative told AFP.

Twelve more people were reportedly injured in the airstrikes that hit an apartment building. Israel has not commented on the reports.

According to local authorities in Gaza, more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began in October last year.